Now here’s a great idea…:

You don’t see why you have to fold underwear, but your gf/bf/hubby/wife says you have to…; or

You like to leave leftovers in the fridge until the last moment of edibility, just in case, but your roommate wants them gone asap…; or

Half of your friends want to go “clubbing” and fist-pumping jersey shore style while the other half want to meet at the local pub, grab a booth, and feed the jukebox until can’t afford another pitcher of PBR… 

Now you can take your dispute to an “online jury of your peers” at a new website called JabberJury.com.

Here’s an excerpt from the ABA article about the site:

“ Fast Company calls the website “The People’s Court for the Facebook generation,” while a press release dubs it “a true people’s court.” It’s the brainchild of Chicago entrepreneurs Kevin Wielgus and Angelo Rago, who came up with the idea after Rago settled an argument with his girlfriend by asking bar patrons to weigh in. The dispute: Did his girlfriend have a right to be mad when he refused to visit her father in the hospital? (He was suffering from hemorrhoids, not a life-threatening disease.)”

The cases there now aren’t as impressive as my hypotheticals (but then again, what are?) but they’re a start, and you’ll want to weigh in with your 2 cents.

It’s a pretty simple but great idea. “Litigating” parties submit their case via video and members can post comments. Then, litigants and jurors on the winning side of a case get credits called “Jabbies” that can be redeemed for prizes or donated to charity.

These two young entrepreneurs developed the website with $120,000 in cash from their families and $1.2 million in private funding.  Great example of using the law, social media and technology to start a new biz idea. 

My alma mater, The Johns Hopkins Univ. is one of the finest medical institutions in the world… leave it to them to find that a common acne medication can be an effective tool in fighting AIDS and HIV.  In this article , scientists from Hopkins describe how minocycline can effectively target immune cells infected by the virus and prevent them from reactivating and replicating.

The research, to be published in the April edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, states that minocycline could improve on the current treatment regimens of HIV-infected patients if used in combination with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).

“The powerful advantage to using minocycline is that the virus appears less able to develop drug resistance because minocycline targets cellular pathways not viral proteins,” study leader Professor Janice Clements  said.

“While HAART is really effective in keeping down active replication, minocycline is another arm of defense against the virus.”

Good work boys and girls.  Way to represent the HOP. I’m going to go ahead and assume the whole world is going to benefit from the continued tuition increases you force on your undergrads… now going above $40K/yr!!!

People find great uses for old law (and other) books, like lamps, shelves or handbags!  I had the idea while in law school for a Kindle that comes preloaded with all of your textbooks and an easy link to download all of your courses next semester as well.  While I think this is already being done, the emergence of tech such as iPads and Nooks, Kindles, etc… make it clear that for many students, paper and textbooks are on the verge of being passe.