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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 389

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: The Chip Guru is Back in the Bag

It’s been a minute since I’ve donned my official Chip Guru hat, but the legal world has been suspiciously salty lately. If you thought the only drama in the chip aisle was whether to pick Ketchup or All-Dressed, think again. From secret cartels to microscopic mold, the courtroom is currently crunchier than a kettle-cooked chip.

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays we look at three stories proving that when it comes to potato chips, the law is never far behind.

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 351

Cartoon-style illustration featuring a giant mound of pink slime on a plate, a shocked man in a suit, a stern construction worker, and a woman drinking bottled water next to a bag labeled "Flamin' Hot." Text above reads “Weird & Wacky Wednesdays – Pink Slime Edition.”

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Pink Slime edition

The law of defamation is particularly difficult to pin down. Even in law school, professors were reluctant to discuss it because the trends in the cases are hard to discern. Decisions regarding what constitutes defamation and whether it is actionable, as well as what would be considered reasonable damages, seem to be completely different from one jurisdiction to the next, from one judge to the next, and even when comparing two comparable cases.

Lawyers I know who practiced defamation either moved on to a different practice area or quit practicing law because they felt they could not properly advise their clients or give a clear statement of the probability of success bearing in mind the fickle decisions from the courts.

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays we turn our attention to food defamation. Lawsuits often arise from something someone said (see my recent TikTok regarding Mayor Ken Sim). Today we discuss “Pink Slime,” snack food (my favourite topic) and fashion models drinking nothing but water. Let’s get started!

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