Editor’s note: In the spirit of April Fool’s Day, Westlaw Insider presents these short satire news stories. They are intended to be humorous and not to be taken as reports on reality in any sense.

With all of the drinking involved with St. Patrick’s Day, there are bound to be some strange legal cases because of it. Alcohol only accounts for part of the weirdness, though.

Holidays typically find people engaged in “interesting” activities, and Halloween is no exception. Check out these criminal cases involving Halloween!

The Fourth of July sees fireworks celebrations across the country. But using illegal fireworks can have some serious legal consequences, as these cases show.

April Fools’ Day has provided plenty of comedy over the years, including in the legal world.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I drafted cite and query,
Arguing many a fact and statement of a client whose court date lay in store…

The article was written in 1991, so some of the references (e.g., the discussion of LSAT scoring) are a little dated, but it is still good for several laughs. The article, written by James D. Gordon III and entitled “How Not to Succeed in Law School!”

Why do our offices and cubicles still resemble mausoleums for dead trees? The copier and computer printer came along, of course – but so did tree-friendly technologies like email and the Internet.

Given how familiar Bankers Boxes are in the legal world, their moniker might seem a bit odd – until you hear their story.

As cool as neon-hued highlighters are, they may be going the way of carbon paper and correction fluid, since legal documents are increasingly printed only in final form – or never printed at all.