Most of us long ago learned to think of that strange breed of human known as the "lawyer" with a certain degree of disgust.  Following are eight stories that serve as further proof of the nefariousness of this breed, as if we need more proof.  All eight of these stories appeared this week.

1. Users sue Match.com for date fraud
2. Woman sues Dunkin Donuts for $15 million after spilling coffee in her own lap.
3. Japanese hair salon successfully sued for bad hair cut — This one is offered to show some editorial balance.  In other words American lawyers aren’t the only morons in the world.
4. Disney lawyers put a stop to Chinese company’s practice of making bad performers parade around in Mickey Mouse costumes.
5. In settlement with Netflix, class-action lawyers get $2.5 million, customers get a coupon.
6. Studios asked for smoking warnings on DVDs: "attorneys general from 32 states want Hollywood to slap anti-smoking admonitions on all new DVDs."
7. Judge warned for jailing man who sighed in his courtroom.
8. Real estate developer in Ontario slaps $8 million libel lawsuit on a woman for her blog about problems in her development. Since it’s Canadian dollars I guess it works out to about $126 US.