I’m actually a little surprised, though I shouldn’t be, that the courts are failing to realize how much jurors rely on the Internet. Judges always tell jurors not to do any research and not to talk to anyone about the case. Thankfully, most of them are happy to go along with the suggestion that they [...]
If you feel compelled to preface a discussion with “I’m not a lawyer, but…”, even in abbreviated form, chances are the next thing to come out of your mouth is going to be a horribly-manged misunderstanding and/or generalization of the law that will make anyone with a JD clutch their ears and howl in agony. [...]
is today, October 11. If you’re out or don’t need to be because you’re straight, there are other things you can do: show support for LGBT friends and relatives, work to stop cretinous ballot initiatives from becoming law, tell your political representatives that you want them to support laws and policies that promote equality for [...]
The main difference being that cockroaches don’t have the ability to whine loudly about how you’re shining light on them. Share and Enjoy:
At least part of the Supreme Court managed to figure out that, wow, this whole habeas corpus thing is an important legal right, even for bad people who don’t believe Jesus is their Lord and Savior. I look forward to reading the decision to see how the faux “strict constructionalists” (*cough* Scalia *cough*) explain how [...]
The California Supreme Court overturned the statutory ban on same-sex marriage. (Large PDF of the opinion here.) The forces of evil will be right back at it, though. Today we party elegantly–tomorrow back in the trenches. Edit: Lynn points out that all three branches of government are in agreement on this. Take that, pseudo-originalist whinebots! [...]
Insurance companies in Washington state are panicking over an initiative that would subject them to triple damages for denying a legitimate claim. It is true, as the McTools point out, that this will encourage more lawsuits; what they don’t want to spell out is that it increases lawsuits because victims are not at a financial [...]
Amanda writes about the “ZOMG John Edwards is a trial lawyar!!!11!“ smearing, and unfortunately, as is so often the case, people are reduced to putting “tort reform” into quotes to make clear that the National Association of Manufacturers/Chamber of Commerce/DRI crowd isn’t about actually reforming the tort system. Yet it’s hard to find a good [...]
When even the corporate defense lawyers are against you, it’s time to pack it in. In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a gentleman named Harold Lischner filed a lawsuit for false arrest against Upper Darby Township. Apparently the President was visiting Upper Darby, and a catering facility allowed people to come onto its property to [...]
Having lost my first solo trial, I decided to mark the occasion by getting a tattoo. It’s about 1/2″ long, so if (when) I lose trials in the future, I can get another, identical tattoo right above it. And so on. Rocio at Black and Blue did the work, which didn’t hurt at all, unlike [...]