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4 Dec 0001, 4:00 pm
On February 19, Associated Press reported that Hera McLeod, mother of a 15-month-old boy who drowned while in his father’s care, is suing the psychologist who suggested the visitation. The court-ordered unsupervised visitation came after Margaret Wong, a psychologist who evaluated the boy’s father, told the judge that visitation would be appropriate.
Now, the boy’s mother alleges professional negligence in a wrongful death suit against Wong. The attorney representing… [read post]
4 Dec 0001, 4:00 pm
By Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law
Too many people go to law school with goals that are not necessarily, in my humble opinion, conducive to being happy, productive member of the legal community. Before considering spending money to become an attorney, no matter the path, young people in the United States should ask themselves, “Why do I want to be a lawyer?” Law can be a difficult profession, not at all like what you might see in television and the movies. One thing… [read post]
4 Dec 0001, 4:00 pm
By Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law
Yesterday, I posted this appearance by “the Sword” on August 21, 1989 at the Mayor and Common Council hearing:
PUBLIC COMMENTS – THE SWORD
A citizen identifying himself as the Anti- Christ Spiritual
Leader of the House of Ying, also known as the Sword, appeared
before the Council with a mask. He stated that the mask is to
prevent a robbery, not to commit one. He spoke regarding time
allotted at Council Meetings for public comments.
City Attorney… [read post]
13 Dec 1901, 12:45 pm
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25 May 2013, 9:38 am
Two Yale heavyweights, Ian Ayres & Alan Schwartz, have written The No Reading Problem in Consumer Contract Law, forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review. Here is the abstract:
Instead of attempting to promote informed consumer assent through quixotic attempts to have consumers read ever-expanding disclosures, this Article argues that consumer protection law should focus on unexpected, unfavorable terms. We propose a system under which mass market sellers are required periodically to engage in a… [read post]
25 May 2013, 9:00 am
I will be at the Personal Injury Lawyers Marketing and Management Association (PILMMA) Legal Marketing & Management Summit on June 6-8 in Myrtle Beach, S.C., when I will be making a special presentation on Secrets of a Lead Conversion Specialist: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects Into Paying Clients.
There are a host of other nationally renowned speakers who will be joining me for this three-day super summit, including:
Erin Brockovich is President of Brockovich Research &… [read post]
25 May 2013, 7:59 am
A Dodo or Licensed Lawyer Circa. 2075?
Could licensed lawyers ever go the way of the Dodo and S & H Green Stamps?
I came across this recent article in the Wall Street Journal about the growing interest by non-traditional law school students in signing up for selected law school courses and seeking non-JD graduate-level law degrees (i.e., a Masters) in discreet areas of the law, such as health care, etc. The article got me wondering whether anything could ever bring about a long-term shift… [read post]
25 May 2013, 7:54 am
It's no secret that the night staff of a hospital are both over-worked and over-tired. Nor is it any secret that many medical errors occur at night. But until we look at the totality of the human factors making up... [read post]
25 May 2013, 7:39 am
Here we have another blog in our series of "greates hits". This one first appeared in July of 2011 and is still valid advice in 2013.
Giving
to charity can be a very noble thing and for many of us it comes quite
naturally. Unfortunately it’s also rather easy to give incorrectly, at least as
far as taxes are concerned. To prevent a simple but all too common mistake, the
Wall Street
Journal offers a mantra: “Get the
letter. Get the letter. Get the letter.”
If
you are making a… [read post]
25 May 2013, 6:09 am
Jessie raises some good issues about the use of curves. I agree with the commenters who argue that grades are inherently comparative and relative, so I am generally good with using curves.
I want to ask a slightly different question about using curves in upper-level classes. At least arguably, the curve's signaling and weed-out functions are gone, at least as to smaller, niche non-core classes, particularly with respect to 3Ls in their final semester. And smaller class size means that the… [read post]
25 May 2013, 5:30 am
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Sets Out Targets for PIPEDA Reform http://t.co/tRHS0E2oxi ->
No common law tort for invasion of privacy in BC, as in Ontario, Demcak v. Vo, 2013 BCSC 899 http://t.co/yv9BFcubpz ->
3D printers give rise to 'desktop manufacturing' http://t.co/R8ThFsBB8W ->
Twitter launches two factor authentication to 'make sure it's really you' http://t.co/yUBgM89ckB ->
Canada's privacy laws inadequate for digital age, OPC says http://t.co/E4zgWWBGbd ->
Patent Abuse… [read post]
25 May 2013, 3:24 am
Member of European Parliament Reinhard Bütikofer comments on the recent conclusions of the European Council:
Thanks to this tweet by Alice Stollmeyer for the link.
Let’s have a look at some of the conclusions.
stepping up the role and rights of consumers, including change of suppliers, improved management of energy use and own energy generation;
It is indeed one of the main characteristics of the German renewable energy development that most of the generators are owned by citizens. It is… [read post]
25 May 2013, 2:29 am
The entrepreneurialisation of social housing over the last twenty years has led to a diversity in the types of shared ownership. Of course, the standard leasehold type (what in the old days was called DIYSO) predominates, but there are a multitude of other types. In Ker v Optima Community Association [2013] EWCA Civ 579, the Court of Appeal had to deal with one of these other types in Optima’s claim for possession; but in quite odd circumstances for, by the time of the… [read post]
25 May 2013, 2:29 am
The entrepreneurialisation of social housing over the last twenty years has led to a diversity in the types of shared ownership. Of course, the standard leasehold type (what in the old days was called DIYSO) predominates, but there are a multitude of other types. In Ker v Optima Community Association [2013] EWCA Civ 579, the Court of Appeal had to deal with one of these other types in Optima’s claim for possession; but in quite odd circumstances for, by the time of the… [read post]
25 May 2013, 2:14 am
George Zimmerman’s defense team recently filed a Discovery Exhibit indicating they may seek to introduce a litany of unfavorable evidence about Trayvon Martin.
Among the items the defense listed was evidence of marijuana use, text messages showing an participation in street fighting, and school disciplinary records.
The Martin Family Attorneys Reacts
As can be expected, the reaction from Trayvon Martin’s family was swift and indignant.
Natalie Jackson accused the defense (probably… [read post]
25 May 2013, 12:31 am
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25 May 2013 - According to an English translation of a report by Diario Nacional (DN) on 24 May 2013, the President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak, has...
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24 May 2013, 10:40 pm
With all the news buzzing about the centre of the universe's mayor of Toronto and his crack cocaine issues, you would be excused for not hearing about the other cocaine affected public official, a state judge who was charged with helping himself to the cocaine presented in his courtroom as evidence. [read post]
24 May 2013, 9:25 pm
What forms do you need to file a criminal appeal in Alabama? A Google search on this question will lead to a lot of appellate lawyer websites, but a list of which forms to file to start the appellate process is hard to find online. We are fixing that problem by providing information about the forms to our readers.
To start a criminal appeal in Alabama, a defendant needs to file the following three documents:
Notice of Appeal. In criminal cases, there is not a standardized form for submitting written… [read post]
24 May 2013, 9:25 pm
What forms do you need to file a criminal appeal in Alabama? A Google search on this question will lead to a lot of appellate lawyer websites, but a list of which forms to file to start the appellate process is hard to find online. We are fixing that problem by providing information about the forms to our readers.
To start a criminal appeal in Alabama, a defendant needs to file the following three documents:
Notice of Appeal. In criminal cases, there is not a standardized form for submitting written… [read post]
24 May 2013, 7:03 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller
In previous posts (here and here), I discussed the reasons why Obama will never actually enforce the “near certainty” standard regarding civilian casualties and noted that the standard is vastly more restrictive than IHL’s principle of proportionality. In this post, I want to explain why the new targeting standards for the use of lethal force “outside the United States and areas of active hostilities” represent a complete retreat from IHL in… [read post]