Those Jersey Lawyers Can’t Take a Little Needling.
No. 477
So, a New Jersey lawyer was placed behind bars after being taunted (but just a bit) by Pennsylvania counsel on a car accident case. Good.
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Cost Cutting and Legal Fees
Andrew Carnegie, the unofficial patron saint of Pittsburgh, was a great practitioner of the art and science of cost cutting, which in turn enabled price cutting. We tend to forget (or never knew) that the great industrialists of the Guilded Age achieved their dominance during the “Long Depression” which began in 1873 and after two decades marked by partial recoveries, plunged again in 1893.
Good Show, Whitelocke!
There are a lot of interesting people out there in the world. I just ran into one of them on Twitter. This morning T.B. Whitelocke of Australia, author of the book and blog “Lawmanship, 3d Edition” showed up as a follower of PittsburghLegal.
Goodbye, Old Arbitration Room.
Arbitration in the Allegheny County Court House Arbitration Room, Fifth Floor, is almost a thing of the past — almost. Landlord Tenant cases will be heard for a few days over the Summer months, but then its off to new quarters on the Seventh Floor, City-County Building in September.
In the Matter of George B. Vashon: Righting Wrongs.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, on motion of Pittsburgh Attorney Wendell Freeman, admitted George B. Vashon to the Bar. He was denied the right to apply for membership in the Allegheny County Bar Association in 1847 on account of his race, as set forth in the following opinion:
Branding for Lawyers.
People ask lawyers all the time, “what kind of law do you practice?” My short answer: “I’m a real estate litigator.” Of course, that’s not all all I do, but its a pretty concise nugget and it gives the them something to think about. Sticky? Yes, but not as sticky as Generic Lawyer. Nobody forgot that one.
Why Walmart Doesn’t Practice Law.
I wouldn’t expect a Harvard Law prof. to know any of this. She doesn’t hang out with too many Main Street lawyers, just Wall Street types and their social peers. Her theories can probably be applied very well to that crowd. But, then again, she probably doesn’t shop at Walmart too often either.
Lawyer Remembered for Returning Phone Calls — 70 Years Ago!
He told how a bank teller had startled him by remembering that the firm’s founder had been her grandfather’s lawyer. How did she remember such a long ago fact? She remembered that Mr. Podorowsky had returned her grandfather’s telephone calls.
BOB BERNSTEIN, TELL ME SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT LEGAL ETHICS AND TECHNOLOGY.
The Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 2009-100 addressing ethical issues arising from inadvertent transmission of confidential client information embedded in computer files. Attorney Bob Bernstein, who has been active in the realm of law and technology, addresses some of these problems, which affect every lawyer who uses a computer.
Look Who is Following Posts on Common Pleas Court.
In the past I have often used the words “Common Pleas Court”. Given the subject matter of this blog, I can’t avoid it. But something has happened on yesterday’s post that is interesting and even surprising. This blog started getting ping backs from Common Pleas Courts around the country, lots of them.
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