Arbitration has moved into its new home.
After years on the Fifth Floor of the historic Allegheny County Court House, the Arbitration division is finally moving in with the rest of the Civil Division.
The Lone Juror
No. 497
Who is to say that the one juror who held out against conviction was wrong? That is what unanimous juries are all about.
CLT
August Rants.
Two New Yorkers, one named Charlie and the other Steve, entertained the country (and perhaps much of the world) today. Everybody loved it. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot!” (Charlie) became the sound bite of the day. The magnificent movie-like exit, down the emergency chute with two beers, (Steve)became the universal daydream.
Consol Energy Center — a Hat Trick!
With the opening of the Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh now has three state of the art major league sports venues. And then there’s the Petersen Event Center at Pitt and Palumbo Center at Duquesne. Not bad for a town where none of them existed not too many years ago.
Comment No. 300
No. 488
Well, I noticed the other day that this blog had hit comment number 300. Amazing.
So, I decided to investigate where the comment came from.
It was I.
CLT
WikiLeaks Strikes. NYT Reports.
No. 486
The internet has come to be the place where news breaks without warning, causing big problems for the main line media. There are those who have no compunction about releasing doctored or highly edited audio and video, misleading but with the look and feel of truth. We had an example of this earlier this [...]
Payday Loans on the Internet? Yikes!
No. 482
Do not ever obtain a loan on the Internet. Here’s what happened to a person from Harrisburg who took out a payday loan. He ended up with three more loans that he didn’t remember making and actually paid them! Then he posted this question on AVVO Answers.
CLT
Wasting Our Greatest Resource.
The fact is that most of the people who want to continue to work are driven out of the workplace by mandatory retirement. Every time such a forced retirement happens, the United States (or any other country) loses the benefit of a highly trained and experienced worker.We do it with judges. Mandatory retirement for judges is age 70. But even judges past the mandatory retirement age are engaged on a per diem basis to handle cases, until the judge or the Supreme Court decides that it is time to hang up the spurs. This system has worked well by utilizing the most experienced judges well past the age when most employees are shown the door.
Is George Steinbrenner Really Dead?
Today I heard an unsubstantiated and absolutely untrue rumor that George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, had faked his own death. But like most unsubstantiated and untrue rumors, it has a kernel of truth inside. By dying in 2010, Mr. Steinbrenner’s heirs have received a fabulous windfall. No federal estate tax will be due on his estate.
Something Else for Landlords to Worry About — Illegal Immigrants.
No. 478
Maybe it isn’t a trend yet, but a lot of angry people are thinking about enacting state laws and local ordinances to restrict the ability of illegal immigrants to live and work in their communities. This includes local ordinances forbidding landlords to rent to illegals. A new one cropped up in Fremont, Nebraska recently. [...]
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