Born to Tweet!

Congratulations to Gourmetlawyer and wife of Chicago who announced the birth of Gourmetbaby on Twitter early this morning. Father provided a a tweet by tweet description of the birthing process over the course of the evening.

Every New Day Is a Gift.

We don’t know how many are left. But there is one fewer than there was yesterday. Lets make it count.

Bombing of Dresden Still Debated After 65 Years.

With the war grinding down in early 1945 to an inevitable Allied victory, the Soviet army raced toward Berlin. Churchill promised Stalin, or so they say, that British and American bombers would obliterate the City of Dresden, so that it could not support the retreating Germans on the Eastern Front.

St. Patrick Was the First Great Churchman to Teach that Slavery Was Contrary to the Law of God.

That’s something to toast. CLT

Tiger Woods Emerges Triumphant Only Four Months Later

Here’s a prediction: the return of Woods will draw the largest TV audience of any sporting event, which means that it will outdraw the last Super Bowl. I won’t be watching, however. I’ll be blogging.

Zoning: Building Permit Denied for Mt. Lebanon High School Project.

The plan failed to provide the required number of parking spaces and the footprint of the buildings and other non-permeable surface area is too large for the land on which it is built.

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.

How to File PO’s to an Arbitration Case in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court.

Unlike General Docket civil cases, where it is necessary to go to motions to obtain an argument date, (1) you start at the Arbitration room on the fifth floor of the old County Courthouse to obtain an argument date.

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