Cufflinks: the New Spats.

We lawyers populate courthouses and other public buildings. That means that we must continuously pass through security magnetic devices and perhaps be required to partially disrobe in order to gain access to the building. Taking off cufflinks (or other jewelry) while trying to navigate through security is a giant pain, especially when you have just enough time to make it to motions. Better to just leave it all behind — permanently.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Home Mortgage Credit Standards “Stuck on Stupid.”

This has happened before and community-based thrifts, banks and credit unions made a niche for such borrowers. It may take a little time, but this phenomenon will happen again, subject to regulatory restraints. The article doesn’t say so, but well-qualified borrowers should look for portfolio lenders who do not follow Fannie Mae underwriting guidelines.

One Thousand Law Professors Can’t Be Wrong.

Does this sort of advertising actually help get votes in the Senate? I’ll bet it doesn’t. Senators care about what voters from their state have to say, not a bunch of law professors.

A Simple Will.

Just in case you have a desire to read Michael Jackson’s apparent Last Will and Testament, I hope you won’t be too disappointed. If you thought Mr. Jackson would hire a high priced estate law firm to draft a fancy, lengthy instrument, you were wrong.

Much Ado

Talk show hosts and bloggers, including law professor/blogger Ann Althouse, have made a whole lot of absolutely nothing in a photo from the G8. All this analysis is a giant waste of time. Moreover, judging from the photograph, the lady was attired quite modestly. Grow up, you guys!

Courts Close for G 20.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009 When the G 20 meet in Pittsburgh on September 24, the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas will be closed. Its obvious why. Downtown Pittsburgh will be gridlock city for several days. And every available police officer, sheriff’s deputy, etc. will be providing security for the conference, not the […]

Can You Name the Presidents Who Argued a Case Before the US Supreme Court?

Abraham Lincoln in Lewis v. Lewis, 48 US 776 (1849). Lincoln, who despite his PR was one of the leading trial lawyers in Illinois, argued this case a few days after his term in the US House of Representatives expired.

Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk at 1.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle On July 7, 2008, PLBT brought forth its first post. You can read it on the sidebar under “About PLBT.” I hear that most blogs don’t last more than a few months. The author runs out of ideas or enthusiasm or both. We’re still here and we have readers. We’re about […]

Thomas Jefferson, in his own hand.

The Library of Congress holds the largest Jefferson collection in the world — in spite of the British in 1812. View a letter from Jefferson to John Adams in his own hand from the Library’s great collection. Friends, then political rivals, then finally friends again, the two had a correspondence during their final years that has enriched us.

Pennsylvania Bar Association’s “Report Card” on Women in Pennsylvania Law.

Nevertheless, women have been predominantly employed at the lower pay grades of organizations and have tended to fall out of the partner track in law firms more frequently than men. Some of that is due to a greater voluntary preference among women for part time or less intensive work schedules. However, there is a widely held opinion that it is still harder for women to advance in the profession.

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