Conquering Law School in One Easy Lesson.

Old timers who went to school before Law Preview are left to muse: could it have been that easy? Could we, in the words of Law Preview, have “conquered law school” with one more week of focused preparation?

Those of us who didn’t rank in the top 20.7% will never know.

Fair and Biased — Strike That — Balanced.

The story involved an incident where a bag containing boiled ham was placed on the table in the cafeteria where a group of Somali Muslims were seated. In the blog piece, the bag of ham became a ham sandwich and quotes lifted from a factual local newspaper account were livened up with fictitious quotes.

Backtalk Requested: Bonusteria.

So, answer a few simple questions:
1. How did the AIG employees who earned bonuses qualify for them?
2. What benefit did AIG derive from the efforts that earned the bonuses?
3. Are the people who received the bonuses earning more money for AIG than the value of the bonuses? How much more or less?
4. Can AIG find people to replace the bonus-earners who will make as much or more money for AIG without being paid a bonus?

What? Not a clue?

Then why are you so outraged?

New Government Website on Refinance and Modification: Making Home Affordable.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle MakingHomeAffordable.gov is the new website launched today by HUD and Treasury to provide information on federally funded modification and refinance opportunities. It offers “interactive self-assessment tools” to determine eligibility for government-sponsored programs. CLT

Twittering away the Idle Hours on Jury Duty: Forget It.

If you have to report for jury duty, it may be a good idea to leave your iphone or Blackberry behind. No one has made any public announcements, at least not to my knowledge, but don’t be surprised to see the tipstaff collecting electronic devices at the door. Word has been going around the internet for a while, and now the main line news about jurors causing mistrials by getting and giving out information on the web during trial.

Post-signing Attorney Review of Real Estate Contracts Is an Idea Worth Importing into Pennsylvania

New Jersey and New York have had statutes for some time that permit residential sellers and buyers to have their attorney review the agreement of sale and rescind it for any reason or no reason for a period of three days. It was a good idea then. It is a better one now.

Read to me, O Robot!

Posted by Cliff Tuttle As a great lover of audiobooks, I’ve been waiting for a device that will read any book I choose aloud. That day is coming and the Kindle2 from Amazon.com just brought it closer. Kindle is an electronic device to which books and a host of other electronic media can be downloaded […]

Adams Drafting Addresses the Art of Writing Contracts

Posted by Cliff Tuttle Welcome to the PLBT Blogroll another high quality legal blog with a specialized focus: Adams Drafting. Contract drafting is an important legal skill that receives too little attention. Poorly drafted documents are the source of a great deal of litigation. Everyone agrees that contracts should be written clearly. But the nuts […]

Q: How can a Property be Disruptive? A: When the Dog Gets Loose.

What are the unintended consequences of this disruptive properties ordinance? Properties that can’t be sold? Streets full of boarded up properties? Purchasers of rental properties avoiding the City? Tenants avoiding the City? All of these bad outcomes seem likely. All of these bad outcomes would be more disruptive than the problem the ordinance is trying to solve.

Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk Turns 100 (Posts)

Another milestone. I posted my 100th piece on this blog early yesterday morning. The first was in July 2008. It wasn’t long before I started receiving real comments. One of the first was from a Magisterial District Judge who pointed out a missing piece of information in a post on landlord-tenant statutes. We’ve grown steadily since then. Today, after just 100 posts, we’re ranked number 245 in traffic on the Avvo Top Legal Blogs List.

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