Cybercourts for Smart Contracts?

No. 1,504 According to Wikipedia: “A smart contract is a computer protocol intended to digitally facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract. Smart contracts allow the performance of credible transactions without third parties. These transactions are trackable and irreversible.[1] Smart contracts were first proposed by Nick Szabo, who coined the term, […]

Flag Day: One Holiday Too Far?

No. 1,503 Today is flag day and the Pennsylvania State Courts are closed. This holiday commemorates the day when the Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes in 1777. Half-way between Memorial Day and Independence Day, its a national holiday that has never caught on. Although state courts are closed, relatively few other government offices […]

Peace and Serenity at the Courthouse Door

No. 1,502 Just in case you never noticed, the courtyard of the Family Division Courthouse is a pleasant oasis in the middle of downtown Pittsburgh. An inviting place to eat your lunch and watch the squirrels and decompress.

Famous Last Words: You Who Enter Here Abandon Hope.

No. 1,501 An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable device that checks the heart rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to try to restore a normal rhythm. AEDs are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. There […]

Casa San Jose Rapid Response Team Helps to Enable those Arrested by ICE to Obtain Due Process.

In celebration of reaching Post No.1,500, Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk has published an interview with Jarrod West of CasaSan Jose about the lawyers’ volunteer program organized by Casa San Jose to assist persons arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — ICE Â — in gaining due process.

Thinking Inside the Box

No. 1,499 Thought for the day. We all live in a fragile physical envelope that is custom made for our survival. But just outside, the conditions are hostile to our continued existence. We would all die in an instant. Just saying. CLT

A Familiar Story

No. 1,498 Here’s a story that I hear fairly often. It takes place in Syracuse New York, but it could be happening anywhere. A relative or significant other who is living free without cost refuses to leave. This one is a thirty-something son who doesn’t have a job. The judge is prepared to sign an […]

The Blue Danube and 2001 as Seen from 1968.

No. 1,497

Gratitude on Memorial Day

No. 1,496 Gratitude is an empowering emotion. It overcomes selfishness and petty quarrels. It makes us better and stronger. Whether or not we realize it, gratitude can be paired with other emotions like sadness or joy. So many of those emotions are reflexive, responses to the events of our lives. But we don’t have wait […]

Federal “Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act” is Back

However, this law has been reenacted in SB 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed by the President earlier this week. The law requires a ninety-day notification to vacate by the new owner to the hold-over tenant under a bonfire lease. Loan servicing industry publication D S NewsÂ , which has followed the progress of SB2155, seemed surprised to discover that this re-enactment had occurred. Â From the lender’s point of view, this lengthens the time required to obtain possession of the collateral. Â From the tenant’s point of view, until the sheriff’s hammer falls, the lease term may not have ended and it may not be safe to simply leave.

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