WQED FM and The Music of Christmas

No. 1,364 I heard Christmas music on WQED FM (89.3) this morning and it was wonderful! Of course, there are a few stations that have been playing Christmas oldies from pop charts ranging back to the Depression. If that does it for you, keep listening. To my ear, pop groups rarely capture the aroma of the […]

A dialogue: Does a Broken Toilet Seat Not Replaced by Landlord in a Month Create an Uninhabitable Condition?

No. 1,362 Here’s a question that appeared the other day in the AVVO forum where landlords and tenants pose questions to lawyers. Attorney Leslie Margolis and I answered the question at about the same time and we then traded comments. Unfortunately, I don’t have my comments available to reprint, but hers are better anyway. Consider […]

When Should a Court Award Treble Damages Under UTPCPL?

No. 1,362 E.S. MANAGEMENT v. GAO et al., 2017 PA Super 362 (November 15, 2017 A group of students, all citizens of China, were searching for housing for the 2014-2015 school year at Carnegie Mellon University. While still overseas, they asked a friend to look at an apartment being advertised by E. S. Management. E. […]

Here’s a Tune that is sticky as Velcro (er, I mean . . . I don’t know what to call it!)

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On the Witness Stand: Tell Me Your Story.

No. 1,360 As the day comes closer, many people become apprehensive about giving testimony in court. One way to relieve the tension is for the witness to rehearse the testimony with counsel. This enables the witness to obtain a good idea of what he/she is expected to say. Extraneous information can be culled away. Don’t […]

Its Christmas Season

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Signs of the Times: Bathroom Iconography

No. 1,358 Perhaps you remember when the North Carolina legislature passed a bill restricting bathroom use to biological members of that sex. Well, that’s history. Here’s a bathroom sign at Campus Y at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Be Sure to Bequeath All Your Passwords to Your Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Successors and Assigns

No. 1,357 AJEMIAN v. YAHOO!, INC., SJC – 122337, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, October 16, 2017 John Ajemian died in a bicycle accident. He had an email account with Yahoo! when he died, containing four years of stored emails. The administrators of his estate, his brother and sister, would really like to read those […]

Focusing Forward

No. 1,356 A lot of people have trouble being on time for meetings and other events. One of my favorite blogs, Time Management Ninja, had an excellent guest post on the causes of lateness. Everybody is late at times and some of those are unavoidable. But a habit of lateness is one that must be […]

Yes, Even a Lawyer Can Give Back Ten Talents For Five.

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