Measure Thrice, Cut Once

No. 1,304 I received a comment through the contact box this week. In case you haven’t noticed, I shut down the comments after each post some months ago because they were being flooded with robotic spam. Even Captcha couldn’t stem the flow completely. So, if you want to leave a comment, you can reach me […]

Recent Retweets

No. 1,303 Here’s a few tweets that I retweeted recently. Pope Francis â€@Pontifex Feb 4 Take action! Live life to the full! And when others see the witness you give, they may ask: why do you live this way? 514 replies12,933 retweets33,733 likes ******************************************************************* sententiae antiquae â€@sentantiq Feb 4 “No lie lasts through old age” á¼€Î»Î»’ Î¿á½Î´á½²Î½ á¼•ÏÏ€ÎµÎ¹ ÏˆÎµá¿¦Î´Î¿Ï‚ […]

Bad links and the Obituary to End All

No. 1,302 If you cannot open a link, let me know in the message box in the right-hand column of this blog and I will email the item to you. I recently received an inquiry from a reader stating that the obituary in No. 1,300 would not open. I tried it and it worked for me. […]

Advice on Decision-making from the Master

No. 1,301 The following recently appeared in Quora.

In case you missed it — here’s a link to the obituary to end all obituaries.

No. 1,300 Click here. Yes this is a real obituary that appeared in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. I published the link rather than cutting and pasting so you could see where it originated. I hear his family was unaware of it, but says its just like him. Maybe you’ll wish you knew him. CLT

Its jail time if your cell phone rings in this courtroom!

No. 1,299

Here’s What a Scam Email to a Lawyer Looks Like.

No. 1,298 Here is a scammy email I received recently. Don’t worry, this is a scan of the original, so you cannot accidentally click the links. This one couldn’t fool you if you are paying attention. So, pay attention.

Fake News, Fake Facts and What We Think We Know.

No. 1,297 In this age of electronic spying and Wikileaks, how are we supposed to know who made up what? And even if something isn’t a total fabrication, a misinterpretation can be just as deadly. During the Presidential Campaign, fact checkers reported that an extremely high percentage of alleged facts we were being told by […]

Commonwealth Court Explains How to Avoid Realty Transfer Tax When Drafting a Renewal Clause in a Long-term Commercial Lease.

No. 1,296 SATURDAY FAMILY LP v. COMMONWEALTH; TECHSPEC INC. v COMMONWEALTH, Nos. 781 F.R. 2013, 782 F.R. 2013 SUMMARY: To avoid real estate transfer tax on a long-term lease, it is necessary to make the initial term less than 30 years and to price any renewals at fair market value at the time of the […]

Rule Proposed to Permit Citation of Non-precedential Superior Court Opinions

No. 1,295 The Legal Intelligencer reports that a proposed rule is about to be published permitting citation of non-precedential Superior Court Opinions for their persuasive value, but not as authority. The reason for the rule permitting non-precedential opinions is the heavy workload of the Court. Although these opinions do not appear in the official reports, […]

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