He Changed the World.

No. 730 How many of the billions who have come and gone from this planet can truthfully say, “I changed it for all time”?

Dear Free Lawyer — Answers To Legal Questions For Nothin’.

No. 729 Dear Free Lawyer: I have to make lots of trips to the bathroom due to one of those conditions that come with age. Am I entitled to get unemployment as a door to door salesman because I can’t do my job? — Frequent Flyer Dear Frequent: Don’t count on it. For one thing, […]

Happy Birthday to a Great Lawyer.

No. 728 ‘Strange as it always seemed to many of his contem- pories Gandhi also carried with him to his dying day the legal outlook which he had imbibed during his early youth when he had studied law in a lawyer’s office in London. This unusual combination of the saint and the lawyer made him […]

Killing Al-Awlaki.

Yes, its true that an American Citizen was assassinated without a trial. But an important but simple principle of law has been overlooked by the critics of this practice. Al Qaida leaders are enemy combatants in the field. While we are at war with Al Qaida, its leaders are fair game under the rules of war.

The Art of the Objection.

Like so many things that lawyers do, stating objections in court requires preparation, experience and skill. If you don’t state your grounds quickly, the damage may be done, even if the objection is sustained.

The Light Bulb Goes On . . .

No. 725 Aha Moment No. 725. Ann Althaus, the law prof from the University of Wisconsin who blogs a lot more about politics than law, quotes a WSJ blog about a prosecution of some oil and gas companies over a bird kill in North Dakota involving 28 avians. She then wonders out loud whether wind […]

Introducing Third Chair: Pittsburgh

No. 724 The newest blawg in town, Third Chair:Pittsburgh has made an great start. What’s a third chair? Clue: Horace Rumpole (of the Bailey) was a life-long second chair. No, it has nothing to do with the violin section. Read the back pages of this blog (there aren’t many yet) and you’ll find the […]

Lighten Up, Berkley!

No. 723 Free speech seems to have gone out of style in the home of the Free Speech Movement. A new generation of impertinent little bastards has come along and some of them are actually Republicans. In circa 1969, our left coast contemporaries loved to shock our parents with outrageous pronouncements. Now, some of those […]

Superior Court Holds that Unauthenticated Text Messages Are Inadmissible.

The police had found text messages containing evidence of a drug deal on a defendant’s cell phone. The Court held that it was hearsay without the same kind of authentication that is required for other documents.

Real Estate: Unsung Heroes of the Great Recession.

No. 721 Little note and less recognition has been given to a substantial group of people who have benefitted us all.They are the unsung heroes who have been quietly buying substandard, decaying houses and fixing them up. Without them, there would be a lot more unlivable or barely livable homes in our community. Many more […]

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