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Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Treasury Offers to Subsidize Qualified Short Sales Under New Guidelines.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 29, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle
DSNews.com Daily Dose, December 29, 2009.
Google Scholar, new research tool. Give it a try.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 29, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
Last month, Google rolled out the Beta version of its new FREE legal research tool. It responds to a key word search with cases. Of course, nobody is guaranteeing anything. But who knows what might turn up?
Please try it out by clicking here. Then come back and tell us how it worked in the comments section below.
CLT
That Nutmeg Lawyer Guy Can’t Be Serious. Ever.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 29, 2009 | © 2026
Click here for the funniest lawyer ad ever. Well, recently.
From “Anticipate This”: It will Never Fly Department.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 29, 2009 | © 2026
Click here.
Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: New Judges, Walko, Klein and Ignelzi, to be sworn in.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 28, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle
Newly elected Allegheny County Common Pleas Judges Don Walko, Arnold Klein and Phil Ignelzi will be sworn in on December 28, December 29 and January 7 respectively. The Allegheny County Bar Association Event Calendar lists the time and place for the receptions.
Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Foreclosure Mediation in Allegheny County has Saved 200 this Year.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 26, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, December 26, 2009.
The Email Trap.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 26, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
SUMMARY: Any email you send could be used to harm you.
The seizure of State Senator Jane Orie’s computer files by the Allegheny County District Attorney may well lead nowhere. But the fact remains, even if that prosecution is dropped, the prosecutors have the files and they are already reading them. This includes hundreds of thousands of emails containing information from and about constituents.
If a recipient’s computer is seized by authorities, hacked by criminals or reviewed by an adverse party during discovery in a civil lawsuit, the sender’s email is read by someone who is planning to do harm to the recipient and could, depending upon the content, develop an interest in doing harm to the sender. Worst of all, the recipient could betray or accuse the sender, providing the email to police, media or spouse — or all three. [As with Tiger Woods] And then, there’s blackmail. [As with David Letterman]
Every email you ever sent has the potential to end up in the hands of an enemy.
CLT
Pittsburgh Legal Newslog:K&L Gates Update.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 22, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009.
SUMMARY: “Christmas is an excuse for picking a man’s pocket.” — Ebeneezer Scrooge
K&L Gates, the former Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, has a large presence in Pittsburgh, so we reprint what Above the Law recently wrote about payroll adjustments. ATL has made a specialty out of conveying firing/pay reduction news (sometimes before the affected persons are informed) to associates at large law firms throughout the country.
CLT
Retail Theft Update.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 22, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
SUMMARY: Don’t try to outrun store detectives.
I just received a new comment on a post I wrote a few months ago about what you should do (and not do) if stopped by store detectives. Since the article is worth a reprise here it is, together with comments. I also received an off-line comment from a lawyer saying that she was sending it to her clients.
The new comment contains a report on a Walmart customer who was tackled by two Walmart store detectives and another customer and who died as a result. You never know the medical condition of someone you physically assault and (as they told us in torts class in law school) you take ’em as they are, pre-existing conditions and all. Add to the list of don’ts: don’t run.
CLT
Yes, Virginia, There Are Lawyers Who Love Their Work (and they’re Not Sickos).
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| December 22, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
SUMMARY: Lawyers on 22 Tweets tell why they love their work.
With all the talk about lawyer burnout, layoff, stress, etc., it is a fair question to ask: who would ever want to be one? The archetypal story seems to be that this smart, energetic and even idealistic kid accumulates six figure school loan debt, graduates from first tier law school, makes Faustian deal with biglaw and then endures hell on earth for the rest of his/her life.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Notice what the group of lawyers who participated in the recent 22 Tweets roundtable on work/life balance had to say about the work side of that equation:
@jaynejuvan: LOVE the intensity of a legal practice. Nothing beats heated negotiations & the minutes leading up 2 signing or closing a deal.
@jayshep: I love creating and growing a brand from scratch. I love helping companies run better. I hate worrying about $
@lisasolomon: Enormous. Work intellectually stimulating & my clients appreciate importance of my work 2 success of their cases
@beckyandhollee: I was born to be a legal writing professor. I have the best job — freedom to write, the fun of teaching, and time w/family.
@taxgirl: I love what I do. I don’t always love the profession – those are diff things. But my work is interesting, I work w great people.
I also love that my girls see that I’m valued and that I like my job. It’s imp to me that my girls know they can do anything.
CLT
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CLIFF TUTTLE has been a Pennsylvania lawyer for over 45 years and (inter alia) is a real estate litigator and legal writer. The posts in this blog are intended to provide general information about legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus. However, this information does not constitute legal advice and there is no lawyer-client relationship created when you read this blog. You are encouraged to leave comments but be aware that posted comments can be read by others. If you wish to contact me in privacy, please use the Contact Form located immediately below this message. I will reply promptly and in strict confidence.
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