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Michael Jackson
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 28, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
I have been getting reader comments regarding Michael Jackson, even though I haven’t written anything about him. However, the Anonymous Lawyer has weighed in on the subject and I have seen tributes turning up on other blogs.
The readers want to know whether I will be commenting on the investigation into the star’s sudden and apparently premature death. The focus seems to be on whether Jackson’s physician bears some culpability, civil or criminal. At this point in time, I doubt if I will be able to add anything to the subject that Gretta Van Sustren and the other cable mavens won’t analyze to the point of absurdity. But who knows? Lets see what develops.
Nevertheless, the courts will probably be busy sorting out numerous other Jackson-related legal battles for years. If I find an interesting one — one that hasn’t been endlessly overworked on Fox News, I may weigh in on it.
CLT
Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates Celebrates Fourth Blogaversary.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 28, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
A Pittsburgh-based legal blog, Philip Brooks’ Patent InfringementUpdates is celebrating it fourth blogaversary today.
This blog was named No. 20 among the top 25 patent law blogs by IP Watchdog earlier this year.
Among the cases recently reported by Brooks, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that an attorneys fee claim by a competitor in a patent infringement suit was not recoverable from a professional liability carrier, since the coverage was intended only in the case where there was a lawyer-client relationship.
CLT
Pittsburgh Comet on the City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment Decision as Upheld by Judge James.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 28, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle
Here’s what the Pittsburgh Comet, a local politics blog, had to say about the decision by Judge James upholding the City of Pittsburgh’s Zoning Board of Adjustment decision denying the downtown electronic billboard application by Lamar Advertising for the Grant Street Transportation Center.
If you are interested enough to want to read the opinion of the Court and the opinion of the ZBA, the Comet has reproduced them both.
CLT
Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Commonwealth Court to Move to New Address.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 27, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
The Commonwealth Court is moving to to the Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg on August 3, 2009.
The Court’s new address will be:
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
601 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 2100
PO Box 69185
Harrisburg, PA 17106-9185
There will be no change in the address of the Court’s Philadelphia office or telephone number. There is no office for the Commonwealth Court in Pittsburgh.
The Court’s web page is located at www.aopc.org.
The Chief Clerk’s telephone number is 717-255-1650.
A short Wikipedia article contains some basic information about this one-of-a-kind appellate court.
CLT
Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Better News for Dwelling House?
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 27, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
Dwelling House Savings told the Post-Gazette and Tribune Review that it has had some progress in recovering funds electronically stolen from it. Although details are necessarily hazy, it appears that progress in restoring the required level of regulatory capital by June 30 is being made.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 25, 2009
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, June 26, 2009
CLT
Hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 26, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle(c) 2009
Well, it looks like another expression has made it into the popular lexicon. Too bad. Anyone who has ever walked a part of this iconic trail, knows what a wonderful, peaceful, other-worldly experience it can be. It pulls you like a magnet.
The Anonymous Lawyer has been there, too, figuratively speaking, of course. But let him tell you. Guaranteed to make you smile. Click here. Or read it from the blog roll. Right hand column, scroll down.
CLT
Thanks for the Tweet, West Virginia!
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 26, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
Not too long ago, I wrote a post called Why Blog? 10.5 Good Reasons.
Jeff Mehalic, author of West Virginia Business Litigation Blog, was kind enough to send out a tweet on Twitter directing readers to the post.
If you browse our blogroll, you have probably run into Jeff’s blog. It mostly contains detailed summaries of important West Virginia business cases. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wishes to keep up on the areas of the law it covers. It is also a good place for us lawyers, whether practicing in West Virginia or elsewhere, to (as Rumpole used to say) improve our education.
Check out Jeff’s comments when you are reading our blog by looking at the right hand column and scrolling to the end of the blogroll.
CLT
Interesting Contracts Case Appears in Adams Drafting.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 26, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
Suppose that a newly-hired executive deliberately signs a non-compete contract on the company’s signature line. After his employment is terminated, he argues that the contract is invalid because he signed the wrong line on purpose and the company submitted a new document that was never signed. Enforceable? Read the discussion (and comment if you wish) in Adams Drafting. You can read Adams Drafting anytime from our blogroll — right hand column, scroll down.
CLT
Nutmeg Lawyer rises to 196 on AVVO most read legal blogs.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 26, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
Yesterday I reported that PLBT rose over 70 places in the AVVO rankings of legal blogs by readership. Today I looked to see whether the rank was holding (it is at 213 today) and decided to check out the new neighborhood. To my surprise and pleasure, I discovered that one of my favorite blawgs, Nutmeg Lawyer, which had been pretty close in readership to PLBT when we were both in the 280’s, had jumped all the way to 196.
In case you don’t know (I didn’t, not too long ago) Connecticut is the Nutmeg State. Adrian Baron is a Connecticut lawyer who authors Nutmeg Lawyer. It is one of the most entertaining legal blogs around, which is why it is being discovered by so many new readers. Adrian is a pretty interesting guy, even among lawyers — a profession replete with unusual characters. He studied for a while in Poland and actually interviews Polish clients in their native language, complete with unintentional double-entendres and insults that end up with a good laugh. He knows enough Spanish, if I understand the story he once told me, to insult a client in three languages. He also has a very smart wife who has been known to read my blog.
You can catch up on Nutmeg Lawyer anytime you are browsing here by clicking on its link on the PLBT blogroll– right hand column, scroll down.
CLT
Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Dwelling House Savings Continues to Raise Capital, but the Climb is Steeper at the End.
Posted by Cliff Tuttle| June 25, 2009 | © 2026
Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009
The local community rallied for Dwelling House last Friday. They marched from Hill House to Dwelling House and would have deposited enough to capitalize Dwelling House, if it had only been that easy. While the bank has already raised over $1,000,000 in conventional deposits, it must complete the capitalization with “non-withdrawable funds.” Here are the latest news reports:
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, June 20, 2009.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, June 20, 2009.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, June 24, 2009.
Thanks to the PG and Trib for their continuing coverage of this matter of critical importance to the Hill District and Pittsburgh — that means all of us.
CLT
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