Category: COURTS
Lawyer Imprudence, The Lawyer as Idiot
Attorney as Addict or Worse? This is the next chapter in the tale of Ira Mayo, a lawyer...
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Judge, Sex, Complainant, Witness, Conviction, and §1983
This is a brief sketch of a case in federal court–first in the district court in Michigan...
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An Arrogant & Foolish Client
Plus A Dishonorable Lawyer Who is also an Ignorant Idiot? The following might be believed. The...
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Peg Legs, Eye Patches, Pirates, and Judges
In this case, a panel of the 9th Circuit disqualified a district judge on the grounds that his...
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How Lawyers Should Not Speak or Write: “Amazing,” “Awesome, & “OK”
Many of you probably have already adopted the view that the “near-word” (or maybe its...
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BitTorrent
I am basically a tolerant, liberty-oriented, and liberal-minded person. I was delighted to see...
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On the Rhetoric of the Ridiculous
Overdoing rhetoric in briefs, motions, pleadings, etc., is poor, tasteless, and below-grade...
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Stunning Racism and Very Poorly Performing Lawyers
I. Introduction Words like “outrageous” have largely been ruined by the legal...
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Texas Law & the Use of Expert Witnesses
The Texas Supreme Court recently decided on a very significant case on legal malpractice. The...
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Texas Legal Malpractice Decision: Limitation on the “Case-Within-the-Case” Doctrine
It has been almost universally thought amongst lawyers, who are knowledgeable on the relevant...
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