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The Legal Reader
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Commentary on law, politics, and everything else that matters.
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Supreme Court Adopts The “Nerve Center” Test
Civil Procedure textbooks across the country are now out of date. The Supreme Court overturned that decision, sending the case back to federal court. "We conclude that the phrase 'principal place of business' refers to the place where the corporation's...
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Toyota’s cars are perfectly safe – it’s all just a big union and trial lawyer conspiracy
Hmmm.. Republican governor is facing a reelection. He defends a big corporation, and bashes unions and trial lawyers. No surprise there. Washington -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry defended Toyota Motor Corp., suggesting that "union activists" and others are pushing criticism...
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Does “No Drama, No Dicks, No Douchebags” hiring policy run afoul of any laws?
Personally, I’d love to read a lawsuit in which a plaintiff alleged he or she wasn’t hired for being a dick or a douchebag. As DICE is a business conference, Pitchford was also quite open about what's important to Gearbox...
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Casting Call For Litigators Who Would Like To Blog
Are you too busy litigating to run your own blog, but you’d still like to write a blog post now and again? Then get in contact with me. I’m about to launch a blog written by and for litigators. Lawyers...
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Are Juries Getting More Skeptical Due To The Recession
Quite possibly. "I think with what is going on in the country, there are a lot of angry people," said retired Broadway actor Sammy Williams. "Money is such an issue and to give money to someone for results of a...
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The Prempro Video Wyeth Doesn’t Want You To See
Apparently, Wyeth is asking a federal judge to order attorneys to remove this video from YouTube. After watching the video, I can see why Wyeth has its knickers in a twist: Kudos to the attorneys who produced this video. It’s...
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Check Out My Most Popular Post
In this six years I’ve been blogging about the civil justice system, I’ve never written a post that has generated so much discussion in the blogosphere. Apparently, I tapped into a vein of hostility towards self-described social media experts. Here’s...
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This is why you should hire a lawyer, not a law professor
Nesson may be a brilliant Harvard law professor, but it appears that he’s a piss-poor lawyer. Keep this in mind if you ever consider hiring a law professor to represent you in a case. That was the backdrop, but when...
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$5 million dollar lawsuit against Burger King – over three text messages
First, read this, and then I’ll tell you what I hate: Espinal's contention: Burger King "caused actual harm" by harassing her with the "cryptic" messages, according the lawsuit. Espinal was "subjected to aggravation" and made to pay for receiving them....
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The Government Requested GPS Info From Sprint Alone Over 8 Million Times IN A Year
That and other particularly interesting bits of information are available at the link below. Maybe we are living in a surveillance state… Cox Communications, the third largest cable provider in the United States, is the only company I've found that...
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Congratulations to the Center for Justice & Democracy
Today I got a wonderful e-mail from Joanne Doroshow, the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Justice & Democracy. Joanne is on my short-list of heroes, so I’m extremely pleased to share the following news with you: CJ&D’s...
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Exposing Hypocrites By Attempting to Ban Divorce – Thumbs Up
If you don’t support gay marriage, that’s fine. But don’t lie and say you oppose it because you want to protect marriage. If you really want to protect marriage, you’d be all over this attempt to ban divorce: In a...
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Greedy Bastards Scuttle What Could Have Been The Ultimate Web Device
I’d have bought at least two of these. I sincerely hope that Arrington and the rest of the Crunch boys sue the “shareholders” into oblivion. It was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to...
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Judge punishes bank by canceling mortgage
Reading this article, I got the feeling that the bank wasn’t interested in working with the court, but instead wanted to have things done its way. Looks like the bank learned that the Judge is the boss. The judge concluded...
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I don’t often agree with Posner, but I don’t want him dead. Unlike this nutjob
I’m sure some people will accuse me of being a liberal socialist Nazi communist dictator… but I just don’t think that death threats should be protected speech. "These Judges deserve to be killed," declared Harold "Hal" Turner on his Web...
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