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The Legal Reader
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Commentary on law, politics, and everything else that matters.
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Law Students Can Be Real Scumbags
The law school was evacuated today due to a fire alarm. I just got this email: As the building was being vacated this afternoon because of the fire alarms, two laptops were stolen from the Moot Court office. A third...
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Lesbian Teens Told By School Officials To Go To The Prom With Guys
Kind of misses the point of being a lesbian, doesn’t it? School officials in a rural Mississippi county told a lesbian student to get "guys" to take her and her girlfriend to a high school prom and warned the girls...
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What Would Jesus Do? Oppose Iqbal and Twombly, Apparently.
I have to agree that the “vague and malleable” standards invite judges to substitute personal feelings for legal reasoning. Glad to see that there are some conservative groups out there who are working to repair the system. The conservative Alliance...
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Lesbian Teen sues high school because it canceled her prom
I suspect this is going to end up on many final exams in Con Law next year… JACKSON, Miss. -- An 18-year-old lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to...
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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Civil Procedure textbooks across the country are now out of date.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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