The new District Attorney in Dallas County, Texas, thinks that his job and that of his office is to pursue and advance the interests of justice. This means that from time to time, a prosecution will be dropped or not… Continue Reading
I get a new paralegal on Monday. She’s smart, and has lots of professional experience, but has never worked in a law firm before. So, I’ll have to train her in what happens in court and litigation. Hopefully, that’ll be… Continue Reading
“Your Honor, I couldn’t have known that I was in a school zone. There was this large black truck, in the lane to my right, which blocked my view of the signposts. The 40 mile an hour sign was big… Continue Reading
Every time I sit in small claims court – and many times I’m in the audience during it – I will think of this idea. Some of the cases really do seem like jokes, so why not treat them, literally,… Continue Reading
To follow up on a current event I wrote about a few days ago, it seems that a lot of public pressure can sometimes change the way a big company thinks and acts. When every major news agency demonstrates to… Continue Reading
As the baseball season begins, it’s with some interest that I note that the Supreme Court has granted certioarai in the case of CBC Distribution v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media. This case challenges the right of a private company… Continue Reading
Spungen wrote about this a few days ago. But my audience is a little different than hers (although there is some overlap) so maybe Readers here can come up with their own ideas. A while back, the firm got a… Continue Reading
In this story, Wal-Mart is absolutely, positively, in the right from a legal perspective. It’s not even a close case. Whe your health insurer pays your health care costs resulting from an injury, and that injury is proven to have… Continue Reading
Last night was the awards ceremony for the Mock Trial teams. About 100 kids from the various teams were there, along with some of their parents, teachers, and a few of us attorney coaches. The program coordinator said a few… Continue Reading
It’s starting to look like I’ve got some appellate work coming up. In a way, that’s good news, at least for me — I enjoy that sort of thing and the opportunity to engage in that sort of practice is… Continue Reading