Something I Had To Remember Today
Wisdom from the Buddha: “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
Law
Retail Politics
This morning, I got to thinking about the kind of week I’m going to have. I figured, what with the Fourth of July falling on a highly inconvenient Wednesday, it’s pretty much just a day off in the middle of… Continue Reading
Chef Sues Sous Chef
It’s not my own headline, but I couldn’t possibly have improved on it. And it’s 100% accurate. Seems that a sous chef for a high-end seafood restaurant in New York copied, ingredient for ingredient and technique for technique, all of… Continue Reading
Privilege, Contempt, and Mistakes
The trial of Phil Spector for the murder of Lana Clarkson is going on right now. Today, one of the defendant’s former attorneys was held in contempt for refusing to testify against her former client. My initial response was, “Right… Continue Reading
Disgraced
Mike Nifong was the district attorney in North Carolina who prosecuted the three Duke University students accused of raping a woman. It turns out that he had exculpatory evidence and lied to the judge about it, and of course failed… Continue Reading
More Boring Things
There are more boring things for a lawyer to do with his Saturday than indexing exhibits for trial. Not many, but they do exist. These include: a) watching archived city council meeting for a place that you don’t live, b)… Continue Reading
Equal Justice Before Law
Hooray for Judge Michael Sauer; it’s not quite springtime for Paris yet. Fan mail for enforcing the law equally as to all defendants, despite the best efforts of the Los Angeles County Sheriff to obstruct justice, may be sent to… Continue Reading
Tort Reform: Good For Thee, But Not For Me
Noted tort reformer Robert Bork has sued the Yale Club of New York for a routine trip-and-fall negligence case. He’s asked for over $1,000,000 in compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees and prejudgment interest. California and Tennessee, which I know… Continue Reading
The Teddy Bear Master
Sometimes you read things that are so stupefyingly weird that they just leave you agog, as in: “It was literally stuffed animals being manipulated by the boys, walking around going ‘yeoowww’ and talking in funny voices”. Depressingly, I’ll probably have… Continue Reading
Surrendering The License
It turns out that I cannot place my Tennessee license on “inactive” status since I am still practicing law in California. So the only way for me to get out of paying this stupid “Professional Privilege Tax” is to surrender… Continue Reading