Unprofessional Conduct
Today took me back to Stinking Bakersfield for a case involving not a huge amount of money. My big concern on this case has always been to keep my work at a minimum so that my clients actually gain money… Continue Reading
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There’s No Way I’m The Only One Who Gets This
So an older woman and her adult son walk in to the office today. They want a lawyer. They haven’t called to make an appointment or anything like that; these are walk-ins. They want help with a wide variety of… Continue Reading
Alito on Employment Law
By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled today that Title VII complainants must show an actual act of discrimination against them in the 180 days prior to their EEOC charge. This seems obvious, but the question was whether otherwise… Continue Reading
Contempt
I see and hear stories of contempt when people lose their houses a lot, doing what I do. People losing their houses to foreclosure stealing toilets. People being evicted in unlawful detainers pouring wax down the drains. But this one… Continue Reading
Out of Area
Another out-of-area appearance means an especially early morning, and I have to tear myself away from my morning writing now. Yes, that’s right — another trip to Stinking Bakersfield! Hopefully I can at least settle the case. And here’s the… Continue Reading
Vote of No Confidence
Democrats have planned to stage a “no confidence” vote with respect to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. This really tears me in two directions. On the one hand, Gonazles has been somewhere between a very prominent example of the Peter Principle… Continue Reading
WTF?
Today, I got a most unpleasant piece of mail. I’ve long been suggesting that one of the nice things about Tennessee was that the government is relatively libertarian in its outlook; the state does not govern or do things more… Continue Reading
TL, Sincerely
Lawyers write lots of letters. Some days it feels like that’s all I do. A lawyer friend of mine asked the other day how to close his letters, and another lawyer friend pointed out that the closings on lawyer letters… Continue Reading
Fracture
Something about the movie Fracture bothered me. The legal procedures didn’t seem like they were right. Unsurprisingly, Eugene Volokh does a better job than I could have explaining them. Two issues half-remembered from my criminal law class just didn’t sit… Continue Reading
Barristers’ Robes and Wigs
On balance, Legal Beagle likes them. She also garnered two quite amusing comments.