No, make that quote to live by.
“That our citizens have access to their civil courts is not an evil to be regretted; rather, it is an attribute of our system of justice in which we ought to take pride.”
Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Council, 471 U.S. 626 at 643 (1985).
Note the high quality blue-booking. I’m just saying . . .
Posted in LawBut I’ll still climb out of my law school hole to mention it.
Posted in LawFinals that is.
As they approach, I’m going to be spending dramatically less time doing anything besides reading texts, supplements, reviewing notes, and outline.
That means no time to sort links and craft illuminating commentary. That’s why posts are about to dry up.
Posted in RamblingsSo opines Eric Turkewitz. He has a list of complaints, some of which are quite compelling.
Posted in LawWomen sues Blockbuster for using the now defunct Facebook “Beacon” system to advertise her rentals.
When I say “unexpected,” I really mean “Oh, that took a suprisingly long time.”
Posted in LawOver at PrawfsBlog, Most Screwed Victims in Caselaw History - Time to Vote.
Although, I think we were all screwed by Moore v. Regents of the University of California.
On a side note, when my property class covered Moore, the text was edited so that it was effectively saying that the cell line wasn’t unique at all, at the same time it said that it was so unique as to be worth wads of money.
Posted in LawYes, I realize the Solomon Grundy reference has lost what little comedic value it had. I’m committed until I run through it.
U.S. to expand collection of DNA (Washington Post via How Appealing).
Should internet access be cut off in the classroom (Volohk Conspiracy via Instapundit).
Overlawyered takes a look at a long, fascinating New Yorker article that juxtaposes the story of a man caught in an elevator for 41 hours with all sorts of intriguing details about the design and construction of elevators, then focuses on one line, which they twist to serve their needs. To wit, “He got a lawyer, and came to believe that returning to work might signal a degree of mental fitness detrimental to litigation.” Apparently, this really means “His lawyer told him that he shouldn’t return to work.”
Posted in LawOregon claims that their laws are copyrighted, so you best not publish them (BoingBoing).
Conservative judges seem to be the “activist,” disregarding precedent (Firedoglake).
Sneaking tort reform in (The Journal Record, via the PopTort).
Posted in LawInstapundit and Professor Bainbridge.
Another letter went out from the American Freedom Campaign, that attempts to differentiate between “Professor” Yoo and “Government Lawyer” Yoo. While a distinction might be made, the wording of the letter, in the comments to my previous post, and the fact that the punishment being requested is firing of “Professor” Yoo, I still feel freedom of speech issues are implicated.
Posted in LawMonster Cables, in addition to being overpriced, are occasionally litigious. This is quite the response to their demand letter. It opens with
Let me begin by stating, without equivocation, that I have no interest whatsoever in infringing upon any intellectual property belonging to Monster Cable. Indeed, the less my customers think my products resemble Monster’s, the better.
Then it gets better.
The Selling of the Judiciary (NY Times).
I had included a link to a NY Times Op-Ed in a previous post about the need to drop restrictions on Legal Aid. This is a compelling response.
Defendant tries to capitalize on sentencing error, literally (Decision of the Day).
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