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Point of Law Godwins it Right out the Gate
Point of Law, which is staunchly pro-Tort Reform, takes issue with Center for Justice and Democracy flyer, claiming
Either the staff at CJD is woefully ignorant of the past or someone there has on purpose selected imagery with an ugly, ugly history. It’s hard to believe someone would consciously choose to use symbolism that so obviously evokes anti-Semitic propaganda from the Nazi era.
Actually what it evokes, in fact, what it IS, is a Progressive-Era American political cartoon that originally depicted Standard Oil (Wiki-media).
Far be it for me to suggest the irony of calling someone ignorant of … Continue Reading
Apparently, we’ve done away with those pesky rules of evidence
According to Ted Frank, something that happened in 1982 is proof, proof I say, that the exact same thing is happening now. Even though no evidence exists to that effect. Link.
I’m glad that Federal Rule of Evidence 404 and 405 are no longer applicable, those pesky buggers always got in the way.
I’m voting for the Peevyhouses
Over 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.
Various and Sundry, Christianed on a Tuesday
Nate
April 15, 2008
Law
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Tags: Copyrights, Demand and Response, I may have been wrong, Judges, Purported Comedic Value
Monster 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.