http://www.legalreader.com/ Commentary on law, politics, and everything else that matters. en-us justinian@justinian.us 2009-12-17T11:36:37-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/004003.html Apparently, Wyeth is asking a federal judge to order attorneys to remove this video from YouTube.  After watching the video, I can see why Wyeth has its knickers in a twist: Kudos to the attorneys who produced this video.  It’s... 4003@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-12-17T11:36:37-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/004002.html In this six years I’ve been blogging about the civil justice system, I’ve never written a post that has generated so much discussion in the blogosphere.  Apparently, I tapped into a vein of hostility towards self-described social media experts.  Here’s... 4002@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-12-11T15:47:04-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/004001.html Nesson may be a brilliant Harvard law professor, but it appears that he’s a piss-poor lawyer.  Keep this in mind if you ever consider hiring a law professor to represent you in a case.   That was the backdrop, but when... 4001@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-12-09T14:58:51-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/004000.html 4000@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-12-09T14:55:09-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003999.html That and other particularly interesting bits of information are available at the link below.  Maybe we are living in a surveillance state… Cox Communications, the third largest cable provider in the United States, is the only company I've found that... 3999@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-12-03T10:56:17-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003998.html 3998@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-12-01T18:46:43-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003997.html If you don’t support gay marriage, that’s fine.  But don’t lie and say you oppose it because you want to protect marriage.  If you really want to protect marriage, you’d be all over this attempt to ban divorce: In a... 3997@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-12-01T11:07:18-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003996.html I’d have bought at least two of these.  I sincerely hope that Arrington and the rest of the Crunch boys sue the “shareholders” into oblivion. It was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to... 3996@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-11-30T14:09:34-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003995.html Reading this article, I got the feeling that the bank wasn’t interested in working with the court, but instead wanted to have things done its way.  Looks like the bank learned that the Judge is the boss. The judge concluded... 3995@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-11-27T14:44:32-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003994.html 3994@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-11-27T14:15:45-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003993.html There are a lot of good reasons to be a lawyer, and even more bad reasons.  One of the bad reasons is that you’re looking for a good job: The number of people taking the Law School Admission Test is... 3993@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-11-27T14:11:07-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003992.html Can’t say I think they got a raw deal.  Check out what they tried to get away with: Pepper filed a separate suit alleging the collection agency and law firm had violated the state Unfair Trade Practices Act (UTPA) by... 3992@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-11-27T13:40:36-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003991.html If you’re a reporter writing a story about a big jury verdict, please don’t just describe the verdict as “a 25 million dollar verdict” and say nothing more.  Please, break down the award.  For example: The $25 million dollar award... 3991@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-11-27T13:38:16-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003990.html I’m presuming there is some sort of federal shield against suing the airlines for false imprisonment.  If not, in the immortal words of Harvey Birdman, “I’ll take the case!”  (As soon as I’m licensed.) WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department imposed... 3990@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-11-27T13:33:40-05:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003989.html Hyundai learned that “trial courts need not tolerate deliberate and willful discovery abuse.”  Let this be a lesson to lawyers of all stripes that withholding evidence is not good for your clients. OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The state Supreme Court on... 3989@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-11-27T13:31:28-05:00