http://www.legalreader.com/ A daily dose of links to interesting legal news and Other Fancy Stuff, live from San Francisco. en-us jhoar@sbcglobal.net 2009-06-27T23:38:47-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/001042.html [I first published this 6 years ago, in 2003. I thought I would bump it back to the top of the list.] Tomorrow (Sunday) is the annual Gay Pride Parade down Market Street in my home town, San Francisco. I... 1042@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2009-06-27T23:38:47-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003907.html I'd never thought about this before. Is it a racist conspiracy? My cat is black, and I'm certain that if he liked Gummy Bears he would be pissed off about it too.... 3907@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-12-14T22:27:52-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003906.html One of the most momentous and least-discussed topics in the presidential campaign is the likely departure in the next four years of as many as three of the more liberal justices on a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court. When the... 3906@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-10-20T00:24:55-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003905.html From the Los Angeles Times: In a closely watched trial involving conflicting marijuana laws, a jury on Tuesday convicted the owner of a Morro Bay medical marijuana dispensary on five counts of violating federal drug laws. Charles Lynch, 46, was... 3905@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-08-06T01:43:01-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003904.html This guy RULES!!! I was gonna write about this myself, but The Smoking Gun has already done it better than I could, so why bother? JUNE 5--A technology billionaire was a drug fiend who trafficked in cocaine, Ecstasy, and methamphetamine,... 3904@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-06-05T19:17:28-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003903.html The lawyer who was hit with sanctions for failing to rein in a foul-mouthed client is now asking a federal judge for permission to drop the client and begging for the sanctions imposed on him to be lifted. The Feb.... 3903@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-05-06T20:52:51-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003902.html From Above The Law comes the Florida case in which the defendant Tyrrell: [F]irst argues that his “right to due process and right to confront witnesses” was violated because the state did not produce the [sex toys] that were the... 3902@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-03-11T19:34:38-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003901.html Got time to kill? How Appealing recently pointed me to Bryan Garner's interviews with eight-out-of-nine sitting Supreme Court justices regarding their tips on written and oral advocacy. I found them fascinating and enlightening listening. Among the most surprising things: Justice... 3901@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-03-11T19:11:19-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003900.html FBK wants you to know: A Florida lawyer has been charged with assault for over-vigorously shaking the hand of a fellow attorney. Kathy Brewer Rentas, 49, shook the hand of Assistant US Attorney Jennifer Keene so hard her arm was... 3900@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-02-10T22:28:56-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003899.html A Las Vegas personal injury lawyer known for his colorful commercials failed to show up last week to defend a client accused of murder, telling a prosecutor he was on sabbatical out of state. Glen Lerner left a voice mail... 3899@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-01-28T21:53:27-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003898.html Loyal Law Blog readers will remember the controversy surrounding Burt Neuborne, the NYU law professor who was awarded $3.1 million by a federal judge for his work administering a $1.25 billion settlement between Swiss banks and Holocaust survivors. A number... 3898@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-01-28T21:42:24-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003897.html A Chicago lawyer who is being criticized, along with his law firm, in an anonymous Internet blog supposedly authored by a fellow attorney has offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who can provide him with the identity of "Troll Tracker."... 3897@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-01-28T21:27:35-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003896.html IN the last two decades, as working schedules became flexible, and even accounting firms, of all places, embraced the mantra of work-life balance (at least on paper), there was one unbending, tradition-bound profession: the law. That is why it is... 3896@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-01-25T14:59:06-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003895.html PORTLAND, Maine -- A felony charge against a former women's boxing champion from South Portland was dropped when the alleged victim showed up in court too drunk to testify. The prosecutor said she was reluctantly dropping the elevated aggravated assault... 3895@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-01-25T14:24:48-08:00 http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003894.html A judge has ruled that the Santa Barbara News-Press committed flagrant violations of federal labor laws when it fired eight journalists for engaging in union activities, and he ordered that the newspaper rehire the former employees. Evidence presented during... 3894@http://www.legalreader.com/ 2008-01-01T12:31:12-08:00