Note: Closing-Argument Demonstratives Should Not Include Hand Grenade
There are better ways to demonstrate the concept of an “imminent threat,” probably.
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Plaintiff Who Alleged Airport Concealment Has Litigation History
Stanley G. Hilton, who recently sued (among many others) San Francisco International Airport and his realtors for allegedly failing to warn him that his house was close to the airport, turns out to be an attorney, and one with a record of…
Gang Member to Get Makeover for Trial, Says Attorney
"Clothes make the man, and a mustache couldn't hurt either," will apparently be the trial theme in Richard Rodriguez's case against the city of El Monte, California. Rodriguez sued the city in July, alleging that a police officer used excessive…
State Assistant AG Fired After Inappropriate Cemetery Visit
A 66-year-old deputy assistant attorney general is now no longer employed by South Carolina after a police officer noticed him and another person engaging in an unspecified activity in a "secluded part of a downtown cemetery." He and the 18-year-old…
Woman Learns to Swear in Order to Make Partner
On October 12th the legal newspaper The Recorder ran a story on Judy O'Brien, who is now general counsel at a Bay Area startup called Obopay, and was formerly a partner in the Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &…
UPDATE: Opinion in “Pilates Instructor” Case
The opinion in this case (linked below, previously discussed here) is worth a read. Just to clarify a few of the details, the parties had filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff's claims against the credit-card company were dismissed, which appears…
Blind Lawyer Says “Pilates Instructor” Cheated Him
I put “Pilates instructor” in quotes because—spoiler alert!—that’s not actually what she was doing.
Attorney Crashes Party at Courthouse Groundbreaking
A new federal courthouse is being built in Austin, Texas, and a groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 2 that attracted numerous dignitaries. The group assembled for the ceremonial portrait below included two district judges, two magistrate judges, four U.S. representatives and a…
Big Firm Rocked by Tab-Divider Scam
In what is believed to be the largest tab-divider scam yet perpetrated on a large American law firm, three men are accused of defrauding Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati out of $1 million by charging it for tab dividers that were never delivered. …
Sex Fees Not Deductible Medical Expenses, Tax Court Rules
Therapeutic? Probably. Deductible? No. So ruled the U.S. Tax Court yesterday in the case of William Halby, a New York tax attorney who claimed that the amounts he spent on, let's call them personal-gratification-related books and materials, and also numerous professional intimate-therapy service providers,…