Men are not always the abusers in abusive relationships….despite what you may have heard, there are crazy women out there (and not just the Russian femme fatale variety). Believe me. I’ve dated at least one of them. (but I’ll save that for another post…) The latest, though, managed to get her ex and his sister-in-law […]
Archives for July 2010
If a DUI costs too much…
July 12, 2010 by
Brilliant ideas for great law rarely make the news. And this is no exception. This just in: a Texas lawmaker wants to repeal the law in Texas that levies a the fine for DUIs because it costs too much. That’s right–it costs too much for people who get caught drinking and driving to pay the […]
Schwendiman out of running for U.S. attorney for Utah
July 9, 2010 by
Remember Schwendiman, career prosecutor who was supposed to be the next U.S. Attorney for Utah? Well, it ain’t gonna happen. And no real explanation why. The White House has decided to take a pass on the man Utah insiders were convinced would become the next U.S. attorney for the state. In a surprise announcement, David […]
Payment in kind…the wrong kind.
July 6, 2010 by
It could be worse… Here’s what I found posted by another attorney who blogs about being a contract attorney (that’s an attorney who works on contract, piece meal). She found the listing below for a case advertised on Craigslist: On June 29 there was a post for contract legal work for a company that for […]
Money and Free Speech
July 6, 2010 by
In favor of campaign finance laws that limit speech, have you ever heard the argument that “money isn’t speech?” Truth of the matter is, it’s probably not. But there’s a caveat… Apply this argument to other constitutional rights, and the argument starts to dissipate like dew in the morning sun. Says Eugene Volokh, a constitutional […]
The Last Word on Vampires and the Law…for now
July 6, 2010 by
Ok, I promise this will be the last thing I say about the Twilight phenom on this blog. And I would say anymore, except that a few more things popped up over the weekend, and I thought they merited noting here. Elena Kagan requested that she not be asked about Eclipse during her testimony. Really. […]
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