A Modest Tort Reform. One plaintiff’s lawyer (aka “ambulance chaser“) gives his take on Tort Reform (which doesn’t mean changing how you make confections…). A snippet: We go by all sorts of names: Trial attorney, victim’s rights lawyer, shyster, stupid, ambulance chaser and so on and so forth. You’ve likely heard about our kind a […]
Archives for February 2011
O’Falafel: Fresh, healthy, and exotic food
February 27, 2011 by
Looking for something exotic? Something new? Something fresh? Something healthy? O’Falafel has it all. Almost hidden behind the Pancake House on 2100 S. in Sugar House, this boutique size restaurant has prices that seem geared towards the college/lunch time crowd, but has a selection that will make just about any body happy. My wife and […]
Twentyfive Main Cafe & Cupcake: Grab a cupcake while in St. George
February 26, 2011 by
We hit St. George for the President’s Day weekend. It was warm-er than Salt Lake, and on Saturday, after stopping by a local book shop (The Little Professor Bookstore on Main Street, which I recommend you visit), we decided to pick up some cupcakes. My wife had been to 25 Main before, a little cupcake […]
Meet a lawyer who practices Third Amendment law
February 24, 2011 by
Really? I doubt it. I’m about 89% sure that this is a joke…. A lawyer who practices Third Amendment law. That’s right. That’s the amendment about quartering soldiers in your home. T “Scotch” Reynolds: Third Amendment Lawyer | Big Legal Brain. BLB: Just what is the Third Amendment? Scotch: I can quote it, if you […]
Have you read the Utah constitution, lately?
February 23, 2011 by
Commentaries on the Utah Constitution | Equity of Law. When was the last time you reviewed the Utah constitution? Salt Lake Attorney Ben Lusty argues that in all the renewal of interest in the US constitution, we’ve missed the boat with state constitutions. But this rebirth of constitutional interest ignores the state constitutions. From this […]
State Falling Apart? Repeal the First Amendment!
February 23, 2011 by
State Falling Apart? Repeal the First Amendment! Senate Joint Memorial 8007 [in the Washington state legislature] requests Congress to pass an amendment declaring that corporations are not persons so that their speech can be restricted.The reason, according to the Memorialists, is that corporations cannot vote and therefore should not be protected by the First Amendment. But […]
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