A quickie: when you get an email from opposing counsel, the cc line full of email addresses, don’t just hit ‘reply all’ or you might be violating ethics rules. Rule 4.2(a) in the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct provides guidance on this: In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the […]
Archives for July 2011
Anyone’s fault but mine
July 12, 2011 by
A sign we’ve become too litigious? Or just stupid? This, from Namby Pamby, my favorite lawyer-with-a-nom-de-plume: Caller: I fell and I want to talk to a lawyer about taking my case. Me: You’re talking to a lawyer. Tell me what happened. Caller: It was raining when I got out of my car. I closed the […]
TSA: Now admitting stun guns on a plane near you.
July 11, 2011 by
First of all, how does TSA miss this? They’re checking the diapers of seniors and babies for bombs and guns (because that’s the type of people that typically attack airplanes). They’re using machines that expose every inch of you to the random perusal of a unionized, blue-shirted, under-appreciated and over-empowered government agent. They have been accused of stealing iPads […]
Finding my heritage in Utah’s legal history
July 7, 2011 by
My brother presented me with a rare gift and a lucky find for my birthday. While nosing through an estate sale, he saw a volume of the collected laws of Utah, circa 1876. You know, back when they would all fit in one volume. If you’ve read this blog with any kind of regularity, you […]
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