Wisdom from the 7th Circuit
“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history —with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.”
Vince v. Rock County.
Death is not always the end
Two news items that are just too good to pass up.
First, a Minnesota lawyer has been suspended by the state Supreme Court for a year because he lied about the fact that his client had died during settlement negotiations. In fact, 3 months after his clients’ death, he sent an email to the lawyer for [...]
Bizspeak 101
Thanks to the Under the Radar blog, here is a very useful guide (which includes some off-color language) to corporate-speak, including such classics as: “Open the Kimono”, “Agree to Disagree”, “It Is What It Is” and “Ping”.
It’s not only lawyers who endanger the English language!
Friday humor for lawyers
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him,
“Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
The man consulted his portable GPS [...]
Testing the limits of FMLA leave
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled last week that the Family and Medical Leave Act does not provide protection to an employee who took a seven-week trip to the Philippines to participate in a faith healing event with her husband.
Maria Tayag worked as clerk at Lahey Hospital. Her husband had a number of serious chronic [...]
Creative Motion Practice
Reading this motion – To compel defense counsel to wear shoes without holes at trial – has got me thinking about all sorts of other motions that I’ve overlooked in the past. To wit:
Motion to require counsel to use mouthwash;
Motion to prohibit counsel from wearing that hideous tie (you know which one I mean);
Motion to [...]
