Commonwealth v. Orie, Round Two.

No. 702 Please be aware that the Commonwealth has the burden of proof with regard to the new criminal charges, as it does in every criminal case. Don’t underestimate how heavy that burden can be. Assume, in the words of Judge Manning, that Ray Charles (and everybody else) can see that certain documents are […]

Remembering the Heroes of Shanksville.

No 701

No. 700: We Haven’t Forgotten.

No. 700 The Martin Luther King Memorial was to be dedicated this past Sunday, the 48th Anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech. The hurricane forced a postponement of the dedication ceremony . The new date has not yet been announced. It will not be Sunday, September 11, 2011. This Sunday will see the dedication […]

One More Weather Map.

No. 699

Pitt Law and Age Discrimination.

William Brown, 73, stated in his U S District Court complaint that he has been passed over for a woman in her thirties because the law school administration was concerned that the average age of the faculty was too old.

Committing Check Fraud? There’s an App for That!

At a recent closing in Florida, a seller walked out of the closing room with a large proceeds check . A minute later, he returned and requested a wire instead. The title agent took back the check, marked it “Void” and initiated a wire. Later, after the wire had cleared, the title agent learned that the check had cleared, too. How could that have happened? After all, the agent still had the check and it was marked void. Right?

No, This is Not the Weather Channel Blog.

Looking over the list of recent posts, I noticed that there have been a few about the weather. Actually, I probably wrote more about the weather in July and August than I have during the entire three years and almost 700 posts on this blog. I have also written a fair number of posts about history and news events, none of which strictly qualifies as law.

Good Night, Irene, Good Night, Irene, I’ll See You in my Dreams.

Sometimes I live in the country,

Sometimes I live in the town,

Sometimes I take a great notion,

To jump into the ocean and drown.

Did you feel the earthquake?

No. 694 That’s what everybody is asking today. It appears that you had a better chance of feeling the tremor if you were sitting. In Pittsburgh, it felt as though a ghost shook your chair for a couple of seconds. And that was it. This is the second quake I have felt in these […]

Just in Case You Think You Are In Charge . . .

No. 963 . . . the past few days have seen a flash flood on Washington Boulevard with four dead, another rock slide on Route 28 that deposited a giant boulder on the hood of a car, an earthquake that was felt here (slightly) and a potential big time hurricane pointed in this direction. Its […]

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