House Hunting for the Sedentary.

No. 825 Have you ever watched the shows on the cable channels that feature couples (or occasional single working girls) searching for a new home? They have several of them on HGTV, Wealth TV, Travel Channel, etc. The house-hunters range from the very young to the moderately old. The venues range from the Philly suburbs, […]

Default Judgment — The Postman Cometh But Once.

No. 824 Many mortgage foreclosure defendants fall into this trap. The Complaint is filed and no response is filed. After twenty days have elapsed, a ten-day notice is served, but the borrowers are seeking a modification, so nothing happens. Time goes by, perhaps a year. Then one day, without further notice, default judgment is taken, […]

Time Management Ninja Post Worth Reading: “21 Things You Should Do to Get Ahead.”

No. 823 Take a few minutes for an outstanding Time Management Ninja post. CLT

The Art of settlement.

No. 822 Check out the post in Riding the Third Wave regarding the virtues of settlement. Every lawyer knows that we ought to settle more cases. Its just the case we are preparing for trial at the moment that shouldn’t be settled. Part of the problem is the need for urgency. Even if you get […]

Stirling Cooper Draper Pryce becomes an Equal Opportunity Employer.

No. 821 In case you’ve been in Brazil, or in a coma, you know that Madmen is back. The two-hour premiere of Season 5 had stirling ratings. And the times in 1964, they were a-changing. At the beginning of the episode, a civil rights march is in progress on the sidewalk in front of the […]

Centinarians

No. 820 I just read a Tweet that stated in 100 years there will be 500 Million dead people on Facebook. Pretty depressing. Today, all of the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, 100 years ago, are presumed to be dead. But not everyone who remembers that day in April, 1912 is gone. A […]

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No. 819 The jury in the Orie trial surprised some be reaching a verdict. Third Chair:Pittsburgh was not alone in expecting a hung jury after they announced a deadlock. Apparently, the jurors knew how to compromise. CLT

And Now the Defense . . .

No. 819 From the media accounts it sounds pretty grim for Senator Jane Orie. A gang of witnesses, including her ex-chief of staff have testified that campaign work was being done in the office on state time. On top of the evidence at the first trial, there is the forgery evidence — although nobody knows […]

PHFA May Be Lending Again.

No. 817 Rumor has it that the PHFA, which went out of the lending business last August, may be back in. The reason is reputed to be the settlement between the Attorneys General of almost all states, including Pennsylvania, and the largest lenders over abusive practices, such as robosigning. In 1983, Act 91 established the […]

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