Dining with the Enemy.

No. 853 If you are bored with the usual dining fare, here is (as far as we know) something you won’t find anywhere in America but, yes, Pittsburgh. Conflict Kitchen. Yes, Conflict Kitchen serves authentic take-outcuisine from places which are in conflict with the US. It is located in East Liberty, at Highland Avenue. Venues […]

Camping in Style

No. 852 If you would like to camp out by a river, but sleep in a real bed, try the Castaway Caboose. During a ride on the Durban Rocket, a steam-powered train on the Durban & Greenbriar Valley RR, the caboose you are riding is turned loose along a deserted stretch of the Greenbrier River. In […]

First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards — this US Supreme Court Decision, Due Next Week, Could Change How We Do Residential Real Estate.

No. 851 Everybody is waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare. But there are other important cases before the United States Supreme Court. Among them is First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards, Docket No. 10-708. Scotusblog states the plain English issue of this case as follows: Whether lawsuits under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures […]

GOODBYE MY SWEET MYLAR!

No. 850 Remember the mimeograph? Teachers used it a lot when we were in high school and college. You ran it through your typewriter, pilled off the backing and ran off a hundred copies or so. Then came photocopies and it was goodbye mimeo. Well a similar technology had bitten the dust. Large survey plans […]

“Predictive Coding” is a trend worth noting.

No. 849 Electronic discovery is so expensive that it has heretofore been confined to cases involving high stakes. However, a variety of technologies have emerged that sometimes enable searchers to cull out a vast number of documents. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on a Virginia federal case in which the court authorized the use of Predictive […]

Ray Bradbury and Self-Education

No. 848 Just a footnote to the reports on the death of Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, a few days ago. He graduated from High School during the height of the depression and could not afford the cost of higher education.So he studied full time at the public library. In the age of the […]

The New Prohibition.

No. 847 The NYT reported that New York Mayor Bloomberg came out in favor of a proposal by the Governor of New York to limit arrests of persons possessing marijuana during traffic stops. On line comment: Not applicable to persons found with weed and 24 ounce Coke. Beware of Cola Madness. CLT

Life or Death in Egypt.

No. 846 A court in Egypt sentenced former President Mubarak to life for the murder of protesters. This sparked public outrage, as reported in the Wall Street Journal. What a breath of fresh air. Democracy is experiencing a violent birth in one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It would have been politically expedient for a […]

“Overlawyered” on Texting Lawsuit against Pittsburgh Penguins.

No. 845 He couldn’t have been much of a fan. Check out the class action suit against the Pittsburgh Penguins alleging over-texting. I’m inclined to agree with Walter Olson on this one. If you sign up for three texts per week from the Pens and get 4 or 5, you’re getting a bonus. The cause […]

Foundations No. 5 and 6: Email and Telephone

No. 844 Email seems to be made for lawyers. It is especially useful to solo practitioners who have long ago become their own secretaries. The time and money cost of sending and filing a letter has been reduced to a tiny fraction. You may well send twenty or thirty of them a day, maybe more. […]

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