A Parable of the Persistent Robin.

No. 1,137 While I was on the telephone today, I noticed a robin in a garden plot. She had taken hold of a thick string about 3 feet long, fastened to a post. Nesting material, I presume. I say “she” because, according to information acquired in elementary school, males have a  bright  orange breast while […]

Robotic Lawyers and Other Science Fiction About the Future.

No. 1,136 A filler article in USA Today recently listed “small-time” lawyers as a professional group that will not exist in 15 years. It states that computers will take over the services presently being performed by these lawyers. Such predictions are not new. The age of artificial intelligence is dawning.  The IBM Watson computer, which beat […]

Old Dogs/New Tricks and Other Bunk We Tell Ourselves.

No. 1,135 It is hard to think of an old adage that is more disempowering than this one. It is a negative idea, intended to discourage old dogs from even trying to learn something.  In a rapidly changing world, this leads to the marginalization of some of our most experienced and capable people. As a […]

Consumer Complaint Update: You Can Write a Narrative But CFPB Probably Won’t Read It.

No. 1,134 DS News, a newsletter for home loan mortgage servicers and lenders, reports on an industry study of  the federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s consumer complaint database.  CFPB has been taking consumer complaints against lenders and their minions for several years and storing them in a publicly available data base.  But they reportedly never […]

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CLIFF TUTTLE has been a Pennsylvania lawyer for over 45 years and (inter alia) is a real estate litigator and legal writer. The posts in this blog are intended to provide general information about legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus. However, this information does not constitute legal advice and there is no lawyer-client relationship created when you read this blog. You are encouraged to leave comments but be aware that posted comments can be read by others. If you wish to contact me in privacy, please use the Contact Form located immediately below this message. I will reply promptly and in strict confidence.

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