If you wait until you think you are ready, you may never know what might have been.

No. 1,517 “If we wait until we’re ready,” said Lemony Snicket, the kid with legendary bad luck, “we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” Yes, there’s a price to be paid for doing nothing. It is never knowing. If that’s you in the photo on the left, here’s a little encouragement. Slaters Intellectual […]

Casa San Jose Volunteer Translators Come to the Rescue during Large-scale ICE Raid in Salem Ohio

No. 1,516 An item in the latest newsletter from Casa San Jose deserves special notice: “Last Tuesday, in Salem, Ohio, 70 miles from Pittsburgh, ICE raided a meat-packing plant and arrested 146 workers who were from Guatemala. The scene was chaotic and heartbreaking, with mothers and children left without fathers and breadwinners. Unions immediately brought in attorneys to do […]

Texting Your Lawyer and/or Potential Litigants

No. 1,515 I used to tell clients never to text me, except in an emergency or to say something like “call me.” I gave up on that advice because I learned that texting was the best way (sometimes the only way) to get their immediate attention. Some people ignore incoming calls and emails, at least […]

Diamante Trio CD Release Party Thursday Evening

No.1,514 The Diamante Trio is holding a CD Release Party this Thursday evening at the Pittsburgh Opera headquarters, 2425 Liberty Avenue in the Strip District at 7 PM on this Thursday, June 28. Sway to the sounds of beautiful South American and Spanish music of all kinds, including pop favorites like the […]

Dinosaur Humor, according to Jack

No. 1,513 JACK SEZ: Why is it quiet when a pterodactyl goes to the bathroom in the jungle? Because the P is silent.

Introducing Jack, My Senior Partner.

No. 1,513 JACK SEZ: When guile and duplicity fail, its time to roll out the brute force.

Due Process in America is for Everyone.

No. 1,511 At this point in our history, there shouldn’t be much disagreement on the proposition that aliens who are physically in the United States are entitled to due process under the Constitution. The Supreme Court so held a generation ago in Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding, 344 US 590 (1953). Due process means that […]

Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?

No. 1,510 I’ve written about this before. It never ceases to amaze me that I receive so many emails like this one. Some days I get two or three of them. Is it even a crime? If so, is anyone ever apprehended and punished for doing it? And who clicks the links? 90 year old […]

On Being Quick to Learn and Slow to Judge

No. 1,509 It is worth a reminder not to draw conclusions with less than full information. Information is being communicated to us with incredible speed. Yet, too often, what reaches our eyes and ears first is incomplete or worse, presented to further the interests or biases of the communicator. If the communicator is also a […]

Supreme Court Says States May Require Sales Tax Payment On Internet Sales By Merchants with No Presence in the State.

No. 1,508 SOUTH DAKOTA v. WAYFAIR, INC., ET AL., NO. 17-494, 585 U.S._____ (DECIDED JUNE 21, 2018) [NOTE: Full Opinion is linked above. Verbatim excerpts from the opinion are reprinted below in bold italics. Consult the link for the full text.] The Supreme Court revisited its interpretation of the Commerce Clause in two prior cases, […]

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