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As the parent of a second grader, I now really understand my parents' droopy faces when I announced I had a trifold poster board project. {looks at requirements and sees

Somehow I didn't know until tonight that Teddy Roosevelt sued a newspaper for saying he was a drunk, and there was a trial, and so that's why there is a

Let me end tonight with a little story. A long time ago, I had a case against a litigant who just would lie all the time. About totally verifiable things.

Ah, here we go. Dead as a door nail.https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1330290385617350658 I’m reading now. But the judge is… not amused. As a rule of thumb, having your arguments called “stitched together” like

As a rule of thumb, having your arguments called “stitched together” like Frankenstein’s monster means things are going poorly. Zonk It’s not great for your standing theory when the judge

My notes from participating in two days of zoom oral arguments (these are meant as ideas - I'm not the pope of zoom oral arguments) 1) Attend whatever practice or

I’m 41. I’ve been thinking when I was last this down about how our country is doing. The only time in my lifetime I can think of is in the

Random thing: my biggest weakness as a lawyer earlier in my career (I have other weaknesses now I try to work on!) was, I dunno what to call it -

Just impressionistically, several of the bigger Houston restaurants groups seemed to have passed on the "open at 25% capacity" offer. Also, I haven't done much curbside during this period, but

A very tough for me to read QI case this PM. A prisoner was made to sleep in a cell on a floor, naked. The floor was covered in urine

Having watched the first Zoom SCOTX argument, I think @blakeahawthorne way of having organized it is very good, and this is an entirely viable way of running oral arguments for

I spoke to a person earlier this week who thought I was in New York and asked me - “are the hospitals really full there? I saw on TV they