The Estrin Report
DECEMBER 3, 2020
"Once there was a young woman who heard that an old wise woman had the secret of wisdom. The young woman was determined to track the old woman down. After traveling many months, the young woman found the old woman in a cave. She entered and addressed the old woman: "Old Wise Woman, I hear you have The Secret of Wisdom. ".
EvidenceProf Blog
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Federal Rule of Evidence 701 states that If a witness is not testifying as an expert, testimony in the form of an opinion is limited to one that is: (a) rationally based on the witness’s perception; (b) helpful to clearly.
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LawTechnologyToday
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Laurie Berg, a court reporter in New Hampshire, reminded me that in 2014 she received certification for a new software program for introducing exhibits electronically. She used it for the first time on April 1, 2020 when taking a remote deposition over Zoom. Remember early 2020? The holidays were over, the calendar had turned to a new year. Quiet offices were bustling again after being paused for a bit.
The Process Street
DECEMBER 3, 2020
This is a guest post from Katie Stearns, PR and outreach manager at BeeBole Timesheet. She’s a digital marketer who loves monitoring management and leadership trends to create more valuable B2B content for managers. Katie is particularly interested in helping the world become a more productive place. For many HR professionals and company executives, 2020 has turned out to be rather stressful (to say the least).
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 3, 2020
This post was co-authored by the Sabin Center’s Romany Webb and Michael Panfil and Sarah Ladin of Environmental Defense Fund. . As the owners and operators of immense infrastructure, electric utilities are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Many electric utilities are already struggling to respond to higher temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, more intense storms, and other climate impacts that impair the operation of electric generation, transmission, and
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LegalTalkNetwork
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Large Thanksgiving gatherings may have been fewer in number, but one thing is certain, the focus remained on food. Lots of it, whether families substituted turkey with lobster or the ham with tasty takeout. . Now that the gorging is over, you may be exploring ways to fit more comfortably in your clothes. Not quite ready to do the exercise? No worries.
OilandGasLawyer
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Netty Engler Energy, LP has asked the Texas Supreme Court to review the decision of the Fort Worth Court of Appeals in Netty Engler Energy, LP v. Bluestone Natural Resources II, LLC, 2020 WL 3865269 (July 9, 2020). Engler owns a royalty interest in a section of land in Tarrant County on which Bluestone owns a lease and operates gas wells. Engler’s royalty interest originated in a deed in which the grantor reserved a one-eighth non-participating royalty interest.
LPB Network
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Rich Freer has posted on SSRN a draft of his article, "Defense Preclusion": Exploring a Narrow Gap in Preclusion Law, 40 Rev. Litig. (forthcoming 2021). Here's the abstract: All litigators know something about claim and issue preclusion. But “defense preclusion”.
Day on Torts
DECEMBER 3, 2020
The Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure will be changed July 1, 2021 to require the disclosure of the filer’s email address on papers filed in court. The rule change still must be approved by the General Assembly.
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The Process Street
DECEMBER 3, 2020
I have a riddle for you: What has four sides, often goes missing, comes from trees, and can be expensive to reproduce? I’ll give you a hint. It wastes up to 40% of on-the-job time , and about $120 billion per year in the US alone. Need another? Around 7.5% of them will be lost or misplaced each year (about one lost every 12 seconds), and for each that gets lost you’re looking at a loss of between $350 to $700 in employee time.
Nolo's Blog
DECEMBER 3, 2020
We’ve already seen President Trump grant pardons to several of his closest allies, including former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Reports say that even the Tiger King, Joseph Maldonado-Passage (better known as Joe Exotic), is hoping for a get-out-of-federal-prison-free card. But the bigger clemency issue remains: Will President Trump pardon himself (for crimes he says he hasn’t committed)?
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 3, 2020
We recently discussed how figures like New York Times columnist Tom Friedman calling on people to move to Georgia to rig the vote in favor of a Democratic takeover of the Senate. It did not seem to matter to either the newspaper or Friedman that he was encouraging the commission of a felony. Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer. What is more disconcerting is that lawyers are alleged to be involved in such efforts.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Retired Gen. Michael Flynn embraced an extreme call this week for President Donald Trump to declare martial law to hold a new presidential election. In a tweet , Flynn appeared to endorse a call from We the People Convention to declare martial law. He added “ Freedom never kneels except for God.” As someone who long criticized Flynn’s prosecution as abusive , his association is deeply disappointing.
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