Traffic Accidents
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Google / Search Engines, Technology, Traffic Accidents
Google Glass Will Be Incredible For The Courtroom
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Airplanes / Aviation, Holidays and Seasons, Traffic Accidents, Travel / Vacation, War on Terror
Has The TSA Won?
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Blogging, Cars, Cheapness, Deaths, Insurance, Money, Reader Polls, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Traffic Accidents, Twittering
Progressive Professes the Insurance Company Creed
After being attacked for allegedly defending the driver who killed one of its insureds, what does Progressive Insurance have to say for itself? Here is their statement.
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Blogging, Cars, Cheapness, Deaths, Insurance, Money, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Traffic Accidents, Twittering
Progressive Insurance Is Inhuman
The internet brouhaha over Progressive Insurance may tell us more about the internet than about Progressive. -
Cars, Crime, Law Professors, Law Schools, Traffic Accidents
Possible Criminal Charges for a Criminal Law Professor
Just because you teach the law doesn't mean that you're above it. We've written in the past about prominent law professors accused of domestic violence and soliciting a prostitute, for example. Today we bring you news of another law professor who could be in trouble with the law. He's accused of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. The allegations, if true, are surprising. The professor in question teaches at a top law school. Who is he? -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Bar Exams, Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, Legal Ethics, Pro Se Litigants, Traffic Accidents, Trials
Would-Be-Lawyer of the Day: Don't Put ☺ in a Court Filing
Here’s some good news for lawyers who enjoy blogging or instant-messenger services like Gchat. It’s right in the headline of this here National Law Journal story: Smiley face, snark, don’t render law grad unfit to practice. Many of us get snarky in our personal writing, and many of us employ emoticons in email messages or […] -
ATL Idol, Cars, Pets, Traffic Accidents, Weirdness
ATL Idol: Week 2, Head-to-Head Round (Part 2)
Here’s the second half of the “head-to-head” round of ATL Idol. If you’re not up to speed on what’s going on, background information is available in this prior post (or just scroll down the front page to the post immediately below this one). You can check out the second half of the head-to-head round, featuring […] -
Cars, Deaths, Lawsuit of the Day, Traffic Accidents
Pleito del Día: ¿Cómo se dice 'd-bag'?
The rain in Spain falls mainly on… a**holes? Well, only if most Spaniards are like Tomas Delgado — and we’re guessing (and hoping) they’re not. After all, since chutzpah like this doesn’t come along often. Our latest Lawsuit of the Day hails from Spain, via CNN: A Spanish businessman withdrew a controversial lawsuit Wednesday against […] - Sponsored
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Abortion, Craigslist, Feminism, Gender, Job Searches, Non-Sequiturs, Traffic Accidents
Non-Sequiturs: 03.27.07
* Senator Brownback doesn’t include women of reproductive age in his litany. But you can’t protect everyone, can you? [Mirror of Justice] * I once sent out letters like this to production companies, volunteering my script-reading services, and one guy took the time to tell me to f*%k myself because what the hell did I […] -
Death Penalty, Deaths, Drinking, Morning Docket, Plaintiffs Firms, Saddam Hussein, Traffic Accidents, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 01.08.06
* Sucks to be a plaintiff’s lawyer. [Business Week via How Appealing] * Classy. [CNN] * The whole lynch-mob-style execution thing was not our idea. [Jurist] * Westar convictions overturned. [WSJ Law Blog] * Detention of three legal immigrants at Port of Miami evidently amounts to nothing; the whole thing was a “misunderstanding”. [AP via […]
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Bad Ideas, Cars, Police, Pranks, Racism, Rap, Reality TV, Traffic Accidents
Does a Traffic Stop Give an Officer Probable Case... To Make the Driver Rap?
Yet another sign that reality television has gone too, too far: City leaders have apologized after a program on Tempe’s cable channel showed a white police officer telling two black men they could get out of a littering ticket by performing a rap…. [After pulling the car over,] the officer then tells the men that […] -
Animal Law, Books, Crime, Food, Immigration, Kids, Mafia, Non-Sequiturs, Tobacco / Smoking, Traffic Accidents
Non-Sequiturs: 11.16.06
* I’d rather go naked than eat foie gras. (Wait, is that how it goes? Like Pamela, I’ll find any excuse to show off my glorious rack.) [New York Sun] * Would it have been a crime if the motive had been a little head-start on Thanksgiving preparations? Not everyone can be Rachel Ray. (Thank […] -
2nd Circuit, Cars, Deaths, Federal Judges, John Walker, Traffic Accidents
Officer Dan Picagli, R.I.P.
Over the weekend, after spending several days in critical condition, New Haven police officer Dan Picagli passed away. Officer Picagli was the officer who was struck last Tuesday in a traffic accident by Judge John M. Walker, Jr. Judge Walker sits on the Second Circuit and maintains his chambers in New Haven (where he also […]
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Cars, John Walker, Traffic Accidents
An Update on Officer Picagli and Judge Walker
Today’s papers offer the latest news about Officer Dan Picagli, the New Haven police officer who was accidentally hit by a motorist earlier this week, and Second Circuit Judge John M. Walker, the motorist in question. Officer Picagli remains hospitalized and in critical condition. The New York Times finally has a brief story on the […] -
2nd Circuit, Cars, Guido Calabresi, John Walker, Jon Newman, Pierre Leval, Traffic Accidents
More on Judge John Walker
More details have emerged concerning the accident in which Judge John Walker (2d Cir.) hit a police officer with his SUV. Here’s the latest news: A federal judge in a sport utility ran into a police officer directing traffic in the rain, critically injuring the officer, authorities said Thursday. New Haven police Chief Francisco Ortiz […] -
Antonin Scalia, Cars, Conspiracy Theories, Federal Judges, John Walker, Robert Gettleman, Sandra Day O'Connor, Traffic Accidents
The Wheels of Justice: Judge John M. Walker Hits Police Officer in Traffic Accident
Federal judges are brilliant people. But they aren’t always the best, or the safest, of drivers. We’ve had the privilege of riding in cars with federal judges, so we know this firsthand. Let’s just say that the reasoning in their opinions is often tighter than their left-hand turns. Rumor has it that Justice Antonin Scalia […]