There are a bunch of cases coming before the Supremes of which I find three in particular to be very interesting on their merits. Of course, I have opinions on them. First up is Jouppi v. Alaska: In 2012 a pilot named Kenneth Jouppi contracted to fly a passenger from Fairbanks to Beaver, Alaska, which … Continue reading Three Cases
Law
A Class Action
It’s a Class Action! I received a notice via email that I’m a member of the class that has reached a settlement with The University of Pennsylvania, the Owner and Operator of Penn Medicine, for disclosing its patients’ personally identifiable information to third parties via tracking pixels offered by Facebook in violation of blah, blah, … Continue reading A Class Action
Tragedy and Comedy
Walter Kerr, in addition to being the husband of humorist Jean Kerr, was a theater critic for the New York Herald Tribune and later on for the New York Times. During his time as a critic, he gave absolute raves to fluffy musicals such as Hello, Dolly!, and he consistently panned everything that Stephen Sondheim … Continue reading Tragedy and Comedy
Death of an Alleged Sexual Predator
There’s an obituary for Richard Glanton, who died of a heart attack at 79, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and buried in the eleventh paragraph is this little nugget: He ended a workplace sexual harassment suit with a private settlement in the early 1990s What a way to bury one of the stories that had the … Continue reading Death of an Alleged Sexual Predator
I’d Love To Be On This Jury Panel
A class action suit has been filed against Twitter and the trial has begun in San Francisco, but Judge Charles R. Breyer is having difficulty finding enough potential jurors who are impartial with regards to Elon Musk. The case involves Twitter investors who are angry that Musk drove down the price of the stock by … Continue reading I’d Love To Be On This Jury Panel
Felony Murder
Quote of the day: Last year we said, “Things can't go on like this”, and they didn't, they got worse.—Will Rogers I had something else planned for today, but John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight was so good that I decided to feature that instead. He tackles Felony Murder and why it’s such an insane charge in … Continue reading Felony Murder
The Fellow in the Apartment Across the Hall
Quote of the day: There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.—Will Rogers Ed Lee was on the phone. He had some news from a mutual friend. Given that Ed is 93, … Continue reading The Fellow in the Apartment Across the Hall
Ain’t Nuthin’ Like the Real Thing
Yet another podcast recommendation. You’ve all seen a lot of courtroom scenes in movies and TV shows, right? Ever wonder how well they stack up to reality? Obviously, some liberties must be taken to make good drama, but some shows and movies are better than others. John and Craig lawyer up with criminal defense attorney … Continue reading Ain’t Nuthin’ Like the Real Thing
My First Traffic Stop
This one is a bit vague as I have no existing documentation that I can find, so just my somewhat foggy memory to rely on. It must have happened during the summer of ’69 when I was working for P.F. Collier trying to sell the Encyclopedia Britannica. I was driving home on Route 422 from … Continue reading My First Traffic Stop
Another Traffic Stop
In 2005 when I was working in Northeast Philadelphia at the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), I had driven most of the way to work early one morning when I realized that I had forgotten my badge. While I probably would have been allowed inside and been assigned a temporary ID, I didn’t want to … Continue reading Another Traffic Stop