Archive for June, 2007
Deliberations Blog takes on Issues of Jurors who Blog
Anne Reed’s Deliberations Blog has a fascinating account of the Bad Blogging Juror in People v. McNeely. Apparently Juror No. 8 in a 2006 California burglary trial lied about being an attorney in voir dire and then proceeded to blog about his rather heavy-handed attempts to manipulate his fellow-jurors into a quick conviction.
[F]or the next […]
‘IV the Amendment’ T-Shirts Available
Knowing when to milk a good idea, Mark Bennett has released the latest of his HCCLA ’summer collection’ of amendment apparel, as aware of our constitutional rights as they are fashionable. Amendments are the new black. Available from Cafepress. I got mine.
IV the Amendment
Lest you think for a terrifying moment that you’re dyslexic and never […]
Student Law Review Articles With Legs
It’s easy for law students to think of the articles they write for law review as necessary evils, grown-up book reports that demonstrate their research and writing ability to potential employers and justify the prestige-grab of law review. Eugene Volokh, whose excellent Legal Academic Writing will show up on any recommended reading list, is tracking […]
Houston Hospitals embroiled in suit over Anti-Competitive Practices
The now defunct Houston Town & Country Hospital has hired noted Houston Trial Attorney Rusty Hardin to sue the large non-profit Memorial Hermann Healthcare System for interfering with its ability to work with insurers, driving it out of business.
For news coverage see Houston Chronicle: Hospital lawsuits attract big legal talent, ABC 13: Two Houston hospitals […]
Update on AutoAdmit Law Student Forum Defamation Suit
I posted previously on this here. NPR has an interview with some of the parties involved in Women File Suit to Defend Online Reputation.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Barbara Hervey interview in the San Antonio Express News
Via Grits for Breakfast and the Off the Kuff comes an interview with Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Barbara Hervey in the San Antonio Express News.
Grits sees reason for optimism in a comment made on the state of Public Defenders in Texas.
Judge Hervey also predicted the rise of more public defender offices in Texas […]
Texas Attorney General Arrests Convicted Sex Offenders with MySpace Accounts
The Houston Chronicle reports today in MySpace profiles lead to sex-offender arrests that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has ordered the arrest of convicted sex offenders accused of violating their parole by posting profiles on MySpace. More details on this Houstonist post.
Abbott could not say whether any of the men had actually approached, or tried […]
Turley presents A Lawyer’s Guide to Fatherhood
Fakamura sent me Jonathan Turley’s excellent A lawyer’s guide to fatherhood in USA Today.
Fatherhood is the one job that you can get without the slightest degree of experience, knowledge or talent (despite what you may hear to the contrary on Father’s Day). For that reason, when a friend had his first child recently, I quickly […]
Hadley v. Baxendale, dramatized
Houston may have a singing professor (.pdf) but I’m not sure we have anything to equal this contracts prof at the University of Toledo School of Law.
“This morning our contracts professor seems to be one clause short of a contract. Enjoy his multiple personality performance of Hadley v. Baxendale, 156 Eng. Rep. 145 (1854).”
VI, The Amendment
I’m typically loathe to put anything on my car, but this was bumper-worthy. From the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, courtesy of Mark Bennett. Email sales at hccla dot org $5, it goes to a good cause.
The VI Amendment to the United States Constitution
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a […]