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March 9th, 2014 - 10:33 am § in America, Politics

Legal Thuggery: Louisiana Sends Cease and Desist to Move On

Louisiana Charges Move On with Violating The State’s Trademarks!  Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne sent a cease-and-desist letter to MoveOn,  demanding that s billboard  criticizing Gov. Bobby Jindal for not expanding Medicaid under Obamacare be dismantled. It is currently stationed alongsid[...]

March 6th, 2014 - 1:38 pm § in Misc.

What Happens When the Lawyers Tell Hans Solo What to Say?

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March 1st, 2014 - 9:05 am § in Misc.

Hypocrisy and the Law

Rebecca Brooks, on trial for hacking,  she had not realised that (hacking someone’s voice mail)  would have been a breach of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. She was pretty sure, she added, that she had not even heard of the act.[...]

February 6th, 2014 - 10:21 am § in Misc.

Thanks Coke for use of your logo!

Coca-Cola’s Super Bowl ad and copyrights Coca-Cola’s superbowl ad may get the company’s logo more attention that it intended.  Because the ad included gay people as patriotic Americans,  to the tune of ” America the Beautiful”,  sports fans are reportedly offende[...]

February 4th, 2014 - 3:24 am § in Misc.

Legal Thuggery at The University: Ninth Circuit Rues Against WSU!

  Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Free-Speech Rights for Professors Court Implicitly Rejects WSU’s Argument that “Professional Speech” Does Not Deserve Protection The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals this week denied a second appeal from four Washington State University administrators [...]

February 3rd, 2014 - 10:44 am § in Misc.

Legal Thuggery: The NFL and Copyright Claims

A Relative of Mine Offered to Sell Me a Tape of the Superbowl: Should I report him to the FBI? No.  Corporate lawyers use thuggery to restrict use of copyright materials.  The law does not  support them, but who has the money to sue the NFL? This same relative, oddly, is part of the effort [&hell[...]

January 26th, 2014 - 2:52 pm § in Misc.

How Is It That Lawyers Are Never Charged With Perjury?

More than one corporate lawyer I know has told me that they appear in court and take stands that they know are based on false facts. One such attorney told me that she represented the tobacco companies and knowingly lied to the court about facts.  I have also had similar conversations with divorce [...]

January 15th, 2014 - 11:41 am § in Misc.

Lawyers playing the thug

  Based on a account in the  Rockwall Herald-Banner: Given the public’s (false) impression that lawyers are both well educated and regulated by some strict code of behavior  you’d think it would be difficult for a lawyer to cross the line during an actual proceeding. The account says [...]

December 24th, 2013 - 12:51 pm § in Misc., UW

On lawyers: “If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck”

A lawyer, according to Black’s Law Dictionary, is “a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law.”[1] …... Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific ind[...]

November 4th, 2013 - 4:58 pm § in Hypocrisy, Misc.

Lawyers as Thugs: One Man’s Approach

If you’re willing to look a monster in the eyes, you just might find that he has no teeth. There are all kinds of lawyers …. civil right attorneys, lawyers hired by corporations to limit rights of employees, corporate lawyers who protect corporate rights at the expense of others who can not [...]