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Laugh it up, Perry Mason. I'm not the one with the sophisticated clients who "reply all" when they're bcc'd.That's on you. Never bcc a client. Send the e-mail. Then forward the copy in your sent folder if you want the client to see it.I love it when supposedly sophisticated clients "reply all" when I bcc them.
Yep. I've been on trial for over a week. Just finished my 24th straight day in the office. Two more to go.
Yep. Now I have about two weeks to get caught up on everything I let slide and then it's post trial briefs! Yay!
Bench trial. The judge wants proposed findings of fact with citations to the trial transcript/documents and proposed conclusions of law. It's essentially a motion for summary judgment but using the trial testimony rather than deposition testimony. But the judge also has the advantage of having been able to assess the demeanor of the witnesses.
Words that can be so nice (if you wish you had more time to prep evidence) or oh so terrible (if you're prepped and just want the damn thing over with) at the top of a minute order: "Due to a conflict in the court's calendar..."
Yup. I have two set for late April and mid-May and I would lay some serious odds that the first is continued in a minute order without much explanation, smack dab into the middle of the second. Luckily I'll have a final pretrial conference on the first one at which I can make this clear, and hope it works. Oof.
Does your jurisdiction permit you to do a "notice of conflicting court dates" and basically let the judges fight it out ahead of time over who gets to have you in their courtroom to do the trial when trials overlap? That's been my saving grace for these situations.
Love that.
You may not be in federal court, but check out F.R.Civ.P. 56(d) (allowing a nonmovant on an MSJ to call the exact dilemma you describe to the court's attention and ask for relief) and see if your state has an analogue. California does.
Find a good local labor/employment lawyer and get a consultation. Most likely it will be the individuals being sued and not your company, but you'll want to understand the risks and potential costs involved in taking them on. In many cases, the new employer will indemnify new hires for legal costs associated with a non-compete defense. Don't assume anything. I recently reviewed non-competes for several employees of the same company, a sophisticated company with strong in-house counsel which I know to be represented by one of the largest firms in the country, and I am certain the non-competes are unenforceable in our state. That doesn't mean we won't have a lawsuit and some costs, potentially significant - that's still very possible.
I meant local to you and your company. A short consultation with a good lawyer should give you a basic understanding of the circumstances you and the prospective employees face. I think most small businesses can benefit from establishing a good relationship with a general business lawyer - a small office that can handle basic corporate matters, employment issues, contracting, leases, commercial disputes, etc.
someday, this will come up and you'll think, "I can do that weird thing that that dude at FBG tried" and you'll baffle the #### out of your opposition.
Make sure to use the word "enfeoff" and the phrase "livery of seisin" and you're guaranteed at least an A-.
Honors grade for 30%, everyone else gets a Pass. Part of the reason I'm not super motivated. Between the GSB's non-disclosure of grades policy and SLS's H/P system...meh.
Pride. Pride is a #####. I still really want to do the best that I can, even though intellectually I know it's kind of a tired exercise. I'm looking at the studying as cementing some of the things I've learned for the sake of learning them, rather than for the sake of doing well on an exam. Makes it a little easier. Seems more useful that way.
Not at all uncommon in a business litigation practice where you represent developers.
My property professor was old school and would call on 1 person to be on call for the entire lecture. When you got called on you had to close your laptop for the duration. He would do his best to discover what you weren't prepared to discuss and would then stay on that topic until you were mortally embarrassed. Many people cried. It was traumatic.
That's how my Con Law professor was. And then for the rest of the year you were the "expert" on the cases discussed on your day.
