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Since my picture has never before graced the pages of Wired Magazine (and likely never will again), I′ll start with this link to their article on the NASA program. Gracing the top of their electronic page is my family watching Apollo 15 blast off to the moon on July 26, 1971. Two of my three brothers are on the roof of the old Vista Cruiser that we drove down from New York. I’m on the far left. (Photo credit: Dad).

Anne Reed (of Deliberations fame) finds her way to the pages of Trial Magazine for a story on what to expect (and not expect) of mock juries;

The Tennessee Supreme Court upholds a $13M punitive damage award against Chrysler

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A medical liability round-up, from the other side of the courtroom well (Walter Olson @ Overlawyered);

A study of doctor blogs shows that many of them are revealing patient information (Ed Silverman @ Pharmalot)

Psssst….Blawg Review #169 is up at Whisper, and marketing is the theme.

And next week’s Blawg Review will be hosted by none other than Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice. To say the blawgosphere is expecting great things from Greenfield is a significant understatement. An extraordinarily prolific blogger (120 posts in June, none of them short), Greenfield hasn’t met a challenge yet in the blawgosphere that he’s backed down from. Despite the bar being set so high for him, there is little doubt he will exceed it.

Al Pirro Jr. last week quietly settled a lawsuit for $200,000 that involved Jeanine Pirro and her failed political campaign for Attorney General. Jeanine — also a former judge, District Attorney, failed Senate candidate against Hillary Clinton and now a talk show host — was in the backseat of her husband’s SUV on October 18, 2006 when it sideswiped a motorcyclist as they approached a light. The collision knocked him down, broke his ankle and sent him skidding along the pavement. The SUV was driven by a campaign staffer just weeks before the election.

The accident out on Long Island raised eyebrows when the police were accused of giving preferential treatment to the Pirros. While the officer on the scene first reported a collision between Pirro’s SUV and Scott Lieberman riding his Harley, that report was subsequently deep-sixed after the officer saw Jeanine Pirro in the back and saw that the SUV was owned by her husband. The second accident report didn′t have the Pirro vehicle in the accident. According to this New York Post story at the time:

Lieberman said that after talking to Horgan, cops stopped writing a two-vehicle accident report and started one saying he skidded off the road on his own.
“Investigation reveals no other veh. involved in accident,” the final report reads.

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Over at Concurring Opinions, Kaimipono Wenger asks the readership about what the worst “still-current” Supreme Court decision.

And the answer, to me, is a no-brainer. As I discussed back in January 2007, when I had a readership of three, the classic bombs were Plessy v. Furgeson, Dred Scott and Korematsu.

But Bush v. Gore stands in a league of its own, well above the others. For each of the others could be reversed by the voters either in Congress or by constitutional amendment. But since Bush v. Gore dealt with the actual disenfranchisement of voters, it could not. All legally cast ballots should have obviously been counted, since it is the people that hold actual power in a democracy.

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When defendants do it, it isn’t called “forum shopping.” (Justinian Lane @ TortDeform). Which, he points out, is just a tad different than judge shopping;

Things to do while waiting for a verdict, in Texas (You-won′t-believe-this edition) (Scott Greenfield @ Simple Justice, and Jamie Spencer at Austin DWI Lawyer);

Hmmmm….beer-sicles (Walter Olson @ Overlawyered)

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I just came back from the courtroom where the matter of Judith Kaye (NYS Chief Judge) against Sheldon Silver (Speaker of Assembly) is being argued. This is the judicial pay raise suit that is, perhaps, the most unique suit ever filed in the state. The Assembly leader, Senate leader and Governor were all sued by Chief Judge Kaye in her capacity as head of the judiciary. (See: New York’s Chief Judge Kaye Finally Brings Suit for Judicial Pay Raises)

Supreme Court Justice Edward H. Lehner was taking the arguments on summary judgment motions, just minutes after I had argued one of my own cases. So I stuck around. I listened for over an hour before having to bail out. And it looks like it could go all day.

The Chief Judge has created a thicket of issues by suing the Assembly, Senate and Governor, with the case being heard by the judiciary. Justice Lehner noted at the outset that he stands to benefit from a raise if he were to order it.

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It’s that time of year again. Time for the bar exam. And so it is only fair I think, as recent grads work and sweat and cram and get all anxious, to remind them of some things.

First, that’s how you will probably feel when you try a case.

Second, the New York bar exam has had a couple of legendary screw-ups, and I’m here to remind you during your moments of insecurity, nausea and panic about them. I’d like to think it’s part of my job, but really, I’m just having fun at your expense.

There was the 1985 exam. The one where the multi-state exam results were lost or stolen. That was for those that took the test inside one of the New York Passenger Ship Terminals on the west side of Manhattan. I know first hand about that test: Your Bar Exam Answer Sheet is Gone — Now What? Hundreds had to re-take the exam. But not me. Click the link and see why.

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think a lawyer needs to look at it. As long as you don’t practice anything out of the…

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Is is true that I must use a lawyer because it’s “property”? Can you use

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I’ve heard $300-$500 for such matters - closing costs. Is that true