DDIP is Getting a Makeover!, written 2 weeks ago, Over the last few days I have started my work on the DDIP Blog "makeover" to provide additional functionality, reference materials, and an updated appearance. As such, please look forward to the "new" DDIP blog beginning Monday, S...

Report on Enduring Powers of Attorney in the Four Western Canadian Provinces, written 2 weeks ago, The Western Canada Law Reform Agencies have published their joint report entitled "Enduring Powers of Attorney: Areas of Reform."The report contains proposals to harmonize some aspects of the...

Writings on international law and policy.

Slow Catastrophe Risk Management, written 3 weeks ago, We normally think of Cats as step function  events--everything is fine then a disaster occurs.  However, is it possible to manage the death by 1000 cuts type of Cat?  This would be one where each individual event is no...

ID: "start winning your case at the preliminary hearing", written 3 hours ago, Back in the home state, they're hanging on to one of those "quaint" checks in the system of checks and balances (one that Idaho has and Washington State doesn't, by the way), from Idaho Criminal Defens...

If It's Good Enough for John Edwards It's Good Enough for Sarah Palin, written 21 hours ago, The National Enquirer reports today (damn, it's hard for me to write those words), that Gov. Sarah Palin tried to keep daughter Bristol's pregnancy a secret until her daughter and her daughter's babydaddy we...

SO SUE ME!, written 1 day ago, A recent article in the WallStreet Journal highlighted a local hospital's efforts to collect from unpaying hospital customers.This came as no surprise to me as I have had to wait in local general district court rooms for hours, to have my case called behind the hospita...

Yours Truly Will Be MIA for 3 Weeks, written 3 weeks ago, Sorry folks but it looks like I won't be posting here for a while. I'm about to head into 3 straight weeks of back-to-back depositions (lawyer-speak for witness interviews in a lawsuit). For the non-lawyers out there, that's a LOT of depos. I...

taxgirl's Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon, written 8 hours ago, I thought I'd offer my pop culture-laden response to the Tax Lawyer's post where he says: Frankly, I don't know anyone who knows anyone who knows Kevin Bacon . . . but I did see the movie Diner three times. Sure you do, me! A...

U.S. v. Nader (9th Cir. - Sept. 5, 2008), written 1 day ago, Your prostition business may well be exclusively in-state. All of the phone calls that your customers make to you may well be in-state calls. But you can still be convicted of violating the federal Travel Act because your use of a telephon...

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Sarah Palin, Creationism, and Sex Education, written 4 days ago, I know I?ve been pilin? on Palin, and I?d like to promise that this will be my last Sarah...

Legal Research Readings for Students, written 1 day ago,

Spanish Legal Translations, English-Spanish Translation for In-House Law Departments, and Purchasing Real Estate in Mexico, written 1 day ago, Earlier we've blogged about legal translation in the context of validity of real estate transactions conducted in a foreign language.? And while multilingual...

Collections: Good Outline of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, written 8 hours ago, Thanks to ISBA Mutual Insurance Company for publishing Debt Be Not Proud. Yes, the article reads as if it is directed to lawyers (because it is), but I think it can still be read and understood and used by non-...

News and practice tips for in-house and want-to-be lawyers in young companies

ASIC v James Hardie directors update, written 1 day ago, ASIC has confirmed it is proceeding with a hearing of its civil action against seven former directors and three former company officers of the James Hardie Group in the NSW Supreme Court on 29 September.
 
 ASIC also said that ...

Linden Lab, Avatar 'Victor Vezina,' Philip Rosedale, and Mitch Kapor Sued Over SLART Trademark, written 4 days ago, Linden Lab and a Second Life user known as avatar 'Victor Vezina' have been named in a Complaint (.pdf) filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York by Second...

Russia vs. Bank of New York Mellon, cont?d, written 6 hours ago, Odd doings continue in the $22.5 billion lawsuit, per Bloomberg: ``Every legal system has its flaws,?? [plaintiff?s expert and Harvard lawprof Alan Dershowitz] said in an interview yesterday. ``Who are we to cast aspersions on a countr...

Biden gives back Scruggs money: does this mean he will be the Veep nominee?, written 2 weeks ago, Q: How do you know you've hit rock bottom?? A:? When even a politician doesn't want your money.?? This story says Delaware Sen. Joe Biden is donating some Scruggs campaign cash to charity, possibly to s...