BigHead posted:

To be fair, fair prosecutors aren't elected. And if they aren't elected, they don't give a gently caress what some hick from the sticks thinks. And by "hick from the sticks" I mean hick from the sticks and elected official.

Edit: in my limited experience.

Phil Moscowitz posted:

What they got against white folk where you all are from?

Abugadu posted:

Doesn't really matter. Just an additional link in the chain. If it's an appointment, it's still open to political interference from an elected official. If your office gets poo poo on by the press, that elected official will think he's making himself look good by loving with the office.

Phil Moscowitz posted:

I don't read those loving nerd bibles, what's wrong with you. The little girl yelled that at Sting and then the dude from Twin Peaks blew up a bunch of storm troopers in trash bags with those fake guns

Ainsley McTree posted:

Are you two talking about a real thing

nm posted:

Roger_Mudd posted:

If an Attorney General files suit against a company for Deceptive Trade Practices violations, does that preempt private claims?

BigHead posted:

no privity

Roger_Mudd posted:

Privity isn't needed?

Defenestration posted:

Really, wrongful conduct? That's what they were charging him with? I was under the impression it was Treason.

PS. SPOILERSSSSSS

BigHead posted:

Oh I got confused between preemption and, um, that other thing. Not release and res judicata, but the other one. You know. What your CivPro professor spent half a day trying to teach you.

nm posted:

I'm getting a carnitas burrito for lunch today. WOOO!

CaptainScraps posted:

I got a panko crusted schnitzel with red cabbage, homemade sauerkraut, curry ketchup, spicy mustard and mushroom gravy.

$5.

Linguica posted:

My girlfriend passed the DE bar

Now to wait for 4 pm tomorrow to see the PA results

Stunt Rock posted:

Is she a UVA grad who works as a corporate lawyer in Wilmington, per chance?

Linguica posted:

Ummm no...

Incredulous Red posted:

I may or may not have made 40 lbs of macaroni and cheese last night

nm posted:

Can I come over?

Ersatz posted:

Five Guys. Every day last week. Green curry chicken today.

dividebyzero posted:

I ate two cold turkey hot dogs because i can't be hosed to do dishes atm. Read this posts, marvel in my coolness.

quote:

A California student got a visit from the FBI this week after he found a secret GPS tracking device on his car, and a friend posted photos of it online. The post prompted wide speculation about whether the device was real, whether the young Arab-American was being targeted in a terrorism investigation and what the authorities would do.

It took just 24 hours to find out: The device was real, the student was being secretly tracked and the FBI wanted their expensive device back, the student told Wired.com in an interview Wednesday...

His discovery comes in the wake of a recent ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying it’s legal for law enforcement to secretly place a tracking device on a suspect’s car without getting a warrant, even if the car is parked in a private driveway...

Afifi considered selling the device on Craigslist before the FBI showed up. He was in his apartment Tuesday afternoon when a roommate told him “two sneaky-looking people” were near his car. Afifi, already heading out for an appointment, encountered a man and woman looking his vehicle outside. The man asked if Afifi knew his registration tag was expired. When Afifi asked if it bothered him, the man just smiled. Afifi got into his car and headed for the parking lot exit when two SUVs pulled up with flashing lights carrying four police officers in bullet-proof vests.

The agent who initially spoke with Afifi identified himself then as Vincent and told Afifi, “We’re here to recover the device you found on your vehicle. It’s federal property. It’s an expensive piece, and we need it right now.”

GregNorc posted:

So while I've given up on law school (going the CS route instead), still been keeping up with the thread.

Anyone care to lawyerly insight into the legal issues mentioned in this Wired article? If the FBI plants a bug on my car without so much as a warrant, am I within my rights to sell it on craigslist? I plugged "Finders v. Keepers" into Google Scholar and got nothing...

A summary for the lazy:

GregNorc posted:

So while I've given up on law school (going the CS route instead), still been keeping up with the thread.

Anyone care to lawyerly insight into the legal issues mentioned in this Wired article? If the FBI plants a bug on my car without so much as a warrant, am I within my rights to sell it on craigslist? I plugged "Finders v. Keepers" into Google Scholar and got nothing...

A summary for the lazy:

Incredulous Red posted:

I'd argue abandonment because gently caress the po-lice comin' straight from tha underground

Wavelet posted:

Anyone know anything about CA biglaw? The good firms? The bad firms? The TTTs?

Linguica posted:

That's a pretty ridiculously broad question there

Green Crayons posted:

I would settle for New York level pay, 1900 billables as more of a suggestion than a requirement, and my work being limited to performing opening and closings for the really interesting cases (hand me bullet points on flashcards ten minutes before showtime).

Oh, and I get invited to the team lunches/dinners whenever we're ordering from some place good.

Is that asking too much?

Mookie posted:

1. I want to make NY level pay,
2. bill 1900 hours a year,
3. work only with nice people
4. on interesting tasks, and
5. have tons of prestige?

Incredulous Red posted:

I'd argue abandonment because gently caress the po-lice comin' straight from tha underground

Mookie posted:

Yup. For example, if you wanted to do real estate work, Allen Matkins is one of the biggest names in the business in California. But God help you if you go there for anything else.

So who wants to bet we get a response that is "I want to make NY level pay, bill 1900 hours a year, work only with nice people on interesting tasks, and have tons of prestige?"

In other words, law student dreamin'.

Linguica posted:

I can't get over just how ridiculous the New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners website is

Wavelet posted:

You're 2 for 4: I want to make NY level pay and have tons of prestige. In California. Doing litigation. Hopefully my question is not too broad to answer now?