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Soothing Vapors posted:AR is easily my favorite new poster to this thread in several years It's bitter sweet that I find myself agreeing with most of your posts these days. Have you played The Wolf Among Us? You and me are Bigby or The Huntsman.
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enraged_camel posted:I have a question and I figured I'd ask here. "I want to run a business where I don't have to pay FICA (and state equivalent payroll) taxes and have other benefits requirements, but I don't want to spend money to draft something that will otherwise leave me violently violated if the (federal and state) DOL, IRS or Franchise Tax Board/Employment Development Department come in, which they inevitably will at some point. So, anyone want to do it for free? Good night and God bless." Horseshoe theory fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Soothing Vapors posted:I handle mostly labor and employment work, and I do independent contractor agreements all the time. I'd be happy to help, assuming no preexisting conflicts. wait dawg you do l&e dawg plz get lunch w me
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 02:35 |
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enraged_camel posted:I have a question and I figured I'd ask here. I started to respond to this with constructive advice, but I changed my mind and I'm just going to go to bed instead. Pay SV the 275 an hour. That's a pretty reasonable rate.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 04:41 |
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Zarkov Cortez posted:Boardgames? That guy is my favorite thing to happen to the Canadian legal profession since Jamie Melnick won his case against LSUC and got his license to practice in spite of his, you know, criminal conviction for letting a 14 year old student of his blow him.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 14:43 |
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Feces Starship posted:wait dawg you do l&e Mostly employment lit, not whatever you nerds do with contracts and poo poo. Also we could save some time and a few steps and you could just dislike me intensely now, without the hassle of having lunch with me
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 14:49 |
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Mr. Olfman argues the claim may be lengthy and that he could pare it down to “an ordinary claim” of 20 pages or less, but that would do it an injustice as it is an “extraordinary claim” that will alter the course of Canada for years to come.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 14:52 |
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blarzgh posted:Mr. Olfman argues the claim may be lengthy and that he could pare it down to “an ordinary claim” of 20 pages or less, but that would do it an injustice as it is an “extraordinary claim” that will alter the course of Canada for years to come. God, I love pro se litigants. Unrelated, Ebola litigant's case has apparently been continued. Will keep posted.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 16:04 |
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ActusRhesus posted:God, I love pro se litigants. Unrelated, Ebola litigant's case has apparently been continued. Will keep posted. I just withdrew from a case where, through about fifteen hours of work, we discovered the client is a conflict. I've never felt so bad about sending someone off to be pro se (touchy feely family law case). Just waiting on a nice, faceless state job to come through so my clients can not be people with feelings.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 17:13 |
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bummer
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 17:40 |
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I just withdrew from a case where, through about fifteen hours of work, we discovered the client is a conflict. The karmic balance will now provide you with a client that you can't withdraw from.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 17:40 |
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patentmagus posted:The karmic balance will now provide you with a client that you can't withdraw from. Who will be, without question, a terrible human who I will have been conned into representing by my intake staff. When I try to withdraw, they will complain to my boss and file a bar complaint. Years later I will find out they were actually the abusive parent when their sexual assualt trial gets underway, with defleshed prosecuting of course.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 18:08 |
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Seems like a natural segue into discussing jehovah's witnesses as clients...
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 18:29 |
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woozle wuzzle posted:Seems like a natural segue into discussing jehovah's witnesses as clients... Fee Agreement: 200/hr plus copying expenses, and I get a letter of recommendation to be one of the 144,000.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 18:43 |
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I accidentally smarted off during a phone consult this morning. Person w/Contract for Deed problems: "We are just going to put it in the good Lord's hands." Me: "Well, Jesus doesn't have a bar license."
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 19:01 |
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blarzgh posted:I accidentally smarted off during a phone consult this morning. Ohhh! blazrgh I sue sellers on this all the time! Contracts for deed are my favorite cause they're so easy to gently caress up and the penalties can be so high. I'm like a giddy kid when a new contract for deed written I a napkin rolls in. My settlement is almost always "deed the house and pay my fees." Except for the one I just set as a jury trial.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 19:49 |
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woozle wuzzle posted:Seems like a natural segue into discussing jehovah's witnesses as clients... Is this a thing?
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 19:50 |
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Ohhh! blazrgh I sue sellers on this all the time! Contracts for deed are my favorite cause they're so easy to gently caress up and the penalties can be so high. I'm like a giddy kid when a new contract for deed written I a napkin rolls in. They're seriously the worst. The poo poo of it is, its always some little old lady, who was trying to sell her house to fund her retirement, and some loving deadbeat who can't get credit begs her to "work something out", then 6 years later lawyers up looking for a cash grab. Morton v. Nguyen really changed the game, though so now "recission" means offsetting "all sums paid" by "reasonable monthly rent." Cuts damages down to nothing.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 20:12 |
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please stop talking about law in the law thread, it is very triggering
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 20:17 |
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Soothing Vapors posted:please stop talking about law in the law thread, it is very triggering Some of us just withdrew from cases that were blocked off for a whole day off trial prep.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 20:37 |
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So how much trouble would I get in if I submitted a response brief that just said ARGUMENT This guy is a loving rear end in a top hat. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons this Court should affirm the ruling of the habeas court. Because that's kind of where I'm at with this.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:05 |
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That's pretty much how I do my first drafts of opinions. "This Court's decision should be affirmed because Appellant's argument is loving ridiculous." A few times I have missed sentences that needed to be removed on "serious" drafts, but luckily my boss has a sense of humor about these things. (Probably a lot of trouble.)
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:38 |
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ActusRhesus posted:So how much trouble would I get in if I submitted a response brief that just said None, but only if you work at Code 46. (Or some attorney general's office doing criminal appeals)
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Who will be, without question, a terrible human who I will have been conned into representing by my intake staff. When I try to withdraw, they will complain to my boss and file a bar complaint. Incoming acquittal, no worries... Tuesday's acquittal had a happy ending of sorts as the rear end in a top hat had pled naked to a couple of minor charges prior to the trial starting. This was so the Defense could go with the tried and true "look he pled guilty to what he did but he didn't rape that trollop and furthermore here's a bunch of tenuously admissible evidence about how she sleeps around". It kind of backfired because after sentencing proceedings yesterday the panel came back with reduction to E-1, total forfeitures, a bad conduct discharge and 90 days at Leavenworth. Which is an extremely harsh sentence for what he pled to. I snuck a look at him as they read the sentence and his face was of one who has been absolutely owned. Pretty sweet end to my time here in the desert. Defleshed fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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ActusRhesus posted:God, I love pro se litigants. That guy is a lawyer representing his own daughter.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:45 |
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ActusRhesus posted:So how much trouble would I get in if I submitted a response brief that just said http://youtu.be/g4bftQ4xxFc
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:02 |
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Is this a thing? 'Tis They suck donkey balls. Society's laws are just temporary bullshit, which is a fine sentiment. But the only thing they listen to is whatever their crooked bullshit elder says. They are chosen ones and you are a false devil. So if they actively lie to you, it's actually doing God's work. Logistically, they're forbidden from making any oaths or swearing anything that recognizes the authority of human laws. Attorneys, hear my voice echoing through the internet: Do not, under any circumstances, take on a Jehovah's Witness client. You are subordinate to a crooked bullshit elder, and your client will actively gently caress you over.
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:19 |
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joat mon posted:None, but only if you work at Code 46. jesus, how many loving JAGs are in here?
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:23 |
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Lawyer requests withdrawal after notebook throwing incident Really want to read the full motion and/or transcript.
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:25 |
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ActusRhesus posted:jesus, how many loving JAGs are in here? If we can find a zoomie and a coastie and we'll have the full set!
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:46 |
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Lawlicaust posted:Lawyer requests withdrawal after notebook throwing incident "The Light and Champion. Covering Shelby County like the pine straw covers the ground."
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:41 |
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joat mon posted:If we can find a zoomie and a coastie and we'll have the full set! Yay joint goons. Btw, how's that whole "i may or may not have actually completed marine training" thing shaking out?
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:47 |
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So I accepted an offer to lateral, gave notice at my current firm, then got a second offer from a better firm and decided to take that and blow off the first firm. How over is my "career"?
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:16 |
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joat mon posted:If we can find a zoomie and a coastie and we'll have the full set! We have a jarhead and a squid and a... what is the derogatory term for army dudes? I feel like I should know this.
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/\ /\ /\ "Joe" or "dogface" or "meh" ActusRhesus posted:Yay joint goons. Btw, how's that whole "i may or may not have actually completed marine training" thing shaking out? What thing is that? My era's thing was "I may or may not have actually passed the bar." joat mon fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Oct 31, 2014 |
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the milk machine posted:So I accepted an offer to lateral, gave notice at my current firm, then got a second offer from a better firm and decided to take that and blow off the first firm. How over is my "career"? they'd do it to you in a heartbeat
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:30 |
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I keep telling myself that. I'm in a super niche area and all the partners at all three firms either went to law school together or know each other from the past thirty years and *breathes into a paper bag*
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:52 |
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Lawlicaust posted:Lawyer requests withdrawal after notebook throwing incident Here is some more detail: http://www.kplctv.com/story/27100018/attorney-in-shelby-co-murder-case-requests-withdrawal-after-notebook-throwing-incident Mods, please change my name to Teenage Mutant MENSA Turtle.
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:53 |
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the milk machine posted:I keep telling myself that. I'm in a super niche area and all the partners at all three firms either went to law school together or know each other from the past thirty years and *breathes into a paper bag* You're fine. Unless they signed 12 month lease for more office space, and hired you two paralegals, and bought you a helicopter, they won't really give a poo poo.
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Take care of yourself first, if they know each other they can laugh about it. It's not like they fired someone in order to hire you did they?
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