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tbcj
9y ago
I would keep in mind that most disputes are not of the "I never signed this" variety. Even companies like DocuSign acknowledge that fact: "DocuSign electronic signatures have never been successfully repudiated or challenged i
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tbcj
9y ago
State and local governments are, at least, partially to blame for the increase as a consequence of decreased budgets given to law enforcement, including district attorneys' offices. That money is often used to make up budget shortfalls
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9y ago
Not necessarily disbarment, but that would be one possible outcome. He will likely be facing violations of the rules of professional conduct. Using California and your example, that would violate Rule 3-100. With the ownership stake, he pro
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tbcj
9y ago
I think this glosses over one benefit of monitoring: someone should be coming in the event an alert condition is triggered. For example, if I was shot during an armed burglary, it is more likely that someone would be coming to my aid becaus
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tbcj
10y ago
In this case, the defendant may have a say only because Amazon is claiming there is standing to enforce the defendant's First Amendment rights - the so-called chilling effect. With the defendant consenting, Amazon's standing for l
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tbcj
10y ago
I thought it was strange too. I would suspect the caselaw involving the First Amendment provides more definition of the limits upon governments than the Privacy amendments, especially since this is such a novel set of facts with no easily a
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10y ago
The cost wouldn't be substantially more than it is today if only because capital murder trials are rare occurrences these days, and its even rarer when the death penalty is given. Death row inmates stay on death row for a long time, so
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11y ago
Between the use of burglary and the disregard of physical vs. intangible property, this is just a preposterous set of hypotheticals. Why is it so bad to hold accountable both the company for hosting the content if they have reason to believ
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11y ago
What does "every relevant state" mean? The second and third most populous states don't require a helmet over 20, and the fifth doesn't require it at all.
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12y ago
Number 4 is somewhat misleading. I'd say gov't and public interest are both appealing options, regardless of the pay. You can get the advantages of the public service loan forgiveness program and, in some cases, some extra soft be
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12y ago
One area that it probably won't expand to, but I would see value in such a service, is an annotation system on legal texts -- statutes, case law, law review articles, et al. When I was last able to use WestlawNext (almost two years ago