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Inside Legal Blogs [By The Judge] Hi, folks. On August 1, Ann Althouse blogged on the Minneapolis bridge collapse. She wrote that watching the coverage on Fox News made her think “there must be a news policy not to talk about terrorism except as fed information from the Department of Homeland Security.” However, homeland security does not rely only upon the department; it is the duty of every lawyer to sue for compensation whenever safety is breached. I also have to say I share the sentiments of David Nieporent, who posted on Overlawyered at 7:01 a.m. on August 1, “The first trial lawyer Google ad soliciting clients relating to the Minneapolis bridge collapse is already up—indeed, was up as of last night. Makes me proud to be a lawyer.” Really proud.
Susan Brenner at CYB3RCRIM3 submitted
peremptory strike like fans treat a football
On July 30, at the Legal Profession Blog,
an interesting post on July 29 titled “Identity
star; these days it’s more like the guy who
Mike Frisch reported on an attorney who
theft case fails due to coerced confession”
sweeps up the stadium after the game,” she
was suspended for 90 days by the Maryland
about a case of identity theft that fell
said. The post, titled “The peremptory strike
Court of Appeals for failing to disclose, while
through after threats were made by a
as broom and dustpan,” follows the trend of
applying for a position in a federal agency,
private investigator to force the confessor to
this vital tool of law practice falling out of
that she was previously employed by her
complete community service. The prosecutor
favor with the courts.
spouse’s law office. Even though the attorney
advised against the case based on grounds of
had disclosed the relationship in other
coerced confession. The police department
The July 31 post by Eric Mueller of UNC Law
documents, those documents were held to be
closed the case and reached a voluntary
School on Is That Legal? is titled “Justice
unrelated to the actual hiring of the attorney.
arrangement with the confessor, according
Department Tips Off Senator Stevens Before
to which he will ultimately have to…complete
Searching His Home!” Professor Mueller,
community service!
who also spent nearly nine years as a federal prosecutor, holds that tipping off
Anne Reed, at Deliberations, wrote a great
the attorneys of an individual to be searched
post on the peremptory strike on August 1.
defeats the purpose of the search warrant.
“There was a time when courts treated the
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Thanks, and see you all next week.