Objectively intelligent.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

you thought you had pneumonia and you didn’t go to a doctor?

Walking pneumonia. I’ve had it before. I coughed thick green phlegm for months once. Chills, feel weak. It’s like a long cold.

But this shit was odd. It was burning, and no mucus. Fucking strange. And I forgot to mention before, an earache as well. Itchy. Really annoying.

But I have one Eustachian tube that always bugs me. Had an impacted wisdom tooth in that area years ago as well. Also got round house punched really hard there in a fight (still have click in jaw from that... dude nailed me), so it could be that I’m just just all fucked up on the left side of my upper jaw/ear.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

No new civil trials at courts in NY, state and fed.

Hearings in PA are going to telephonic. County by county because PA is a provincial shitho— I mean, Commonwealth. So every county gets to control its own administration.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Hearings in PA are going to telephonic. County by county because PA is a provincial shitho— I mean, Commonwealth. So every county gets to control its own administration.

I had a judge laugh at opposing counsel today when he argued that there was no need for a preliminary injunction because the parallel unlawful detainer case was proceeding apace and would resolve the issue of what the tenant was doing on the property - the judge said he wasn't sure a UD case would go to (a jury) trial for the rest of this year.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

I had a judge laugh at opposing counsel today when he argued that there was no need for a preliminary injunction because the parallel unlawful detainer case was proceeding apace and would resolve the issue of what the tenant was doing on the property - the judge said he wasn't sure a UD case would go to (a jury) trial for the rest of this year.

I thought you were retired?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

I had a judge laugh at opposing counsel today when he argued that there was no need for a preliminary injunction because the parallel unlawful detainer case was proceeding apace and would resolve the issue of what the tenant was doing on the property - the judge said he wasn't sure a UD case would go to (a jury) trial for the rest of this year.

This could crush plaintiffs’ firms that don’t have huge reserves. Delay on all files at once = Death. Every defendant will delay like crazy based on inability to do deps, meetings, etc.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

This could crush plaintiffs’ firms that don’t have huge reserves. Delay on all files at once = Death. Every defendant will delay like crazy based on inability to do deps, meetings, etc.

And those with reserves . . . Deshi Basara

[Adder]

It’s becoming clear that all policy decisions are made by Trump, Kushner and Stephen Miller and no one else. Appalling.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Adder

It’s becoming clear that all policy decisions are made by Trump, Kushner and Stephen Miller and no one else. Appalling.

You're forgetting Pelosi.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I thought you were retired?

I am working about 60% time because I need something to do, enjoy it, and some income doesn't hurt. Although I moved about 75% of my money into cash on 2/28 and am hoping this crisis will enable me to double it. To that end, the death rate is maintaining at 3.7% and the (known) infection rate is moving at about 10,000 new cases a day.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

This could crush plaintiffs’ firms that don’t have huge reserves. Delay on all files at once = Death. Every defendant will delay like crazy based on inability to do deps, meetings, etc.

Yes, but they're being handed a bunch of new cases.

You have people like the Roche Americas CEO standing up next to Trump as he tells Americans they'll have 1.4 million tests out this week and 5 million within a month, and Roche's stock going up 13% on the news.

Now, all the Roche guy said when he was up there was that they hoped to have hundreds of thousands of test out "soon", rather than the 1.4 million this week and 5 million this month, but he didn't explicitly correct Trump (the way Google did when he misrepresented the web site they are working on).

If I'm a plaintiff's attorney, I target every one of those companies that were in on that press conference. I'm betting they all have stock that spikes on the news and then drops when reality hits. Big Money.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

If I'm a plaintiff's attorney, I target every one of those companies that were in on that press conference. I'm betting they all have stock that spikes on the news and then drops when reality hits. Big Money.

Make sure there's not a blanket immunity first.

When they want to, they will step on the throat of plaintiffs. Yall forgot the auto bankruptcies. They took all the asbestos liabilities and wiped them out in a day using section 363 sale instead of 524g. Never done before, never since.

[Icky Thump]

And oh, got this charmer of an email.

“we are implementing a*voluntary Work from Home policy*"

BUT

"All Firm offices & facilities will remain open and staff can continue and are encouraged to work in the office. . . “

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

And oh, got this charmer of an email.

“we are implementing a*voluntary Work from Home policy*"

BUT

"All Firm offices & facilities will remain open and staff can continue and are encouraged to work in the office. . . “

None of the people sending that email have elderly parents?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

None of the people sending that email have elderly parents?

My guess is the people who sent won’t be there. Unless it’s just to take attendance at 6:30.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

You're forgetting Pelosi.

The paid leave to stay home because a child's school is closed requirement thrust upon all employers (except for those with over 500 employees because...?) in that bill is dangerous. I don't expect Mnuchin to grasp that, as he's an idiot, but one of Pelosi's people should have.

My wife owns a small business. To be prudent, we'll drain the cash, draw down on the lines a bit and try to stay open as long as responsibly possible. It's HC, so it has to stay open to a certain extent.

A lot of small businesses are not so nimble and don't have a pile of receivables on which to feast during the trough that's coming. By compelling businesses to pay ANY form of mandate they haven't planned for will imperil those businesses' ability to stay current on leases, mortgages, etc. These businesses will be compelled to drain out all of their cash. Nationally, this is a drain on banks' balance sheets at the time they really don't need that sort of thing.

Now, of course, the govt says it will reimburse businesses for these outlays. But that's down the road. The time the businesses need to hold cash to survive is now. Not ten months from now.

And the govt says it will grant exemptions to businesses who will fail if compelled to pay this mandate. That'll take weeks to determine. Many small businesses won't have that kind of time.

There's also the fact that one cannot squeeze blood from a stone. Business owners are simply not going to pay this in many instances as they can't afford it, and the govt will not be able to enforce it. Which comes to my last observation on this bill...

It seems a stealth way of dictating all businesses shut down. No responsible business owner would take the risk of incurring these costs. It's smarter to simply close up shop for a bit and tell your employees to collect unemployment compensation.

I feel terrible for bar and restaurant owners. This situation has got to be insanely scary.