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Old 03-01-2018, 02:21 PM   #4756
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Re: Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

I am working from home today, which means I get to watch the TV as I work, and Stripes is on. What a great movie!
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Old 03-01-2018, 06:09 PM   #4757
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Some of you may recall a $55 million bad faith verdict (including punitives) against AIG in a products case three years ago.

Well, read this. One of the most unusual and remarkable appellate opinions I have ever read. Kudos to AIG's counsel (not me).

http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A146617.PDF
That is remarkable. Fun reading.

Why does an employee sign a RFA response? Briefs outline legal contentions, and they can be signed by outside counsel without an employee.
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Why does an employee sign a RFA response? Briefs outline legal contentions, and they can be signed by outside counsel without an employee.
Because of the plain language of C.C.P. Section 2033, at least according to this case - https://law.justia.com/cases/califor...d/180/545.html
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Old 03-02-2018, 01:25 PM   #4759
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Re: Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

This is an interesting article with a boring headline.
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Because of the plain language of C.C.P. Section 2033, at least according to this case - https://law.justia.com/cases/califor...d/180/545.html
Well, sure, but I guess I was wondering why the California Legislature, in its infinite wisdom, chose to impose that requirement.
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Between meeting in the White House with PE funds who later make big loans to your companies and asking Qatar for financing right and being turned down right before siding with Qatar's rivals, Jared is going to wind up in jail.
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Between meeting in the White House with PE funds who later make big loans to your companies and asking Qatar for financing right and being turned down right before siding with Qatar's rivals, Jared is going to wind up in jail.
I don't think so, because a prosecutor who wanted to buck Trump to bring the case (hello, unitary executive) would have to prove a quid pro quo, and that seems pretty unlikely. But you will have continued stories like that ones this week that make Jared look corrupt, which will weaken the Trump administration in various ways. There are clearly people in the executive branch happy to leak to undermine Jared, so these stories will keep coming.
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Re: Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

An article I saw on Replaced_Texan's Houston Democrats - https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/04/polit...ama/index.html
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Clearly a metaphor, but for what?
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Clearly a metaphor, but for what?
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Question.

Who is stupid enough to say they're going to rip up a subpoena on live television?

These people are fucking crazy.

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Old 03-05-2018, 08:10 PM   #4767
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Who is stupid enough to say they're going to rip up a subpoena on live television?

These people are fucking crazy.

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I just had a prominent lawyer from a major law firm complain about the deal he got on stock when he was counsel for the company.

This is why he's no longer counsel for the company.
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Who is stupid enough to say they're going to rip up a subpoena on live television?

These people are fucking crazy.

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I didn't really get the Susan McDougal vibe off of him. I can't see any of these idiots voluntarily spending 15 months in jail for this cause.
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Old 03-06-2018, 11:29 AM   #4769
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Who is stupid enough to say they're going to rip up a subpoena on live television?

These people are fucking crazy.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-t...ends-petrified

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...erview/554921/
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Old 03-06-2018, 11:33 AM   #4770
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I didn't really get the Susan McDougal vibe off of him. I can't see any of these idiots voluntarily spending 15 months in jail for this cause.
I forgot about her. She was awesome.

And her husband was the Roger Stone of that saga. Bad suits, couldn't-give-a-shit comments to the media...

And the obligatory comment that must be offered in any discussion of Whitewater: Fuck Ken Starr.
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