Comments for DailySkewDo you know what the issues are in car accident lawsuits? A good Tacoma car accident lawyer does now all the ins and outs of a car accident case. Drive impairment is one major issue. Involuntary conditions such as age, reaction time, and eyesight are brought up in cases. Other impairments are considered to by choice, like driving while tired or sick.
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What needs to go into your decision to find a good Pleasanton motorcycle accident attorney? Well, n experienced motorcycle attorney has the advantage of understanding how different factors interplay with each other, such as what happened when, where the vehicles were, what the drivers saw at each point, what maneuvers were available at the time, and what the speeds were.
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If you think your Sherriff’s Department is strict, let’s not forget the hospitality of NYC police officers who always had a reputation for enforcing the most minor laws. I remember when my friend was pulled over because he driving in a car that had “uneven air” in his tires and ticketed. Oh, and heaven help you if you park on the “wrong side of the street” or jaywalk. I guess it’s a nice way for the Commissioner to generate revenue, as opposed to, you know, tracking down real criminals.
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A 53-year-old Houston grandmother is in jail on contempt charges for blogging about Anna Nicole Smith. Here the full article.
Courts have held bloggers, forum posters, and people who post comments to the same legal standard as journalists.
Here is an online legal guide for bloggers.
Here are some statements that got people in tons of hot water for being libelous:
By the way, even if you repost or copy someone else’s statements, you can be held liable.
Bloggers have much more to worry about than libel…bloggers needs to be well versed in copyright law as well.
My rule of thumb: do not write articles (or post comments) about people or corporations that aren’t true and can’t be proven. If someone complains that you are using their photo without their permission, just take it down.
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President Obama’s signed his first bill into law today, as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act went into effect.
This law is named after an Alabama woman who complained that she had been paid less than men, and was fired because of it. After a Supreme Court ruling against her, Congress approved the legislation that expands workers’ rights to sue in this kind of case.
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If you or a loved one has been in a motorcycle accident, do not make the mistake dealing with your insurance company before contacting motorcycle accident lawyers Los Angeles. An attorney such as Michael Padway, who services Californian Bay Area towns and cities (such as Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose, and more) knows what expenses you’re entitled to: medical expenses, vehicle rental fees, motorcycle repair costs, lost wages, future loss of earning capacity, and more.
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Note: Unfortunately, I did not take the photo down quickly enough, and ATB put a warrant for CCB’s arrest. He is currently in exile as a drummer in Korea:
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By now, you’ve heard of the major news story about the corruption charge and arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, and you, of course, have piled on the criticism, injustice, and your deserved cynicism of corrupt governor officials.
So allow me to take a totally different angle (just because I don’t feel like ranting and raving about Chicago politics and corruption):
Here is a partial transcript from the press conference by Patrick Fitzgerald, United States attorney general for the Northern District of Illinois:
MR. FITZGERALD:
This is a sad day for government. It’s a very sad day for Illinois government. Governor Blagojevich has taken us to a truly new low.
Governor Blagojevich has been arrested in the middle of what we can only describe as a political corruption crime spree. We acted to stop that crime spree.
The most appalling conduct Governor Blagojevich engaged in, according to the complaint filed today or unsealed today, is that he attempted to sell a Senate seat, the Senate seat he had the sole right to under Illinois to appoint to replace President-elect Obama.
Jeez, what happened to innocent until proven guilty. Shouldn’t an official government agent attempt to be neutral or objective? Frankly, I dislike when the Justice Department uses the MEDIA to help make a conviction. Feel free to call me a bleeding heart liberal, naive, idealistic, or a defender of criminals, but it is kinda LAME when law enforcement and prosecutors have to make their case to the MEDIA and people to force the suspect to plead and cut a deal. If that doesn’t work they hope for have a jury thinking the suspect is guilty. We’ve seen it with the Duke suspects and Barry Bonds.
Hundreds of millions of people never heard of Blagojevich today, but now we “know” that he is one of the biggest scums of the earth, an abuser of authority, plain mean, and did something horrific. And he did it all on TAPE! We know that he has been arrested by the FBI, and the Justice Department told us all the details, so he MUST be guilty, and this MUST be a serious, serious crime.
People love stories like this, and I have no winning argument. I’d just wanted to focus on the MEDIA hysteria and how the Justice Department manipulates it to put pressure on a defendant to get an easy plea.
By the way, remember the MEDIA hoopla about NY Governor Eliot Spitzer waaaaay back in March? Remember how the MEDIA and Justice Department convicted him publicly back then buy saying he used campaign funds for his hooker addiction?
Last month, U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said investigators found no evidence that Spitzer or his office misused public or campaign funds for prostitution. Spitzer writes for MSN’s Slate now.
Just sayin’.
Anyway, right wingers are trying to blame Obama for the Illinois governor’s behavior, like he was responsible or “knew about it”.
Please.
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