Tony Snow has a different opinion about the use of the "executive privilege" defense today than he did almost a decade ago. Here is a sample from the folks at The Swamp: ""Evidently, Mr. Clinton wants to shield virtually any communications that take place within the White House compound on the…
Cardinal Mahoney from LA. You read the story from the LA Times and decide for yourself. An excerpt: "In a letter to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before Ratzinger became pope in April 2005, Mahony said [Father] Caffoe had videotaped "partially naked" boys in a state of sexual arousal. The tape was…
I am pleased to report that this blog received its 500th comment the other day. We are approaching 1000 posts, a milestone that will be reached in June. This blog began in February 2005. I truly enjoy writing it and wish I had even more time to devote to it. …
The President’s daughter Jenna has written a book that she "very, very modestly" hopes will have the influence of Anne Frank’s The Diary of Anne Frank. Like Jenna, I too find myself tightly bound by humility. Her willingness to reveal her hopes despite her extreme modesty compel me to reveal one of my…
Texas has a rule that permits presuit depositions to be taken, not just be preserve testimony but also to do discovery to determine the merits of a claim before filing suit. Professor Lonny Hoffman has written about the subject. Here is an abstract of the article: "What is the relationship…
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear the following tort cases in Jackson in April: Dewayne E. Holloway v. State: Whether the Claims Commission lacked subject matter jurisdiction under Tennessee Code Annotated section 9-8-307(a)(1)(E) to adjudicate the plaintiff’s wrongful death claim. Troup v. Fischer Steel Corporation: Whether the Court of Appeals…
Charlie Weis, head football coach at Notre Dame, sued two doctors in connection with injuries he received following gastric bypass surgery. The trial in underway in Boston. He alleges that he suffered internal bleeding after the procedure and that his doctors failed to promptly correct it. The doctors say that…
Business Tennessee magazine has released its list of the 150 best lawyers in Tennessee. Here is the list by area of practice. These lists come out from time to time and I am always surprised to see that some lawyers I think are just fantastic are not included. I don’t…
I was in Knoxville yesterday and had the opportunity to talk with my friend Howard Vogel and his son Alex. We were talking blogs (the three of us make a fun group, don’t we?) and Howard or Alex asked what blogs I regularly read. I thought I would share the…
I really enjoy reading Blog 702. The writing is great, the posts informative. I wish they had a permalink function in their blogging program, but this post is too good not to re-print here in toto. 2/7/07 UPDATE: I got a comment from the folks at Blog 702 and they…