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September 21, 2004

summery judgment granted

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 12:04 pm

autumn’s first geese
crapping on people
fly on

autumn wind–
red flowers she wanted
to pick

lying belly-up
yet still singing…
autumn cicada

from The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue

by dagosan:

last day of summer -

the old cat naps

in the sunny window

                                        [Sept. 21, 2004]

      neither frivolous nor meritless

one-breath pundit

Every one (look here, here, here, here, there and there, etc.) is talking about “frivolous” lawsuits, but they seriously need to define the term. As we have noted often (e.g., this post, and Comments here and here): a claim can be meritless but not frivolous. (See Model Rule 3.1,; Fed. Rule 11; law.com definition; and MetLife case) [with ethicalEsq retired, we sure could use another weblawger spelling out the issues!]
Boomer Bummer? B.J. Grenier of BenefitsBlog looks at phased-in retirements and the status of

benefits under a “fair” tax code.
The New York Archdiocese has a good point: parents shouldn’t sue over their children’s grades and

discipline issues (except physical or sexual abuse, of course) (via Overlawyered.com; see upset)

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summery judgment granted

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 12:04 pm

autumn’s first geese
crapping on people
fly on

autumn wind–
red flowers she wanted
to pick

lying belly-up
yet still singing…
autumn cicada

from The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue

by dagosan:

last day of summer -

the old cat naps

in the sunny window

                                        [Sept. 21, 2004]

      neither frivolous nor meritless

one-breath pundit

Every one (look here, here, here, here, there and there, etc.) is talking about “frivolous” lawsuits, but they seriously need to define the term. As we have noted often (e.g., this post, and Comments here and here): a claim can be meritless but not frivolous. (See Model Rule 3.1,; Fed. Rule 11; law.com definition; and MetLife case) [with ethicalEsq retired, we sure could use another weblawger spelling out the issues!]
Boomer Bummer? B.J. Grenier of BenefitsBlog looks at phased-in retirements and the status of

benefits under a “fair” tax code.
The New York Archdiocese has a good point: parents shouldn’t sue over their children’s grades and

discipline issues (except physical or sexual abuse, of course) (via Overlawyered.com; see upset)

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