It also sucks the fun out of life like a subtext-blind vampire that feeds of off pedantry instead of blood. Read more

Of course anyone can be sued for anything by some random guy somewhere. Read more

If only the law, like the rest of life, could be black and white. Read more

This is incomplete advice. The answer to the question “Can I be sued,” is always yes, no matter what the facts or circumstances are. You can be sued by any jackass willing to shell out a couple hundred bucks for a filing fee. Just because you may not be held liable has no impact on whether or not you can be dragged… Read more

Can’t wait to see the new remake of The Sandlot. I hear it’s now gonna be a courtroom drama.
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RECEPTIONIST: Someone called for a consult. His girlfriend intentionally gave him an STI when they broke up. He has a confirming text and medical records. Read more

I’m not a doctor, but the last clear opportunity is probably before third base, but without ruining second base (assuming no skin-to-skin erogenous-zone contact there), at least based on existing sex-metaphor guidelines. We’ll call it the Shortstop Disclosure Mandate. Read more

This would be very nice in a perfect world - or even an adequate world - where a single person has the time needed to conduct a 50 state (and don’t forget the territories!) survey on statutes and case law for each possible scenario in order to support an article of less than 1,000 words. We do not live in that world. Read more

So, what you’re telling me is that I need to brag about all of my belongings when I drop off my car with a valet. Read more

Yeah, just a quick rundown of each of the 50 state’s laws on bailment, adhesion contracts, and negligence. Not only would that take hours, but it would be a SUPER fun and interesting read. Read more

Even if the article included footnoted versions of every relevant statue and precedent for each state — which would likely require being an expert in every state’s statues and precedents on the topic — it’d still probably have to be asterisked to hell with “yeah, buts”. I’ve always looked at these as: here’s the basic… Read more

These articles would be so much more useful with a quick rundown of what states generally have which versions of the laws. I totally get that it would take longer, but it would make the article much, much more informative/useful/worth the read.
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HAH. Take it from an IT professional, you’re hosed. Read more

Yes and yes. And, speaking of termination cases, if you’re put on a Performance Improvement Plan, you’re being fired. You’re not being coached back to an acceptable level of performance. They’re dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s and getting all paperwork in line to prove that you were fired for not fulfilling the… Read more

As someone who has had to work on termination cases, depending a little on where you are in your career, they are very rarely worth fighting. Read more

As someone in IT, let me chime in and reinforce what the author said about what we can see. Yes we can see and know fucking everything you do on your machine, at least if we’re halfway competent. Generally, we don’t care, we really fucking don’t care. But if HR or a high up muckity muck wants to know what you’re… Read more

If she’s 12, then yes. I am not a lawyer. Read more

Former State Trooper here... Read more

The bigger question aught to be whether you can refuse a field sobriety test. Read more

I’m trying to find the part where they answered the question.
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