Southern Nevada jails aim to reduce repeat bookings of homeless clients. [TNI]
Contractors’ board administrative law judge Noah Allison comes down hard on Sparks contractor. [MyNews4]
Driver told police she had a couple of glasses of wine before fatal wrong-way crash. [RJ]
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out this opinion from Judge Frank Easterbrook after the executive branch defied an order sent down on remand. [Above The Law]
He used the word "obduracy." I hate to admit it but I had to look it up. It means "stubbornly resistant to moral influence," e.g., OBC Hooge was "obdurate" in all his actions and instead of relying on any morality, relied on his extensive non-experience in law. Hope that helps with the reading of the opinion. To summarize, basically the judge was saying to eat a bowl of dicks.
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January 24, 2020 9:21 pm
Here's a question for my fellow scofflaws and reprobates: For the first time in at least a decade I've been asked by the Discovery Commissioner to make a generous contribution of $100.00 to the Clark County Law Library. Minor transgression, probably justified and not worth disputing, so I'm going to just pay it. Is there a name/address where I can mail a check, as opposed to going down and delivering it personally?
While we're on the topic, can we talk about Commissioner Truman? I've only been in front of her once, but really got the sense that she is basically a Bonnie 2.0. Am I wrong?
I've had a few cases over the years where I was on a case that also included pro hac vice attorney. Admittedly, my experience with such matters is limited, but it seems to me they were generally treated fine by the Nevada judges and afforded ample and reasonable opportunity to present and argue matters, and were also afforded the same considerations that Nevada counsel was.
However, there were a number of posts yesterday(and some were by attorneys who seem to have a fair degree of experience with Nevada cases including out-of-state counsel.)
They generally paint a picture that pro hac vice counsel is treated like utter dog excrement by the Nevada judges. Is this truly the case?
If so, perhaps matters were not helped much with a few high profile cases wherein the pro hac vice attorney was a strutting peacock, who did little or no preparation, made no effort to determine the lay of the land within the Nevada courts and legal system, arrogantly rejected out-of-hand really decent plea deals that were offered without even considering them or countering, who undermined and ignored skilled Nevada co-counsel who do understand all the players in the system and all their predilections and nuances, and felt all they had to do was show up at an occasional hearing and bedazzle everyone with their brilliance and supposed wonderful reputation.
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Anonymous
January 24, 2020 10:12 pm
You seem to be describing that little hobbit/jockey that was OJ'S attorney.
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Anonymous
January 25, 2020 12:37 am
I know I'm walking right into scorn from the MAGA folks out there, but Adam Schiff was actually way better than I thought he would be. I think he's done a pretty damn good job.
Nadler? I can't help but get Sweetchuck from Police Academy out of my head.
No scorn my friend, we're not as bad as the media makes us out to be, I think it is like an echo chamber effect, as a 100% MAGA person, I thought the exact reverse, take care, #MAGA 2020
How do you establish boundaries with your boss? My boss emails me about things that are not at all urgent in the late evenings and on weekends. I feel that I'm required to respond.
Here is the boundary in our office (and I am that boss): If I email you, I expect you to answer when you answer in the course of work. If I text you, it is urgent and something that requires immediate (including off-hour) attention.
I wouldn’t freak out about night emails if they don’t also have unrealistic timelines for finishing the work. Your boss might just be working at night and emailing you what they need at that time so they don’t forget. You need to have a conversation with the boss to establish what timeframe he/she expects you to 1) respond, and 2) finish the work.
I previously had a boss that did that, and several of my colleagues advised me that an immediate substantive response was necessary so as not to offend the boss. However, after several of these, I simply responded with a timeline of when I would be able to substantively respond to the issues in the email. If it was going to be a while before I could give it my full attention (because other more pressing issues, I made sure I detailed the other work/deadlines I had. Turns out the boss was completely ok with that. And if it needed more immediate attention, the boss would respond with an expected timeline, and we would work together to prioritize the projects.
That was almost 10 years ago. As a boss now, I know I send those emails when I'm working late, just so I know that I have delegated it and can take it off my to do list. But, I don't expect a response until normal business hours, and I try to make sure they know that. Your boss may not even realize you feel the need to respond immediately. It's worth a conversation with your boss about expected responses to after hour/weekend emails.
I'm essentially a mid level manager and I send emails out late at night like 8:17 describes simply because I am working on the file and I don't want to forget. I don't have any expectation of receiving a response until business hours. But this is a good thread, and has made me think about the need to clarify this expectation with staff. It may ease unnecessary stress that I hadn't thought about.
Judge Easterbrook slapping the BIA and Executive Branch with the long dick of the law, with eloquent rarely used adjectives/adverbs to boot!
He used the word "obduracy." I hate to admit it but I had to look it up. It means "stubbornly resistant to moral influence," e.g., OBC Hooge was "obdurate" in all his actions and instead of relying on any morality, relied on his extensive non-experience in law. Hope that helps with the reading of the opinion. To summarize, basically the judge was saying to eat a bowl of dicks.
Here's a question for my fellow scofflaws and reprobates: For the first time in at least a decade I've been asked by the Discovery Commissioner to make a generous contribution of $100.00 to the Clark County Law Library. Minor transgression, probably justified and not worth disputing, so I'm going to just pay it. Is there a name/address where I can mail a check, as opposed to going down and delivering it personally?
While we're on the topic, can we talk about Commissioner Truman? I've only been in front of her once, but really got the sense that she is basically a Bonnie 2.0. Am I wrong?
She can be at times, but for the most part her demeanor is usually within okay range.
She's no good
Is Bonnie's regime still there? They fun.
I've had a few cases over the years where I was on a case that also included pro hac vice attorney. Admittedly, my experience with such matters is limited, but it seems to me they were generally treated fine by the Nevada judges and afforded ample and reasonable opportunity to present and argue matters, and were also afforded the same considerations that Nevada counsel was.
However, there were a number of posts yesterday(and some were by attorneys who seem to have a fair degree of experience with Nevada cases including out-of-state counsel.)
They generally paint a picture that pro hac vice counsel is treated like utter dog excrement by the Nevada judges. Is this truly the case?
If so, perhaps matters were not helped much with a few high profile cases wherein the pro hac vice attorney was a strutting peacock, who did little or no preparation, made no effort to determine the lay of the land within the Nevada courts and legal system, arrogantly rejected out-of-hand really decent plea deals that were offered without even considering them or countering, who undermined and ignored skilled Nevada co-counsel who do understand all the players in the system and all their predilections and nuances, and felt all they had to do was show up at an occasional hearing and bedazzle everyone with their brilliance and supposed wonderful reputation.
You seem to be describing that little hobbit/jockey that was OJ'S attorney.
I know I'm walking right into scorn from the MAGA folks out there, but Adam Schiff was actually way better than I thought he would be. I think he's done a pretty damn good job.
Nadler? I can't help but get Sweetchuck from Police Academy out of my head.
No scorn my friend, we're not as bad as the media makes us out to be, I think it is like an echo chamber effect, as a 100% MAGA person, I thought the exact reverse, take care, #MAGA 2020
If he’s Sweetchuck then who’s Bobcat Goldthwait?
How do you establish boundaries with your boss? My boss emails me about things that are not at all urgent in the late evenings and on weekends. I feel that I'm required to respond.
Is he expecting an answer or just emailing for you to read when you start work next?
Here is the boundary in our office (and I am that boss): If I email you, I expect you to answer when you answer in the course of work. If I text you, it is urgent and something that requires immediate (including off-hour) attention.
I wouldn’t freak out about night emails if they don’t also have unrealistic timelines for finishing the work. Your boss might just be working at night and emailing you what they need at that time so they don’t forget. You need to have a conversation with the boss to establish what timeframe he/she expects you to 1) respond, and 2) finish the work.
If your boss uses Outlook, and if you have a decent relationship, show the boss "Delay Delivery" on the Options tab. It's a beautiful function.
I previously had a boss that did that, and several of my colleagues advised me that an immediate substantive response was necessary so as not to offend the boss. However, after several of these, I simply responded with a timeline of when I would be able to substantively respond to the issues in the email. If it was going to be a while before I could give it my full attention (because other more pressing issues, I made sure I detailed the other work/deadlines I had. Turns out the boss was completely ok with that. And if it needed more immediate attention, the boss would respond with an expected timeline, and we would work together to prioritize the projects.
That was almost 10 years ago. As a boss now, I know I send those emails when I'm working late, just so I know that I have delegated it and can take it off my to do list. But, I don't expect a response until normal business hours, and I try to make sure they know that. Your boss may not even realize you feel the need to respond immediately. It's worth a conversation with your boss about expected responses to after hour/weekend emails.
I'm essentially a mid level manager and I send emails out late at night like 8:17 describes simply because I am working on the file and I don't want to forget. I don't have any expectation of receiving a response until business hours. But this is a good thread, and has made me think about the need to clarify this expectation with staff. It may ease unnecessary stress that I hadn't thought about.