Tag Archives: role of judges

Plaintiffs, save your emails!!

Just in case you haven’t been reading Sidebar often and thus need to be reminded, here’s an abstract of a story from New York Law Journal that proves the point: Initial Emails Back Binding Agreement Claim, Panel Finds Ben Bedell, … Continue reading

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Behavior of judges ain’t this

A tasty abstract from the New York Law Journal, leading to the perjorative question: how can a non-lawyer become a judge? Justice Quits After Charges of Misconduct Are Lodged Joel Stashenko, New York Law Journal March 27, 2015   The … Continue reading

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What is a Cause of Action? Sometimes it’s hard to tell

I’ll bet judges all over the country are laughing and applauding this decision by a judge in West Virginia, who read a complaint by a petitioner with an…um…exotic? name. Or maybe a nutsy name? Anyhow, this is how Kevin Underhill … Continue reading

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