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There was an old woman who swallowed a spider – reforming California’s Unruh Act
Update – well, in the fast moving world of the internet it looks like this blog is out of date because the California bill it discusses is unlikely to pass. Nonetheless, the princinciple still applies – it’s easy to legislate and hard to fix the unintended consequences. In the children’s nonsense song written by Burl Continue reading
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Quick Hits – Memorial Day Edition
Once again – as in past Memorial Day editions – I’m firing up the grill with hundred dollar bills in honor of the money wasted on lawyers, who are the only ones who really benefit from most ADA and FHA litigation. There are, however, some cases dealing addressing important substantive issues, and few in which Continue reading
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Quick Hits – Vernal Equinox edition
Madeira was traditionally aged in barrels that crossed the equator twice, the heat and time fortifying and sweetening the wine. Like a cask of Madeira the sun will cross the equatorial plane of the earth in a few days, but you won’t have to wait for the next crossing in the fall for a quick Continue reading

