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The jury ruled in favor of Victoria Osteen and against Sharon Brown, proving once again that not all juries are out of control.  As I stated in my previous post, when you look at the facts closely, you’ll find, most of the time though not always, that there are reasons for the so-called run away [...]

I generally don’t comment on lawsuits with which I am not familiar, especially if my only knowledge of them is from the news.   I was grossly misquoted the few times I have been involved with the press.  When I have witnessed a portion of a trial and then read it about later in the newspaper [...]

Here’s an interesting article about a promise written in blood and Korean.  The dramatic touch of writing the promise in blood did nothing to enhance the enforceability of the promise.  The trial court ruled that there was no consideration for the promise to reimburse the other party’s investment losses.  Consideration is required for a validly [...]

Some clients naively assume that judges are appointed to protect them and have broad powers to do whatever they feel is “fair” and “just.”  Of course, what is “fair” and “just” in the eyes of the client is whatever relief they feel they need.  However, it is not the role of the judge to dispense [...]

I promise to quit beating a dead horse and yet another example of the dangers of improperly managing your online persona pops up.   It seems that medical students at the University of Florida don’t know any better than to announce they belong to the “I Hate Medical School” group or to pose in lab [...]