Fellow Americans: This is not good for Birmingham.

Also, Birmingham is really Warwickshire, but (a) don't get me started, and (b) don't try to pronounce either place name.

Dutch children's rhymes are weird

RT @kluizenares: Wat werd er vroeger tegen je gezegd, waarvan je nu denkt; WTF?
Ik begin;

"Heb je dorst? Dan ga je maar naar Jantje Worst, die heeft een hondje en plast voor 5ct in je mondje."

Interesting case out of the 11th Circuit. Arbitration award vacated after a remote hearing by video, where is appears that a witness affiliated with one party received text messages from that party's principal during cross-examination & conformed his answers to cross-examination to what the principal was telling him to say.

We do a lot of hearings virtually these days in the arbitration world. If this happened often, it would be a big problem. https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202210214.pdf

TBF, it's a heated competition. I'd run a poll if I were feeling especially contemptuous.

RT @howappealing: “The Worst Trump Judge in America is Lawrence VanDyke; The federal judge the ABA called ‘arrogant,’ ‘lazy’ and ‘lacking in knowledge.’” James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes. https://howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2023/06/23/#206241 https://howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2023/06/23/#206241

Saw a job posting for an "intermittent legal advisor"

Finally, the perfect fit! Why didn't my high school career advisor tell me about this?