Hello Kitty bandaids. Seriously. If you go to his art station page, you can see all the layers....

1) It’s illegal for the police to shoot at a fleeing suspect unless they have reason to believe the suspect is a danger to others.

You mean the personal responsibility that comes with deciding to a) carry a handgun; b) point that handgun at someone else; and c) pull the trigger?

You mean like being an apologist for pedophilia and blaming the victims of statutory rape? You seemed to be okay with R. Kelly’s involvement with America’s daughters, so . . . .

Photoshop artifact.

Properly employed, silence can be powerful. The trick is to take your time and let it fill the space.

If you cannot rely on self-reported data, how can you ever study a phenomenon like pain? Pain doesn’t show up on imaging studies. The only way to get data on someone’s experience of pain is to ask them for it. And at that point, you’re dealing with self reported data...

West. Of. Loathing.

A Denver cop’s family got $3.5M from the city after he was killed by another cop.

Insurance. Most police departments carry a bunch for “civil rights violations.”

It is probably a Rule 35 examination (or the California equivalent). Under the Federal Rules, and in many states that mimic them, when a party’s mental or physical condition is at issue, the courts can order that the other side gets to do an exam with their own doctor. The idea is that if you’re claiming that you…

Yeah, but in this case, it’s because the cops were trained on what to say to make a DUI/DWAI bust stick. Where I live, they wore that they “observed the suspect with bloodshot, watery eyes, smelled the odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage, and heard slurred speech.” That’s the police academy line for probable cause…

You also have single payer healthcare, which takes away one of the primary drivers for injury litigation—paying the medical bills.

The only reason to own a pistol is so you can fight your way to your shotgun.

It also creates a substantial disincentive for people to try to enforce their rights. Given that in cases where one party has an overwhelming advantage in terms of the facts or the law, the case usually settles (and over 97% of cases in this country do), it means that the few cases that actually go to trial are the…

Define “frivolous.” Seriously. I’ll wait.

Probably not.

Under the American rule, each side is responsible for its own fees and costs (unless there is a statute or contract that provides otherwise).

I try to warn clients that “principle” is the most expensive word in legal billing. For my business clients, I urge them to make decisions like they’d make in any other business matter. What is it worth? What is it going to cost? If going the distance is going to cost more than victory is worth, sometimes, it’s better…

No contingent fee lawyer in the country will take a defense case. We only take cases where, if we win, there’s going to be an award to our client. Because otherwise, there’s no contingency on which to get paid (there’s not a lot I can do with 1/3 of nissan.com—Mr. Nissan wouldn’t be happy with niss.com, and I can’t…