Related: don’t assume you’re smarter than your attorney. You might be as a generalist IQ matter, but when it comes to the things you hired your this trained professional to do, he or she knows more than you do.

It’s hyperbole I use to impress upon people the fact that they’ve almost certainly committed a number of felonies in their life, even without necessarily realizing it, because so many are so simple. Taking this particular example, there are only two elements the government must prove to make out a prosecution for…

That’s mostly governed by state law, so it can vary, but the general answer is “not internally.” Enforcement, however, is a different story.

Moreover, the First Amendment to the Constitution predates any such universal assertion of human rights by more than a century—it recognizes a pre-existing natural rights principle that the Government may not infringe upon the freedom of speech, but that same natural rights principle has little to no concern with the…

That’s a surprisingly awesome idea. He would nail it.

Most important advice I ever give to anyone is sorely lacking here:

Except copyright generally only protects against exact replication, i.e., reprints of the same poster (or closer to Disney’s own heart, copies of a film print). Since Disney is just ripping off the design aesthetic, this wouldn’t constitute copyright infringement irrespective of whether a valid copyright exists.

Except the Time Stone is housed in the Eye of Agamotto, already soundly defeating that theory, no?

“Stuck” is a good way to describe what happens on metro escalators.

If someone brags to you that they can speak 19 languages, quiz them on the spot

That’s correct—“freestyle” technically refers to an event in which competitors may use any style to swim across the pool.* However, because the front crawl is the fastest and most efficient style, all competitors uniformly use it in freestyle events such that the two terms are generally treated as synonymous.

*Unless…

I’m a bigger fan of Truman’s nutritional regimen.

There were always going to be more shoes to drop. I don’t imagine any institution is going to emerge unscathed when all is said and done.

That new on the job, even if he’d been licensed before getting that gig, he wasn’t doing shit that warranted an all-nighter.

Yea, it’s almost certainly a matter of his behavior in meetings/towards the agency generally. Very likely he’s physically threatened/intimidated agents one too many time—Dodgers wouldn’t give a shit, but the agency would easily decide it’s not worth their time.

I don’t think that’s entirely accurate—just look at Looper or Chronicle. Both were amazingly profitable films from relatively young directors, and the studios tried to capitalize by throwing those directors at bigger projects, not by trying to artificially drag out the shelf-life of the original product.

No—this letter is the first thing any halfway competent attorney tells you to send out once you’re under investigation, irrespective of whether there’s any reasonable likelihood of an employee attempting to destroy evidence. It’s a virtually costless step that can save the institution a lot of hassle down the line.

The second part comes from purgatory, which is absolutely fucking festooned in Wizards memorabilia.

Good riddance.

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