Scoundrel Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, ET80 said: Coffee Maid I need a cup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theuntouchable Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, ET80 said: Yea and your point is what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 10 hours ago, SwAg said: Okay, so we have made it through our lesson on how Anthony Kennedy is a terrible writer and an even worse legal scholar. My term paper in advanced criminal law was about how poor writing in Atkins v. Virginia made it a decision without any legal teeth. Not everyone is a Scalia. 10 hours ago, The Orca said: Need the to long didnt read Gays can diddle each other and there’s nothing the states can do about it. 3 hours ago, MWil23 said: Serious question: Legally, how would a missing comma make such a profound impact on the outcome of a case? And, what are the ramifications for all parties involved and legal precedent? A serial comma (Oxford comma) indicates when things are a part of a list. If you leave it out, it creates an ambiguity on things being together. That can really screw up a list that relies on “ors,” but “ands” get ****ed up too. Any scenario where you have a list, if you leave out the serial comma, it can make the last two items appear to be a single class, separate from the test of the list. And in contract law, if there’s an ambiguity, it gets construed against the drafter. So if you write contracts without them, you’re borderline committing malpractice IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Also Forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I hate using this site on a phone. Forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Forge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwAg Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Forge, have you attempted to invoke parlay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoundrel Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 It’s official @ET80 will you follow Watson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwAg Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 42 minutes ago, Daniel said: My term paper in advanced criminal law was about how poor writing in Atkins v. Virginia made it a decision without any legal teeth. Not everyone is a Scalia. Gays can diddle each other and there’s nothing the states can do about it. A serial comma (Oxford comma) indicates when things are a part of a list. If you leave it out, it creates an ambiguity on things being together. That can really screw up a list that relies on “ors,” but “ands” get ****ed up too. Any scenario where you have a list, if you leave out the serial comma, it can make the last two items appear to be a single class, separate from the test of the list. And in contract law, if there’s an ambiguity, it gets construed against the drafter. So if you write contracts without them, you’re borderline committing malpractice IMO. It’s actually amusing in some contract contexts. “Contract black holes” where corporations use the same exact contract language from their original contract template from the 1800s to preserve the original meaning, and no one actually knows what it means because there is no reading of it that actually realistically means anything, but people keep suing over it for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwAg Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I suppose updating it with a disclaimer of no substantive changes would remove a fallback option for them to frivolously argue plaintiffs into bankruptcy that whatever claim against them is actually addressed in that provision someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, SwAg said: It’s actually amusing in some contract contexts. “Contract black holes” where corporations use the same exact contract language from their original contract template from the 1800s to preserve the original meaning, and no one actually knows what it means because there is no reading of it that actually realistically means anything, but people keep suing over it for some reason. I feel like this started because their lawyers were lazy and didn't want to draw up a new template. Because I will move heaven and earth to not make a template from scratch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwAg Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I mean, in terms of work for me, yeah. In terms of the stupid contracts people have, I would definitely want to tear it up and start anew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, SwAg said: I mean, in terms of work for me, yeah. In terms of the stupid contracts people have, I would definitely want to tear it up and start anew. And this is one of the many reasons I try to stay out of transactional law. Although it is hard to be a trial lawyer when you don't have trials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 2 hours ago, TheKillerNacho said: don't believe you. Nobody ever does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 hours ago, MWil23 said: Is your character Emily Prentice? Are you under cover? I was. But I've since gone rogue. I'm now a bounty hunter hunting other bounty hunters. A renegade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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