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		<title>Sometimes it happens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I had to object because a judge allowed the Commonwealth additional time to respond to a rule 36 issue which we&#8217;ve been raising for the past year, and have had motions filed for over a month.
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		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=269</link>
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		<title>Anti-SLAPP Statute&#8211;No Fees If Plaintiff Voluntarily Dismisses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Appeals Court issued a decision that was probably correct, but disappointing.  The gist of it is that we have a law in Mass that if you get sued for &#8220;public participation,&#8221; you can file a motion to dismiss and make the big bully pay your legal fees.  The idea is that people with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=265</link>
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		<title>Five Things I Wish I&#8217;d Known in Law School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When PSLawNet asked me to write an essay for their new blog with some advice for public-interest law students, I happily agreed.  The essay, &#8220;five things I wish I&#8217;d known in law school,&#8221; went up on the PSLawNet blog today.
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		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=263</link>
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		<title>GVR, Baby!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(GVR: Grant, Vacate, and Remand &#8212; a disposition that is the US Supreme Court&#8217;s way of telling a lower court &#8220;don&#8217;t waste our time; go do what we told you to do.&#8221;  The court grants certiorari&#8211;agreeing to take the case; vacates the judgment below; and remands the case&#8211;sends it back to the lower court with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=260</link>
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		<title>Mathematicians and Scientists will enjoy this…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an astronomer-cum-lawyer and a big word nerd, I am thrilled to see that the Supreme Court took a break from being serious yesterday to learn a new word:

MR. FRIEDMAN: &#8220;I think that issue is entirely orthogonal to the issue here because…&#8221;
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry.  Entirely what?
MR. FRIEDMAN: &#8220;Orthogonal.  Right-angle.  Unrelated.  Irrelevant.&#8221;
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=257</link>
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		<title>Slight Hiccup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Slight hiccup in service.  I apologize.  I now return you to your regularly scheduled service.
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		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=254</link>
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		<title>Parking Ticket Perjury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Driver appealing a traffic ticket testifies that she has never had &#8217;so much as a parking ticket.&#8217;
Judge: &#8220;Let me remind you. You raised your right hand. You swore to tell the truth. You&#8217;re telling me you&#8217;ve never had so much as a parking ticket. Would you like me to go through your entire five-page driving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=253</link>
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		<title>Victory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Won the opposition to the Commonwealth&#8217;s 211 &#8211; 3 appeal.  Much relief has ensued.  Though of course, now the question becomes: Now what?
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		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=249</link>
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		<title>It really isn&#8217;t any better&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a snippy comment about the quality of argumentation at the appellate level (albeit, papers only at this point) vs. the district court level, but I have thought better of it, and will refrain from commenting.
But it will be retarded if we lose this appeal.
Answer to 211 3 petition has been sent in.  Cross [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=246</link>
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		<title>The lady doth protest too much, methinks.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe I am about to start writing an answer to a 211 s 3 petition&#8230; on a discovery request.
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		<link>http://www.dictablog.net/?p=244</link>
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