Are Kid Rules Better Than Adult Rules?

A judge recently ordered lawyers that simply could not get along to resolve their dispute using "rock, paper, sissors." Thank you to Gene Doeling for sending that article on.

It made me wonder. Maybe kids rules are better? There was an episode of Seinfeld built on the premise. Whenever things get out of hand with adults, we should be able to resolve our dispute by saying "KID RULES" and it would be understood that we are all being silly and if we cannot work it out, it is time for rock, paper, sissors.

I remember my first divorce case where my client wanted the powder blue towels and the other lawyer said his client wanted the ivory towels. It took me a moment to realize he was kidding and trying to make the point that our clients needed to move on. Sometimes we all need a little reminder to pick our fights wisely.

If you disagree with my article that is ok, I am up for a game of rock, paper, sissors to work it out . . .

Shaun Jamison

Jamison Earns Top Score on Legal Research Exam

Basically, it is a worldwide competition with 500 subjects to take tests in, including legal research. I took first place in legal research for the second time. Brainbench made the tests free for two weeks and they have 5.7 million subscribers.

Shaun

Spam Filter No Excuse for Lawyer Missing Deadline

BNA's Internet Law News reports in the case of Moody v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of AR, Inc, et al, that missing notifications of a judgment due to a spam filter is not an excuse.

Like any technology, Spam Filters* have their limitations. They cannot perfectly stop all unwanted email and let through all of your need email. If you are expecting email from a client, court or opposing counsel, you need to set up rules that will let their email through. As undesirable as it seems, one will need to check email caught in the Spam filter before it is deleted.

Shaun G. Jamison (c) 2006

* SPAM filters are programs or components of programs that filter email that is suspected of being unsolicited email. The email is often temporarily housed in a separate file or database.