Stimmel Law

https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/story-4-preprinted-forms-dont-… Love this story so much I just posted it. Although it's from an era in which you'd buy CDs and books containing contracts, it's still relevant with "AI". > “No lawyer writes a clause who is not prepared to go to court and defend it. No lawyer writes words and let’s others do the fighting for what they mean and how they must be interpreted. We find that forces the attorneys to be very, very, very careful in verbiage and drafting. It makes them very serious and very good. You cook it, you eat it. You draft it, you defend it.”

It's actually a bit backwards. A private person recording someone illegally is a crime. In some circumstances (for instance to prove a witness in lying), it can still be admissable. [ref https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/secret-recording-conversations… Now is it is worth admitting to a crime that can carry fines of up to $2,500 and/or imprisonment for up to a year (misdemeanor) is a hefty question. In addition, the violator may be subject to civil liability in the amount of $5,000 or three times the amount of any actual damages sustained as a result. If this was a lawsuit due to serious, career ending malfeasance against you, where a key witness would be trivially proven a liar and you could end up with millions in a settlement? Maybe? Could they turn around and sue you for 3x the settlement? Sounds like you'd want to talk to a lawyer first. Not happening most of the time though.

Link to war stories: https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/category/lessons-combat-zone-l…

I read a few other war stories from this site and they are all top notch. Especially this one about selling your business: https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/story-11-how-not-sell-your-bus…

There's a war story on this too! https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/story-10-buying-peace-marriage…

FWIW, the stories on this Web site appear to be fictional. I just read the lengthy https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/story-13-adverse-possession-an… which is about a retired machinist engaging in boat jousts on Shaw Lake in Golden Gate Park. There's no trace of a real person named Benjamin McIsserson, and no Shaw Lake in Golden Gate Park. (It's probably a stand-in for Spreckels Lake, which was built for model boats but which has never hosted combat between them.) So take it with a grain of salt.

> If the buying firm doesn’t need approval from the Class A shareholders, what would be their incentive to buy those Class A stocks at a premium? Supervoting stock usually converts into regular stock on transfer. For example, Rent the Runway says "future transfers by holders of Class B common stock will generally result in those shares converting to Class A common stock, subject to limited exceptions, such as certain transfers effected for estate planning purposes" [0]. Delaware law is also developed in protecting minority investors' rights [1]. (The situation varies from state to state [2].) [0] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468327/000119312521291103/d19… S-1, page 59 [1] https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2018/04/26/controlling-shareholder-tra… [2] https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/corporate-struggles-who-has-wh…

Why would you ever do that? Just red line the employment agreement. If they wont agree to your changes keep looking. If you live in CA at least you have some protections via labor code 2870-2872. https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/who-owns-employees-inventions-…

In Cali you can go to the police. https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/californias-computer-hacking-l…

Obviously this article is written for the general public and not in legalese. But this line gives a hint: > The suit includes claims for invasion of privacy and violations of federal wiretapping law. The claims Google disputes is that they are breaking the law. > I wonder what it is they actually dispute, when the claims are so basic. The claims can be summarized basically, but proving that someone has broken the law in court is not basic. This basic overview of federal wiretapping laws is over 70 pages[1]. Laws are filled with specific minutia. Here is another good overview of privacy law[2]. Even though the statement "Google violated my privacy" seems simple and self evident, to prove it in a court of law there are tons of very specific criteria you have to prove. [1] https://epic.org/privacy/wiretap/98-326.pdf [2] https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/legal-right-privacy

According to the firm that redesigned the website in 2017, Lee Stimmel had written over 600 articles. https://www.baydesignassociates.com/article/website-redesign-results Mostly relatively dry discussions, but they do seem a lot better structured than the average blog post, and (thankfully) not AI garbage. He is a good writer. The story OP posted is tagged with "War Stories", and these do seem to be far more literary, with first-person perspective and novel-like dialogue. https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/category/lessons-combat-zone-l… I suspect the same writer really has written all of these. It may be the actual person credited, Lee Stimmel, but it impossible to know if it's a ghostwriter without other samples of Stimmel's writing. But I don't think the technical details of the law would be well captured by a ghostwriter. There is a distinct change of style between both kinds of articles, but to me it feels like the same person writing.

A secondary group are families temporarily homeless due to adverse life conditions. Those can be helped by providing a semi-temporary place to stay. I'm all for this. But the primary cause of homelessness is a mental health problem, largely brought on (but not entirely) by drug addiction[0]. Building housing may help, but individuals who are mentally well and want to live indoors can find housing, it doesn't have to be in SF or LA if cost is the issue. The infrastructure for supporting addicts and those with clinical and severe mental health issues is at odds with the State's position that virtually prevents anyone being from admitted to an institution without their direct consent. In California, it is very difficult to admit someone to a mental hospital involuntarily. A police officer may deliver a person to a mental hospital and that hospital has 72 hours to evaluate them. Once evaluated, the hospital has to either get a judge's order to admit them, or let them go. Given that the entire state has only 6,000 psychiatric hospital beds, vs. 150,000 homeless in the state, this is seldom done: "On or previous to the expiration of the 72 hours, the psychiatrist must assess the person to see if they still meet criteria for hospitalization. If so, the person may be offered a voluntary admission. If it is refused, then another hold for up to 14 days, the 5250 (WIC-5250), must be written to continue the involuntary confinement of the person. A Certification Review Hearing (W&I…

Here are some examples showing that is common practice (some from transcripts of real trials in the US): https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/testifying-trial-how-prepare-h… (search for "would you read the first paragraph") https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2016/09/4ExaminingW… (search for "would you read the part") https://www.patrickmalonelaw.com/useful-information/legal-resources/at… (search for "would you read") https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/6141/index.do (search for "would you read") https://archive.epic.org/free_speech//cda/lawsuit/transcript_3_22.1.ht… (search for "would you read") https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/8/2023/2023-Ohio-3715.p… (search for "would you read") You'll also generally find examples of this if you're willing to sit through long cross-examinations such as e.g. the Murdaugh case.