It was the wrong thread

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Frist pulls the plug on class-action reform.

[Diane_Keaton]

HI> I"M CONSTANTLY HIT BY Spyware. I have no idea if this is the cause but sometimes my computer does things (not just pop up windows) that I didn't ask it to do. Example: it all capped the first few words of this post.

1. Do you think this weird computer behavior is a result of adware?

2. Even though I use adware to delete all the stuff that shows up, it keeps coming back. Is there not a place on the computer where you can tell the computer never to allow anything from a particular website? Then I could at least "block" things like "purityscan" which seem to always make it on the computer;

Thanks a bunchs!

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
---Talking about the song Ling Sleeps Tonight. Disney's about to get a taste of its own medicine.

Are they talking about the song that goes, "a winga wet; a winga wet; a winga wet; a winga wet" for much too long? That song really sucks.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
HI> I"M CONSTANTLY HIT BY Spyware. I have no idea if this is the cause but sometimes my computer does things (not just pop up windows) that I didn't ask it to do. Example: it all capped the first few words of this post.

1. Do you think this weird computer behavior is a result of adware?

2. Even though I use adware to delete all the stuff that shows up, it keeps coming back. Is there not a place on the computer where you can tell the computer never to allow anything from a particular website? Then I could at least "block" things like "purityscan" which seem to always make it on the computer;

Thanks a bunchs!

(1) Download SpyBot Search & Destroy. The freeware version isn't good enough --- you need the strong mojo. Also, boot into Safe Mode before running it --- some of the adware has countermeasures.

(2) What you have sounds like a pretty bad infection. Consider a clean install of Windows: giving your machine to some techs for a day or two to tear the whole thing down.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Person is working for a company A. Has group disability policy.

Person files claim for disability.

Claim is denied.

Person appeals.

Disability causes person to be unable to continue working.

While appeal is pending, person leaves job. Employer then stops paying for disability policy.

Does the person have an obligation to keep paying under the policy? (Don't even know how that'd be done.) Convert to independent policy? Would non-payment while a claim or appeal is pending be considered a lapse?

[Replaced_Texan]

Celebrity patients are a nightmare for the privacy officer.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

Celebrity patients are a nightmare for the privacy officer.

oh! Who's at your hospital? You can say! I won't tell! Just between us.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Adder

oh! Who's at your hospital? You can say! I won't tell! Just between us.

Thankfully, it's not my hospital. But I have a colleague that's hating life right now.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
HI> I"M CONSTANTLY HIT BY Spyware. I have no idea if this is the cause but sometimes my computer does things (not just pop up windows) that I didn't ask it to do. Example: it all capped the first few words of this post.

Mine fucks with the spelling and grammar in my posts. Wheeew..got this one in clean.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
HI> I"M CONSTANTLY HIT BY Spyware. I have no idea if this is the cause but sometimes my computer does things (not just pop up windows) that I didn't ask it to do. Example: it all capped the first few words of this post.

1. Do you think this weird computer behavior is a result of adware?

2. Even though I use adware to delete all the stuff that shows up, it keeps coming back. Is there not a place on the computer where you can tell the computer never to allow anything from a particular website? Then I could at least "block" things like "purityscan" which seem to always make it on the computer;

Thanks a bunchs!

Adaware solved most of my problems. I already had spybot, so I don't know how effective that will be. I have heard they are releasing an updated version soon. I would also suggest changing your browser from Explorer (I'll assume that's what you're using) to something like Mozilla. I haven't had too many problems since switching. HANK IS AN ASSHOLE! Of course, no system is perfect.

[Hank Chinaski]

I'll never say I recieved a weird ruling from a Judge again. At least relative too:

http://crime.about.com/gi/dynamic/of...udge%5Fap.html
(Spree- judge orders stalker to take victim to dinner as punishment)

[Replaced_Texan]

I saw this blurb on the "resubscribe to the Texas Lawyer" e-mail I just got. Is this a nationwide thing or is Texas starting a revolution?

I know this is the wrong board and I'll take the TK discussion over to Texas.

• Thompson & Knight Raises
  Base Salaries for Associates
  In the first significant associate pay hike in Texas since the heady days of 2000, Thompson & Knight will raise associate base salaries in January, a move that might signal the start of another paycheck bonanza for associates.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

[From] an article on oral argument by the late California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk:

• A small community in California passed a local ordinance prohibiting fortune telling within its city limits. A fortuneteller named Fatima Stevens brought a lawsuit seeking an injunction against enforcement of the ordinance. Obviously there were serious First Amendment problems with the ordinance, which was a total prohibition -- not a regulation or a licensing -- of the activity. However, the fortuneteller lost in the courts below, and our Supreme Court granted a hearing.
  
  As counsel for the fortuneteller rose for oral argument to present her case, Chief Justice Lucas said, "Counsel, you have us at a disadvantage."
  
  The attorney was perplexed. "Why, Your Honor?"
  
  "Well," said the Chief Justice, "hasn't your client told you how this case will ultimately turn out?"

On its face this was an irrelevant joke; but it was, intentionally or not, sending a subtle message that fortune-telling is indeed bunk.... Here's how Mosk describes the lawyer's artful dodge:

• [T]his attorney was up to the challenge. "No, Your Honor," he replied. "You must remember I did not consult my client for advice. She consulted me."

The fortune-teller won.

courtesy of Eugene Volokh

[Shape Shifter]

I didn't know you were in HK. And I didn't really have you pegged as a giggler.

http://www.nylawyer.com/news/04/08/081004n.html

Has anyone employed the services of a career coach specializing in people with legal training? I am adrift and sort of desperate for guidance.
I quit my big firm job a while ago because I hated every minute of my several years there. I just don't know what else I can (or want) to do.
I know it sounds new agey (and I remember the Nip/Tuck episodes involving a rather sensational "personal coach"). But I found a guy specializing in lawyers and want to hear if anyone else has had experience using these people for career guidance. The guy seems good. I just want someone else's take on the pros/cons of this for people like me seeking career guidance. My personal life is just fine, or at least not as bad as my professional life.