A sad, constant bid for attention - Page 44

patentparanyc · 09-26-2006, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
In complete sincerity, that makes it even worse. The whole point of reviewing a document is to catch errors the drafter may have missed, even if said drafter is you. To miss something so glaring on even a first read is inconceivable, provided you know what the term ought to be. And there's also no excuse for not checking the final document after your assistant has entered your changes.

I SO knew you were going to say that.

robustpuppy · 09-26-2006, 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by nononono
for people to understand that "renown" is a noun, and that "world renown" is just.not.right, for at least two reasons?

Raoul Fucking Felder, at least, should know better. Or are my standards just too high?

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...elligest1.html

Your standards are not too high. If they were, you would be bitching about the commaless "which" or the inconsistent and incorrect hyphenation.

robustpuppy · 09-26-2006, 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
I SO knew you were going to say that.

I feel so naked and vulnerable.

Someone hold me. Less?

patentparanyc · 09-26-2006, 11:17 AM

Bleached blonde and aging badly!!!!! she used to be really pretty

Gotta scroll half way down page for that one.

http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/

Not Bob · 09-26-2006, 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by nononono
for people to understand that "renown" is a noun, and that "world renown" is just.not.right, for at least two reasons?

Raoul Fucking Felder, at least, should know better. Or are my standards just too high?

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...elligest1.html

Your standards are way too high, but I think that for entirely different reasons.

I suspect, like ppnyc, that Raoul's sin was in failing to notice the error, not in making it himself. Then again, guys like that tend not to pay too much attention to pleadings -- try misplacing a decimal point on a settlement check, and then learn what a careful eye he has.

bold_n_brazen · 09-26-2006, 11:19 AM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I feel so naked and vulnerable.

Someone hold me. Less?

I won't hold you.

But I can get you a straw.

patentparanyc · 09-26-2006, 11:20 AM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I won't hold you.

But I can get you a straw.

wow, she has nice tits *wink*

ThurgreedMarshall · 09-26-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
I SO knew you were going to say that.

No you didn't. Because if you knew she was going to say that, you would have known all of us would have said something similar if anyone else actually cared enough about your question to respond.

TM

robustpuppy · 09-26-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I won't hold you.

Even if I promise to ... stah-ahh-op ... cryhihi ... cryhihi ... cryhihihihihiing?

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But I can get you a straw.

Are you calling me fat?

Hank Chinaski · 09-26-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
Your standards are way too high, but I think that for entirely different reasons.

I suspect, like ppnyc, that Raoul's sin was in failing to notice the error, not in making it himself. Then again, guys like that tend not to pay too much attention to pleadings -- try misplacing a decimal point on a settlement check, and then learn what a careful eye he has.

2. Internet expose pages are the only place anyone even reads a complaint.

Not Bob · 09-26-2006, 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
In complete sincerity, that makes it even worse. The whole point of reviewing a document is to catch errors the drafter may have missed, even if said drafter is you. To miss something so glaring on even a first read is inconceivable, provided you know what the term ought to be. And there's also no excuse for not checking the final document after your assistant has entered your changes.

Spoken like someone who charges her clients by the hour. (I do not mean this in a derogatory way.)

Many very successful lawyers do stuff like this all the time. Sometimes even deliberately, so that the opponent will underestimate them. (Yes, I am Not Kidding. I have a friend who does exactly that. He also changed his official bar name from "Andrew" to "Andy" when he left the big defense firm to become a plaintiff's lawyer.)

Even if it is unintentional, and they are poor writers/speakers, it is Not Relevant to their practice. I had a case a few years ago with a guy on the other side who is a gazillionaire and who is occasionally seen in the paper with his Bentley collection. Or his personal Gulfstream. Or who bought a Picasso for $14 million. Whichever. Anyway, this guy wrote the crappiest pleadings and briefs I have ever seen -- and they were obvious cut and paste jobs to boot (his office apparently didn't even bother using the "find and replace" feature on Word because half of the allegations were that Mr. Markowitz suffered something, and the other half were about Mrs. Shicklegruber).

Despite winning the grammar wars (not easy for me to do, by the way), my client ended up paying this guy's client approximately what a Yankees utility infielder made last year. Not including the fee claim.

bold_n_brazen · 09-26-2006, 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Even if I promise to ... stah-ahh-op ... cryhihi ... cryhihi ... cryhihihihihiing?

Are you calling me fat?

No.

I think you are pretty. Even when you cry.

ltl/fb · 09-26-2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Are you calling me fat?

Nice use of the aycmf.

Hank Chinaski · 09-26-2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
Spoken like someone who charges her clients by the hour. (I do not mean this in a derogatory way.)

Many very successful lawyers do stuff like this all the time. Sometimes even deliberately, so that the opponent will underestimate them. (Yes, I am Not Kidding. I have a friend who does exactly that. He also changed his official bar name from "Andrew" to "Andy" when he left the big defense firm to become a plaintiff's lawyer.)

Even if it is unintentional, and they are poor writers/speakers, it is Not Relevant to their practice. I had a case a few years ago with a guy on the other side who is a gazillionaire and who is occasionally seen in the paper with his Bentley collection. Or his personal Gulfstream. Or who bought a Picasso for $14 million. Whichever. Anyway, this guy wrote the crappiest pleadings and briefs I have ever seen -- and they were obvious cut and paste jobs to boot (his office apparently didn't even bother using the "find and replace" feature on Word because half of the allegations were that Mr. Markowitz suffered something, and the other half were about Mrs. Shicklegruber).

Despite winning the grammar wars (not easy for me to do, by the way), my client ended up paying this guy's client approximately what a Yankees utility infielder made last year. Not including the fee claim.

what is a fee claim?

robustpuppy · 09-26-2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
Spoken like someone who charges her clients by the hour. (I do not mean this in a derogatory way.)

Many very successful lawyers do stuff like this all the time. Sometimes even deliberately, so that the opponent will underestimate them. (Yes, I am Not Kidding. I have a friend who does exactly that. He also changed his official bar name from "Andrew" to "Andy" when he left the big defense firm to become a plaintiff's lawyer.)

Even if it is unintentional, and they are poor writers/speakers, it is Not Relevant to their practice. I had a case a few years ago with a guy on the other side who is a gazillionaire and who is occasionally seen in the paper with his Bentley collection. Or his personal Gulfstream. Or who bought a Picasso for $14 million. Whichever. Anyway, this guy wrote the crappiest pleadings and briefs I have ever seen -- and they were obvious cut and paste jobs to boot (his office apparently didn't even bother using the "find and replace" feature on Word because half of the allegations were that Mr. Markowitz suffered something, and the other half were about Mrs. Shicklegruber).

Despite winning the grammar wars (not easy for me to do, by the way), my client ended up paying this guy's client approximately what a Yankees utility infielder made last year. Not including the fee claim.

I guess that's why I'll always be working for the man. {Doleful sigh.}

You make a good point, as did Hank. But because Felder tries very public cases and he must know such a complaint would end up on the smoking gun and even some "legitimate" news sites, so I would think he would care more in such a case. Then again, who cares about the grammar when the story is so tacky and compelling?