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Jessica litigates construction, business, IP, and employment issues nationwide while still presenting on e-discovery and legally geeky issues around the country. Joshua Gilliland is a California attorney and nationally recognized thought leader on electronic discovery with his blog Bow Tie Law. Josh helps law firms and software companies with eDiscovery.
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
2y ago
“Crimes Against the Sacred Timeline.” What exactly does that mean? Would a 7 year old understand what was happening to them if charged with such a crime? In the Loki episode “Nexus Event,” we learned that the TVA entered Asgard and arrested the young Loki, future Sylvie, while she was playing with a Viking ship ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
3y ago
The Time Variance Authority put Loki on trial with the punishment tantamount to a death sentence that looked like traffic court. The entire proceeding raised the issue of what is a “fair” trial? While there is the legal maxim that a defendant is “entitled to a fair trial but not a perfect one,” an administrative proceeding without ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
3y ago
Forcibly removing people from their homes never ends well. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5, “Truth,” had the “Global Repatriation Council” debate the “Patch Act,” which would return people back to their countries of origin in order to reestablish borders. There is a lot wrong with it, from both a storytelling perspective and ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
3y ago
So this is how liberty dies— with thunderous applause!” Stated in response to Palpatine’s rise from Chancellor to Emperor, these words capture one of the most important themes in Star Wars. The franchise highlights just how easily freedom and democracy can diminish in the face of fear and crisis. There’s no clearer reminder that the ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
3y ago
“From out of the night, when the full moon is bright, rides a horseman known as Zorro!” I’m often asked why I work in public defense. Sometimes it’s a polite question, sometimes it’s phrased more as ‘why don’t you want to be a real lawyer’. While the answer to that second question is that I ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
4y ago
The 1961 Mothra has a giant moth size of legal issues in this classic Toho film. Nari Ely and I sat down to discuss a wide range of issues including kidnapping, self-defense, angry mobs, and human rights presented in the first movie where Mothra took flight ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
4y ago
Like the rest of the quarantined lawyers in America, the Legal Geeks have spent this pandemic diligently solving the world’s legal issues binge watching great content (in our pajamas on the couch). Fortunately, Altered Carbon’s second season was released recently by Netflix, again ripping anti-hero Takeshi Kovacs from his peaceful hibernation on the stack shelf ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
4y ago
An ancient civilization built a super predator species known as Gyaos that would destroy humanity, leaving only as the last hope, Gamera. This plot leaves open so many questions for liability, such as is Gyaos an endangered species or is humanity? Can the government force an ornithologist to capture an animal that feeds on humans ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
4y ago
Shelter in Place/Quarantine In Terrifying Cosmic Rays, Tokyo is under a shelter in place order while a giant Kaiju monster, Gavadon, appears to threaten the city. In real life, at least one in four Americans (including this author) are under shelter in place or quarantine orders while a microscopic monster, the COVID-19 virus, threatens our ..read more
The Legal Geeks | UK And US Constitutional Law Blog
4y ago
The First Order on Star Wars Resistance stationed a detachment of Stormtroopers on the Colossus to protect against pirates in the episode “The First Order Occupation.” As with any invading force with ulterior motives, the First Order started conducting law enforcement activities. One can imagine how Stormtroopers are naturally guardians of Civil Rights. Three Stormtroopers ..read more