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Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

By Bruce Carton

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Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blawgosphere. 1) Question: I was sitting in the courtroom as a spectator watching my buddy's trial. A minute ago the judge started eying me, and now some officers have led me to a room and are telling me to submit a urine sample. What the...?! Answer: Are you in Dickson County, Tennessee? One of the judges there does like to "routinely drug-screen 'spectators' in his courtroom if he 'thinks' they may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol." Maybe go to a movie next time, instead? (Courthouse News Service, Man Says Judge Arrested Him 'On a Hunch') 2) Question: I'm a contract lawyer, and I was working on a godawful document review at a major law firm in New York the day before New Year's Eve. Long story short, a building doorman reported a suspicious-looking van without license plates to the NYPD, who called in the bomb detail and evacuated all high-rise buildings in the area, including ours. I'm still going to get paid for the time I spent out in the cold during the evacuation, right? Answer: You'll get nothing and like it. (Temporary...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on January 05, 2010 (boomark / email).