Louisiana Capital Post-Conviction Project Lawyer Retracts Claim of Unethical Conduct by Blogger:
Patterico, the blogger involved, quotes the message from the lawyer.
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Good job!
I wonder if she was suffering from some sort of induced disability previously?
That describes a lot of blog comments and something I will endeavor as well.
The good news about this kerfuffle is that I found Patterico's blog, which I had not seen before. Not quite the VC, but still very, very good.
Although a visit to The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks might do her some good.
Who knew something good could come out of a bogus threat to report me to the State Bar?
raimo1@hot.ee
ING-DiBa krise
Vor einer Falle beim Vergleich von Kreditangeboten warnt die ING-DiBa: Unter Umständen droht eine Herabstufung der Bonität durch die Schufa, die Schutzgemeinschaft für allgemeine Kreditsicherung. Das kann zur Folge haben, dass ein Kreditantrag abgelehnt wird oder der Kredit nur zu einem höheren Zinssatz zu erhalten ist.
Keine Gefahr besteht nach den Angaben der Experten, wenn eine Bank Einheitskonditionen für alle Kreditnehmer ausweist und beim Angebotsvergleich keine persönlichen Daten angegeben werden müssen. Aufpassen sollten Verbraucher bei der Jagd nach Kreditschnäppchen hingegen bei Banken, die den Zins von der Bonität des Kunden abhängig machen.
Erkennen lassen sich solche Angebote daran, dass kein fester Zinssatz ausgewiesen wird, sondern mit Begriffen wie beispielsweise "Ratenkredite ab 6,9 Prozent" geworben wird. Um ein konkretes Angebot zu erhalten, müssen Verbraucher bei solchen Geldinstituten ihre Adressdaten sowie weitere Angaben zur Einkommens- und Vermögenslage hinterlassen. Um den bonitätsabhängigen Zins zu ermitteln, fragt dann die Bank auf Basis dieser Daten bei der Schufa an
Wrong thread as well, if my german does not fail me too much, you are talking about loan applications and such.
Having said any number of stupid things to attorneys, which I'd rather be forgotten; and having represented people in situations where memories were ... er, uncertain, and subject to flavoring, ... I have to say I certainly feel empathy towards the attorney.
No, I don't condone her tactics, and yes, I'm a believer in investigative journalism, etc. But I really don't think she needs to be pilloried throughout nationwide blogs for what, in my mind, was zealous (albeit misguided) concern for her client.
I thought you said in your blog that you would never speak of this again.
CAUGHT IN BLATANT HYPOCRISY BY CARNEILLE1640!
OK, let me try again:
Who knew something good could come out of a negative experience such as the one that I have solemnly pledged never to mention again, but you can probably guess what it is because it's the topic of the post I am commenting on?
Better?
raimo1@hot.ee
Gegen krise
Die norddeutschen Länder wollen gemeinsam beim Bund für ihre Verkehrsprojekte kämpfen. Hamburgs Bürgermeister Ole von Beust (CDU) sagte heute nach einem Treffen mit den Regierungschefs von Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen, Bremen und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin müsse sich der Hinterlandanbindung der Häfen und der Infrastruktur mehr widmen: "Wichtig ist uns, dass der Bund verstärkt einsteigt." Aus dem Konjunkturprogramm I sei nicht genug angekommen. "Da geht es darum, das aufzustocken." Bremens Bürgermeister Jens Böhrnsen (SPD) betonte: "Dazu gehört auch, dass wir (...) deutlich machen, dass der Anteil des Bundes an Hafeninvestitionen und vor allem auch an der Hafenunterhaltung viel zu gering ist."
She wasn't.
She was pilloried (rightly IMO) for rashly attempting to intimidate someone who wrote something she didn't like.
An end-of-life case somewhat different with respect to the medical facts ("minimally conscious state" rather than "persistant vegetative state") from the Schiavo one, but like Schiavo very much in the public eye and emotionally charged was pending before a judge in Canada last year. A retired appellate court judge there authored an op-ed piece in the local newspaper blasting the sitting judge hearing the matter for not going directly to the answer that the retired judge thought right. (Though I have no expertise in Canadian law, I thought the retired judge showed himself to be both uninformed and unthinking.) Was it improper for the retired judge to sound off in this fashion in an inflamed op-ed piece while the case was before the active trial court judge. Or as an attorney not himself involved in the case, moreover now retired from the bench, was he as much at liberty to say whatever he thought as any other citizen? If the same thing happened here in the US, would it amount to an ethical violation or breach some judicial code?
If anyone here is reasonably confident as to the answer, I'd very much like to hear it.
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