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Lessons From Law School – Part One

03/08/2022 by Debbi

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Okay. Uh, hi! 🙂 Yeah, this is just something I’m gonna pass along, cause I’ve always thought it kind of funny. When I was in law school, I had an evidence teacher, Larry Gibson, Professor Larry Gibson, who is a big figure in legal circles around here. Anyway, he’s a really nice guy too, and a great teacher.

 

He taught evidence and he said that he thought it was funny that a 20-year-old document was an “ancient document” under the Federal Rules of Evidence. And I thought it was hilarious, too. I mean, I was like, okay, I was in my early thirties (or so) at the time. So I could sort of appreciate that.

But it occurred to me recently that maybe the 20-year rule was there because at one point you were lucky if you lived 20 years. (Into adulthood, that is.) I mean, this is based on common law from England. Old common law. So maybe that’s why 20 years seemed ancient at the time they kind of created the rule or the underpinnings of the rule.

I don’t know, but then I thought about it and I thought, okay, a document created in 2002. Depending on the subject matter, that could be an ancient document now. Literally.

That’s it. That’s all I have to say. It’s something to think about. Made me think. Okay, I’ll talk to you later.

PS: Damn! Look at this shit! 🙂

PPS: The Supreme Court held that mistakes of law can excuse inaccurate copyright registration.

Under certain circumstances. Such as when you accidentally file for a copyright on 31 separate works with one application like in this case. And assuming you didn’t know it was wrong.

The dissent filed an opinion that said the case presented a novel question that hadn’t been decided before. At least that’s how they concluded the dissenting opinion.

I’d give you a further interpretation, but I no longer have malpractice insurance practice law. Sorry!

PPPS: Anyone care for a peek behind this paywall? 🙂

Or check out Amazon’s latest 10K annual filing with the SEC.

To quote the filing, “We serve developers and enterprises of all sizes through Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), which provides technology infrastructure services that enable virtually any type of business.” (Italics and bold mine.)

The things you stumble across online! 🙂

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Filed Under: Food for Thought, Law for Writers, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Evidence Rules, History, Law, Legal Issues, Technology

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Welcome to my writers' corner of the Internet. I'm a novelist, who also writes short stories and screenplays. I hope to share the benefit of my experiences as an indie author with dystonia since 2009. I also post a lot of book reviews, because I love to read and learn new things. I hope to share that knowledge with you.

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