Don't judges have the right to kick plaintiffs in the butt for pulling crap like that?

Only in Australia. With the Boot.

You might want to look around for flea markets in your area, Gud.

Some stores specialize in selling used electronics, including parts like switches.

I see what you're saying, Wolfram, and it makes sense on equitable grounds. But I suspect the case law on either the property law issues or the res judicata issues will be rather inequitable.

I mean, taking the long view, I can see a rule like: regardless of what you believe the merits of an action to be, if you don't fight it and it doesn't go your way you takes your chances. It all seems to turn on your client's view that there's no lease to fight. I don't think you can adopt the rule that if your client thinks there's no issue, but the court thinks there is an issue, that ruling shouldn't be given binding effect.

I don't have a stake in this, I just think you should be careful.

Yeah, that's what it really boils down to. Just because he had opportunity to fight, does that mean he had to fight? How much does the potential outcome matter?

Maybe Stephanie's notes will point me in the right direction. This issue/claim preclusion stuff is almost as bad as the rule against perpetuities.

Sorry to burden the board with boring law stuff.

Sorry to burden the board with boring law stuff.

I find this stuff fascinating, as long as I don't have to pass a test on it or have it directly affect me.

This issue/claim preclusion stuff is almost as bad as the rule against perpetuities.

Ha! I'm actually working on conflict of laws cases and the procedural/substantive distinction. MAN there was a lot of fucking awful doctrines to learn and then forget in law school. I think conflict of laws was my least favorite thing ever.

Exactly what -t said.

Also, happy birthday to Annabel and get better vibes to Rio.

Beautiful day here. Birds chirping, warm weather, sunny.

I also find it interesting. I'm only not saying anything, because I don't know anything. And that's hard for me. I should get cookies.

Conflicts of laws. I know what the words mean, and that's about it. Are you working on domestic or international law conflicts?

Problems inherent in remote computing:

I think I just sent some of my homework to the printer upstairs in the Provost's office. Oops. Got my name on it, too.

Also, not health- or law-related, but could I get vibes for my achievement-level tracking debate, my Exhibition (or end-of-unit assessment task for a hypothetical 9th-grade Algebra class), and my journal article review presentation? Particularly the last -- almost all the others have been about getting/teaching kids to read or means of assessment, while mine is about a coding system for writing in math classes. I'm going to try to make it generally applicable (I did cut out the bit about "don't abuse the equals sign"), but who knows how well I'll do. Wish me not too many glazed eyes, anyway.

ETA: And for that matter, that the teacher to whom I submit the written article review, who was a reading specialist, will look on my math-specific paper kindly.