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Magnum PI: Renters Rights & Contracts in Paradise
Hawaii. Fast cars. Beautiful women. Internal monologues. And one always broke Navy SEAL. Magnum, PI was one of the definitive shows of the 1980s. The stories focused on doing what was right and...
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What Law is Being Kept on Defiance?
What law is Joshua Nolan keeping in Defiance? The story of Defiance takes place in the not-too-distant future. The Earth was terraformed in a war with aliens called Votans, literally wiping out cities...
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A Legal Analysis of The Chewbacca Defense
The Chewbacca Defense made famous on South Park originally aired during my first year of law school. It is a powerful satire of trial advocacy, mocking the closing argument from the OJ Trial. Ladies...
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A Lawyer Goes to Big Wow! ComicFest
Josh with Vegas PG. She might have been a Star Fleet Jag Officer. Big Wow! ComicFest was May 18 & 19, 2013. It was the first purely comic convention I had attended in years (My first “geek”...
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Jessica and Josh decided to Boldly Go and discuss Star Trek Into Darkness. Check out the YouTube video or podcast below.
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Always An Honor for An Honorable Mention on 2013 The Geekie Awards
Jessica and I are very pleased to have an “Honorable Mention” in The Geekie Award Podcast Category. We thank the judges who scored our podcast and appreciate the recognition for our fireside legal...
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The Legal Issues of President James Garfield’s Assassination
James A Garfield was a true American hero. A boy who grew up in abject poverty and became the President of the United States. The man who went to the Republican Convention to nominate another man for...
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Would Superman Be Protected By the Clergy Privilege?
In the Man of Steel, Clark Kent goes to church and seeks out his minister for advice. Would those communications be protected? Could the pastor be forced to disclose those communications and that Clark...
View ArticleThe Web Series Research: Case Studies of What Not To Do At Work
Let’s be clear about one thing: my brother Gabe Diani is in Research, so this is a mild tale of nepotism. Each episode of Research could provide law professors hours of exam questions for law students....
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The Legal Geeks: Year One
Thank you everyone for a very successful first year of The Legal Geeks. Our adventure began last year when Jessica Mederson and I met over Tweeting my Bow Tie Law post Cowboys & Lawyers: Spaghetti...
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Anniversary Special: Judge Paul Grewal & Judge Matthew Sciarrino On Science...
What tribbles are to the Starship Enterprise, Captain Kirk, and Mr. Spock, the parties’ ever-multiplying sealing and redaction requests are to this case, Judge Koh, and the undersigned. Magistrate...
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Rise of The Geekie Awards
Alison Haislip, host of The Geekie Awards, toasting a successful first event. Stan Lee. Seth Green. NASA JPL. The Geekie Awards was a tour de force of talented professionals who excel at being Geeks....
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Paralegal & Cosplayer Leslie Crystal on The Geekie Awards
Leslie Crystal joined Josh to talk about The Geekie Awards. Leslie works in IP Litigation, has been to San Diego Comic Con, and is also known as the twins Lara & Tara on The Guild. Both discuss the...
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Olivia Youngers, Renaissance Woman
Olivia Youngers is one of the most dynamic individuals I have had the pleasure of meeting. Olivia has been a reader of The Legal Geeks since nearly the beginning of our blog. She contacted me after The...
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X-Files Jurisprudence: The Law is Out There
The X Files. A show that first aired on September 10, 1993. It defined the end of high school, college, law school and the beginning of my practice. Caitlin Murphy, Director of Legal Marketing at...
View ArticleAmber Schroader Gets Her Geek on for PFIC 2013
Amber Schroader, CEO of Paraben Corporation, sat down with Josh Gilliland to talk about the Paraben Forensic Innovation Conference, eDiscovery, computer forensics and being a geek.
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Remembering Tom Clancy
I will miss having Tom Clancy in the world. Few people can study up on subject matter to become an amazing writer. Clancy represented what someone could do in their life through hard work and...
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Adventure at The Computer History Museum
What do two geeks do on a Sunday? Go to the Computer History Museum. The Computer History Museum is geek Heaven. You can walk the halls and see the beginning of the computer revolution, from the...
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Geeking Out Over Captain America: Winter Soldier
Comic book fans around the world have been geeking out over the preview for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The movie looks fun. The Winter Soldier story arc in the Captain America comic was one...
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