Consider an individual is arrested for murdering his neighbor. The suspect goes to his attorney and confesses every detail of the crime. At trial, the defendant’s attorney is called to the witness stand to testify about the conversation between the attorney and the defendant. There is no doubt if this were to play out that the defendant would be convicted and spend a lifetime in prison. So the question exist, is there really a need for privileged communication? Even though society wants the…
Context The 2016 Nevada Senate race is one of the country 's most competitive races. Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, former Nevada Attorney General, and Republican Congressman Joe Heck are competing to replace the retiring Harry Reid. With both parties fighting to control Senate, this close race has attracted the attention of outside groups, including Freedom Partners Action Fund which created the anti-Cortez Masto ad “Driving Away Jobs.” The Ad The ad begins with a mother and her young…
inadvertent disclosures was miniscule; (3) the degree of disclosure was rather small; (4) Mr. Fitzgerald requested the return as soon as he became aware; and (5) the client has a right to prevent disclosure of confidential communication, as well as an attorney having a responsibility to notify an opposing firm of reasonably determined privileged communication? BRIEF ANSWER Yes. This is due to the fact that reasonable precautions were taken by having the products liability team examine each…
III. Professional Biography (two double-spaced pages) A. What factors influenced you to become a teacher? Describe your greatest contributions and accomplishments in education. My mother always alleged I became a teacher because I loved to chat, but more than that I loved to share. As always, my mother was correct. She believed in me, as well as numerous Tyler ISD teachers (TJ Austin, Bell, Moore, and Robert E. Lee) who educated me well and for this I will be grateful! It is my longing to…
that operate much differently than that of the state courts. Federal Courts consist of federal district courts, United States courts of appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States; however, these courts have limitations in cases that solely focus on the Constitution and federal law. Federal district courts are considered general trial courts that consist of over six hundred and seventy-five district court judges nationwide, and they have ranked the lowest courts out of the entire federal…
International Business District (IBD). Hailed as one of the worlds most futuristic cities, Songdo IBD is located just 40 miles southwest of Seoul, South Korea. The new development is scheduled for completion in 2018 and is being build on 1500 acres of land, “right along the Incheon waterfront.” Rita Lobo (2014) of World Finance claims the Songdo IBD, “is the largest private real estate development in history with a price tag of $40bn (para. 1).” Many believe the new business district will…
Language is used to give tone, and the author’s word choice is exceedingly important regarding any connotations to the subject. Garcia Marquez takes a brothel; a place normally associated with dirty, degrading activities and glorifies it through the use of language. At Cervantes’ brothel, there are musicians who plan in an “enormous courtyard for dancing lit by lantern gourds bought in the Chinese bazaars of Paramaribo.” (Page 64) The atmosphere created by these words quite serene, the dancing…
was a force behind his anger. Nobody knew he suffered from his war experiences like I suffered from mine. Yet, he was able to marry. I wondered could I find a woman if anytime I thought about anything I thought about Nam. I remember the red light district of Saigon. I remember going to those houses, but mostly I remember the everyday woman walking with children or along the dams of the rice paddies. I thought of Bao’s woman. She was blown apart because she had an American…
The area of Metro Center is largely inhabited by commercial businesses with major through traffic coming from a neighboring interstate, downtown Nashville, and two nearby universities. Because of the overwhelming commercial presence in Metro Center, the housing options are limited and traditional single-family homes are nonexistent. Only four apartment duplexes are located in the area, with the maximum number of bedrooms being three, leaving little space to grow a family. Not only are options…
Flights land at 7am in the infamous O’Hare airport which seems to be a standard time arriving from Toronto. The markets gear up to open, and the brokers are already thirty stories above the streets in their offices preparing for the day. Chicago is a city of many skyscrapers, traffic, and the odd smell of chocolate coming from the Boomer’s Chocolate Company. It is a city of shadows that casts a never-ending gloom, only to have it broken up into tiny fragments by the narrow gaps in-between…