Archive for August, 2008

Ninth Circuit Sends Mixed Signals In Strip Search Case

August 27th, 2008

There were three opinions written — a majority, concurrence and dissent — on the 2-1 Ninth Circuit panel that ruled against San Francisco on the constitutionality of its former jail strip search policy.  As the Legalpad blog said in its headline:  9th Plays Jail Strip Searches Left, Right & Center.  Although on the surface, the Court did not […]

What Every Litigator Can Learn from the Four Stages of a Marathon

August 12th, 2008

People sometimes ask me what I think about while out on long runs.  Before the sore muscles and aching joints recede into memory, I thought I’d share some of my musings from the San Francisco Marathon on August 3, 2008. It occurred to me that long-distance running and litigation have a lot in common. So […]