I got back about an hour ago from a night out with some old friends - Nathan, Christine, and Janis. I worked with them two summers ago as an extern in Judge Otero's chambers. Nathan & Christine were his clerks; and Janis was a fellow extern. We've kept in touch, more or less, but only infrequently ( Read more... )

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I have to leave the house because it's getting fumigated. Apparently we have termites in the attic. It's quite a chore, moving out ( Read more... )

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I've been back from China this past week, and I'm already getting stressed again. Anyway, it was a nice change of pace (though travelling so much and wandering around Hong Kong can't exactly be considered "relaxing ( Read more... )

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I got sick this week and am slowly recovering. I took a 2 1/2 hour nap after coming home from work today -- and I never take naps that long ( Read more... )

I finished my memos to the judge today -- each one nearly twenty pages each. They concerned Plaintiff's and Defendant's Motions in Limine for the patent case I'm working on. Motions in Limine are pre-trial requests to exclude evidence offered by the other side; I got to consider the evidence on each side, do some research for each question, and " ( Read more... )

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