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The Common Scold is named after a cause of action that originated in Pilgrim days, when meddlesome, argumentative, opinionated women who displeased the Puritan elders were punished by a brisk dunk in the local pond. Believe it or not, the tort lasted until 1972, when State v. Palendrano, 120 N.J. Super. 336, 293 A.2d 747 (N.J.Super.L., Jul 13, 1972) pretty much put it to rest. But the thought of those feisty women, not afraid of a little cold water, has always cheered me up and inspired me. I first used the moniker as the name of my humor column at the University of San Francisco School of Law many moons ago, and revive it now for this blawg!


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Mail_7Update Your Outlook: Bob Sadowski checks in to let us know that he has left Dayton's LexisNexis and is now the PR manager at Seapine Software, which makes software to help organizations comply with Sarbanes Oxley. E-mail him here.

* Jonathan Ezor wants to know if you caught the Slashdot item about how the U.S. gov't released a redacted copy of some Balco documents -- which could be easily un-redacted:

"Once again, an attorney releases a "redacted" version of a document in Acrobat format, but the redaction is simply changing the text to black-on-black; copy-and-paste of the "redacted" text brings it clearly into view," says Ezor.

*Rob Robinson's Information Governance Engagement Area blog did a way kewl roster of the "Blawgerrati" -- check it out!

* Lisa Solomon checks in again with a tip for Gulf Coast lawyers: LawRex.com, an online lawyer-to-lawyer referral network, has offered free six-month memberships to all attorneys affected by last year’s Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. For details, click here.

Croak_1 * Ed 'n' Chef found this news report on Bloomberg:

"Major League Baseball and Eternal Image Inc., a designer of caskets and urns, have reached a licensing agreement that will allow Eternal Image to decorate its products with the names and logos of any of the 30 major league teams, the company said in a statement."

That certainly puts new meaning on the expression, "You'd look good in pinstripes." Can you say, "Creeps me out!"

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