And what is the automotive dealership lobby trying to do? Litigate them out of existence.They're suing them over and over again, so that they can't bypass the dealership and change the way that we sell, and upgrade,
that some of the existing statutes are being uh litigated um these issues are being litigated under current existing laws and um trying to see whether they can fit this issue into sex discrimination prohibitions and things like that
And what I like to do is I like to litigate within local courts. And I like to litigate the laws within the local jurisdictions to show people how the laws can work for them. To me, litigation is an art.
You're not in the business of making sandwiches, you're in the business of happiness. You can either litigate .
You can be focusing on the real power nodes within a country without that level of delay, and often to everyone's surprise you can actually litigate in some of the most difficult countries and come out on top. I think one of the big surprises often is that, even with tough cases, if you
um will require the plaintiffs to make some pretty good arguments to overcome them. Um there's a whole range of defenses have already been litigated like the First Amendment that's no longer in the trial, but Metal will argue ultimately that it has done what it can to protect children, that many children benefit from using social media, and that in some cases it didn't
And in luge, because it's so fast and it's timed to the thousandth of a second-- if the track is even, like, half a second So I mostly litigated intellectual property cases.
so that we could solve it appropriately? We might be litigated against.
So he really wanted to get vaccinated. We don't have to litigate each of these decisions in the face of a potential threat.
these groups um completely according to past precedent completely legally we had fleets of lawyers looking at everything we did uh what we did was litigated heavily as you can imagine by people who were not happy all the way to the United States Supreme Court when I went to Washington I never in a million years imagined I would that my project I would
And then in 2009, I started taking cases in Afghanistan. And I became the first and only foreigner to litigate in the Afghan courts. Part of my process of what I do there is I knew I needed to fight on behalf of my clients.
Now, part of my practice-- it is an international practice. And what I like to do is I like to litigate within local courts. And I like to litigate the laws within the local jurisdictions to show people how the laws can work for them.
Somewhere in that week, this was at the very highest levels of the Administration, the decision changed and the Bush Administration did list the bear. I think that's because they didn't wanna litigate the science of climate change. So they listed the bear and this brings some really strong legal protections: things like the designation of critical habitat, those are the areas essential for their survival
such an important thing uh for everyone to have some kind of protection against discrimination on the job there are ways that some of the existing statutes are being uh litigated um these issues are being litigated under current existing laws and um trying to see whether they
Then, there is the ICM, or Investigative Case Management, search application. But for the vast majority of FOIA requesters who neither appeal nor litigate , they just get a no response of records denial letter.
which they had to act. At that time one of the things we thought we might have to do was litigate the science of global warming if the Administration decided not to list the bear which we thought was a real possibility; they didn't wanna do it but we thought we could win in court.
That's what monopoly means, right? And I am not an anti-trust lawyer, and I can't litigate that question here today, and I'm sure you're relieved, but I think it's an important question.
Then, there is the ICM, or Investigative Case Management, search application. Then, with a cross-reference search, because I do appeal everything and I do litigate , you know, here is a document.
like the public interest for example. But we do, in litigation, support people or partners that do litigate and are all over the place, like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the ACLU chapters in every state, public knowledge.
So he filed a Freedom of Information Act request, and he was stonewalled for a very long time. And so he hired-- or, he joined up with this man, Matt Topic, who is a lawyer in Chicago who litigates Freedom of Information request. In fact, Matt was involved in the release of the Laquan McDonald video in Chicago.
And I like to litigate the laws within the local jurisdictions to show people how the laws can work for them. To me, litigation is an art. It's my craft. It's not just about having the written law, but about understanding how to argue the nuances of the laws.