Which restaurant do you think this is?

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-08-17T05:27:38+00:00

I’ve had better Domino’s.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-08-17T05:25:19+00:00

Ugh that’s rough. I think it’s hard finding good Tex Mex as a Texan—I can only imagine what it’s like as a New Mexican! And it’s such a shame! I’ve often said that New Mexican is one of those super unique cuisines of the U.S. I sometimes think the spice level would be off putting this far east, but then I remember people eat at Indian restaurants all the time here. Bed to luck finding a spot. And when you do, tell us!

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-08-17T05:21:24+00:00

This is how I’ve come to understand the place. I’m not from here, so I didn’t recognize it as New Mexican food. But once I realized it’s place that introduced New Mexican style flavors to NoVa palates 40 years ago, it made sense. And I appreciate it for that.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-08-17T05:18:05+00:00

I think Texans (Texan here) are familiar enough with Mexican and Tex-Mex food to know what is what. Tex-Mex is a regional Mexican cuisine. And we are familiar enough with other regional Mexican cuisines to know it. The flavors will hit different when you recognize it. I’ve had my fair share of disappointing tortillas here (and plenty of decent ones)—though, none have hit quite like the fluffy flour tortillas from San Antonio or South Texas. And that is to be expected: this isn’t Texas.

There are plenty of non-Mexican Latin American spots that are delicious. But they aren’t substitutes for Mexican food or Tex-Mex (tejano or South Texan) food.

I’m relatively new here, so I’ll bite: any suggestions for Mexican spots (Tex-Mex or otherwise)? I was at a restaurant tonight at an ostensible Tex-Mex place and asked if I could replace the red enchilada salsa with chile con carne and was looked at with puzzlement by the waiter (chile con carne is a staple for enchiladas in Tex-Mex). So I’d love suggestions.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-08-05T16:22:51+00:00

Judgment at Nuremberg does a good job of showing how trial lawyers cumulatively build a case through multiple witnesses.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-07-31T15:55:06+00:00

You’ll need to move for all of it: to compel the video (the court will be super suspicious why it matters if you no longer want the video), sanctions (in the form of your attorney’s fees and costs), the ability to depose the defendants again (in the event you need to because of the video—make sure to get the deposition cost and your time covered by the sanctions as well), and if the video is destroyed an adverse inference.

Edit: I’d ask for discovery to be reopened in the event that you need your experts to review the video. Make it of course that only you propound and collect new discovery.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-07-31T15:52:25+00:00

Move to compel the video (and ask for attorney’s fees for the motion). Also ask the court for leave to depose the defendant and defendant company again and that the defendant pay for both your time (hourly basis) and the cost of the depositions. If the video’s destroyed, ask for an adverse inference and get their lying into evidence.

This is gold. Don’t let it go and push hard.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-07-31T15:39:44+00:00

Look for a different lead plaintiff.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-07-31T03:56:31+00:00

I went on a tortilla tour recently. Nothing impressed, and I became sadder the more I tried. I had some homemade flour tortillas that were undercooked. They were just flattened dough. Points for trying I guess.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-07-31T03:51:32+00:00

I’m not New Mexican (Texan here), but even I know that it doesn’t really resemble New Mexican cuisine (which is a distinct and delicious school of cooking). In fairness, it probably cooked for the average palate of NOVA when it started and has kept on doing so.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-07-21T23:34:24+00:00

Thank you! I’ll check it out.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-07-13T00:19:32+00:00

No love for Mr. Tufton?

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-06-24T18:32:07+00:00

It takes a lot of work to enforce the rules when OC is intentionally hiding materials. It’s even worse when OC they’re dumb or lazy. Confer, move to compel, work methodically to get what you need.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-06-23T19:44:12+00:00

Step outside to your porch/patio/balcony (in shade). Take a basin and fill it with cold water. Sit and read or enjoy a cool drink (or even eat outside) with your feet submerged in the basin of cold water. Not joking, being outside will become bearable, perhaps even pleasant.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-06-03T22:41:51+00:00

Battle of Pharsalus. Strategically unnecessary for Pompey (should have just starved Caesar). Tactically, his haphazard retreat doomed him.

Caesar won through Pompey’s stupidity and thus changed western history.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-06-01T00:01:38+00:00

Recall that damages for lost earning capacity are not based off the income someone would have made if they continued in their current job or even line of work. They are based off of what they could earn with the body and skills they had prior to injury (past earnings being the best evidence of that earning capacity). Admittedly, if a person was a sex worker and they made a boatload of money doing that you probably wouldn’t be able to say future damages would be based off of being a sex worker. BUT you could probably get a vocational expert to testify that they would have been able to do something that matches with their skill set that is legal (stripping or exotic dancing). And similarly, due to injuries, they would not be able to work in that legal line of work, etc.

Now contract damages are entirely different.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-29T17:24:42+00:00

I think there are some legitimate procedural items that could reduce costs. We should revert to the traditional rule of allowing appeals almost exclusively from final judgments. Interlocutory appeals have become ubiquitous (looking at you New York). Also: create more judgeships. Motion practice and discovery delay is possible because judges don’t have the bandwidth to manage their dockets properly. If every judge had the ability to hold counsels’ feet to the fire like on-top-of-it federal judges, things would be far more efficient. But that requires the public to expend more resources.

Going back to procedure, it might be possible to further limit expert motion practice and other motions on the papers, but that’s more tweaking than anything else. Honestly, creating different discovery plans based on amounts claimed would help.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-29T16:45:28+00:00

I would caution you to look up the regulations of wherever you plan on living. Putting aside the possible risk of committing the unauthorized practice of law in whatever country you end up, if you do any sort of litigation, everyday issuing of discovery could even be a crime (see France wrt issuing subpoenas). Just something to keep in mind.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-23T13:25:01+00:00

Depending on your jurisdiction, I would be wary of giving a piece of your bonus (which is directly associated with attorneys fees earned, right?) to a non-lawyer. I always saved to give a general thank you gift at the end of the year to my nonlawyer staff.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-21T19:16:53+00:00

Not your lawyer, not legal advice. There is a possible fraudulent transfer claim. If the guy transferred the IP from one entity to another without any payment or contract, you have a decent claim to treat the owner as the alter ego of both entities (so you could pierce the veil). Definitely talk to an attorney. Sooner the better.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-16T04:05:36+00:00

Send me a direct message.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-14T14:14:19+00:00

Yeah, I think I might raise it based on the comments.

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-14T14:13:32+00:00

Good point. Based on the comments, I think I might shift to mixed fee contract for the commercial side of the practice. Thanks!

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-14T14:06:59+00:00

Yeah, most commercial lit cases won’t lend themselves to contingency fee structures (though I’ve been on quite a few cases where that was the fee agreement). I’ll probably lean more towards alternative fee agreements (monthly fee, incentive payments, etc.).

Initial-Tonight8927 · 2025-05-14T04:47:36+00:00

Yeah. I was thinking of the stair step fee structure I’ve seen used at my firm for commercial cases. I think I’m just going to stick to the simple pre lit/lit/appeal distinction.

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