Millennials Have No Drive

Via Autoblog comes a statistic of shocking magnitude:

According to a recent study, nearly a third of American 19-year-olds haven't bothered to get their driver's licenses yet. Three decades ago, it was just one in eight who skipped that right of passage, according to Michael Sivak, of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, or UMTRI. Among those 20 to 24, meanwhile, only 81 percent had gotten their licenses in 2010, down from 92 percent in 1983.

I would have willingly given up my left arm for my drivers license when I was seventeen years old. Without hesititation.  The ability to hop in a car and drive, to go where I wanted when I wanted, was more than just a right of passage, but the embodiment of freedom.

And cars were cool.  Guys had pictures of cars on their bedroom walls, the second most dreamed about thing for a teenage boy.

Having seen advertisements for cars over the past decade, I fully understand why young people aren't quite as juiced up about the current crop as I was in the 1970s, Detroit inertia, soccer moms and government regulation having sucked the fun out of cars.  But still, even a minivan can get you far from your parents' watchful eyes, and isn't that what it's all about?

The post, which is primarily concerned with the impact of Gen X's indifference toward cars on the auto industry, makes a half-hearted effort to explain this phenomenon:

Why are young Americans losing their love affair with the automobile? There are any number of explanations. There's the economy, of course, which has even driven millions of older buyers out of the car market. Young buyers, in particular, are more likely to have to settle for higher interest – meaning costlier – subprime loans. Compounding matters, they're facing a market with higher unemployment and lower wages, and are leaving school saddled with massive loan debt.

Of course, that's all meaningless, anyway, for those who don't have a license and don't want one.

Yeah, that doesn't compute at all. We had no money, but that stopped no one from getting their license at the first opportunity.

The biggest reason behind this dwindling love affair might be a series of broad societal shifts. A recent analysis of census data found that for the first time since the launch of the Model T, America's urban population is growing faster than in the suburbs. Even Detroit, with its crumbling neighborhoods, has seen a revival in its downtown core.

Nope, that doesn't explain it either. Young people may be moving to the cities (because they can't afford a house and need a job), but that happens later, and explains nothing about their not getting a license.

Have you ever tried to take a cellphone or iPad away from a teenager? For a large percentage of Millennials, texting has become the preferred form of communication, and "Virtual contact reduces the need for actual contact," suggests UMTRI's Sivak. "We found that the percentage of young drivers was inversely related to the availability of the Internet."

This may be onto something. A generation ago, the only way to get away was to physically leave, to create separation of your bedroom with cowboy sheets and let the wind blow through your long hair.  If your eyes are focused on a screen that provides a substitute for the world outside, you don't need to leave your bedroom to be anywhere. You match wits with a thousand disembodied screen names belonging to people you will never meet, never know, and it satisfies the primal need to connect with others. You find a website somewhere with people who validate you, and get your heroin right through the touchpad.

How did virtual existence replace the real thing?  You can have virtual sex. Be a virtual hero fighting virtual aliens. Drive a virtual Healey. It's nothing like the real thing.



The idea of being 19 years old and unable to get any further away from home than you can walk or your mommy will drive you in the minivan is astounding.  Is this really all you want out of life?  Are you satisfied with a world that consists of a chatroom? 

In a few hours, I plan to jump into this Healey and drive it as fast as the speed limit will allow. I plan to drive along the water, and stop along the way to meet up with some friends of mine, who will be there in person, one in a Healey BN4 and the other in Jaguar XK 120 drophead coupe. 

Is the best you can ever hope for a video of someone doing this?  That's not life.  That's not freedom. And you can't even think of doing it because you don't have a drivers license.

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Second Circuit Holds That SEC Need Not Prove "Proximate Cause" for Aiders and Abettors Under Section 20(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

In SEC v. Apuzzo, 2012 WL 3194303 (2d Cir. Aug. 8, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit clarified the standard for finding liability for aiding and abetting under Section 20(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 78t(e). Under Section 20(e), the Second Circuit held, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) need not show that an aider and abettor “proximately caused” the harm on which the primary violation was predicated. Instead, the SEC need only show that the aider and abettor “in some sort associated himself with the venture, that he participated in it as in something he wished to bring about, and that he sought by his action to make it succeed.” In Appuzo, the Second Circuit has clarified that the SEC need only plead this level of participation — and not proximate causation — to adequately allege that an aider and abettor meets the “substantial assistance” prong of Section 20(e).

Apuzzo centered around a series of three-way transactions designed to allow the primary violators — United Rental, Inc. (“URI”), an equipment rental corporation, and its chief financial officer (“CFO”), Michael Nolan — to book sales improperly in violation of generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). In order to facilitate this transaction, URI enlisted Terex Corporation (“Terex”), a construction equipment manufacturer, and, more specifically, Terex’s CFO, Apuzzo, to assist it in improperly booking revenue.

As structured, URI would sell equipment to General Electric Credit Corporation (“GECC”), a financing corporation, which would then lease back the same equipment to URI. GECC, however, would participate only if someone would guarantee that the equipment could be re-sold at a certain rate of return. Terex provided GECC with such a guaranty. Terex, in turn, was secretly indemnified by URI, which also promised to buy Terex’s products to improve Terex’s year-end sales. URI would disguise the indemnification payments by overpaying for Terex’s products. By arranging the transaction this way, URI would be able to immediately recognize revenue from the transaction, but in a way that violated GAAP.

The SEC brought a civil action against Apuzzo under Section 20(e) of the Exchange Act. Under Section 20(e), the SEC — but not private litigants — can bring a civil action against “aiders and abettors of securities fraud.” Any person who “knowingly provides substantial assistance to a primary violator” — the main actor(s) accused of perpetuating a securities fraud — can be liable under Section 20(e). To prove aiding and abetting liability the SEC must show: “(1) the existence of a securities law violation by the primary (as opposed to the aiding and abetting) party; (2) knowledge of this violation on the part of the aider and abettor; and (3) substantial assistance’ by the aider and abettor in the achievement of the primary violation.”

Apuzzo did not seriously challenge that he had had knowledge of the primary violation. Nevertheless, Apuzzo moved to dismiss the SEC’s civil complaint on this ground that he was not the proximate cause of the sale-leaseback scheme. In the absence of proximate cause, he argued, he could not be found to have “substantially assisted” the primary violation. The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut agreed, and granted the motion to dismiss. The SEC appealed.

The Second Circuit reversed. The Court held that the “substantial assistance” prong of Section 20(e) does not require the SEC to show proximate causation. Quoting Judge Learned Hand, the Second Circuit concluded that under Section 20(e), the SEC need only show that Apuzzo “in some sort associated himself with the venture, that the defendant participated in it as in something that he wished to bring about, and that he sought by his action to make it succeed.”

“Proximate cause,” the Court held, was “the language of private tort actions”; it did not apply to SEC actions where the purpose was “deterrence, not compensation.” Forcing the SEC to prove causation, the Second Circuit reasoned, would lead to “many if not most aiders and abettors” escaping liability because, “almost by definition, the activities of an aider and abettor are rarely the direct cause of the injury brought about by the fraud.”

Having rejected the “proximate cause” test, the Second Circuit concluded that Apuzzo had “provided substantial assistance to” URI in carrying out the fraud. Why? Apuzzo had agreed to participate in the fraudulent sale-leaseback transaction, had “negotiated the details of those transactions,” had profited from those transactions and had “approved and signed separate agreements with GECC and URI, which he knew were designed to hide URI’s continuing risks and financial obligations.”

In weighing whether this amounted to “substantial assistance” under Section 20(e), the Court concluded that Apuzzo’s high degree of knowledge of the transaction was highly relevant; “a high degree of knowledge may lessen the SEC’s burden in proving substantial assistance.” Having rejected the proximate cause analysis of the district court, the Second Circuit reversed and remanded the case for further proceedings before the district court.

Apuzzo greatly clarifies the standard for finding liability under Section 20(e) for aiders and abettors. Now, to prove the “substantial assistance” prong of 20(e), the SEC need not prove that the aider and abettor was the proximate cause of the fraudulent scheme. Instead, even if the aider and abettor’s role was incidental, the key inquiry in assessing “substantial assistance” is whether the aider and abettor “in some sort associated himself with the venture, that the defendant participated in it as in something that he wished to bring about, and that he sought by his action to make it succeed.” Courts in the Second Circuit will weigh the degree of the aider and abettor’s knowledge in making this inquiry.

For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Martin White at (415) 774-3233.

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A 48-year-old man told Port St. Lucie police Tuesday he discovered his throwing knife, sheath, .40 caliber pistol and magazines missing from his 2003 Toyota Corolla, according to a police report released Wednesday.

He said he left his vehicle Monday in the driveway of his home in the 2700 block of Southwest District Avenue. The vehicle, he told police, was not locked.

Unlocked!

As he walked up to his house after noticing the items missing, he saw a plastic bag with writing. The writing stated, “LOADED GUN Unlocked Car = STUPID!!” The bag’s other side read, “LOTS OF Children in area.”

The man saw his handgun and knife were inside, though 30 cartridges were missing.

Master Sgt. Frank Sabol, police spokesman, said Wednesday the person responsible could face charges including armed burglary and theft.

Good luck getting a conviction on that one. Here's the source, which includes photos of the bag and its messages.

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Don't Bring Pruning Clippers To A Hammer Stapler Fight

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Police released photos of the robbery Thursday, Aug. 30. They show the masked man walking into Starvin' Sam's, 1101 Iowa St.

He brandished a pair of pruning clippers with 3-inch blades, said David Kassner, the clerk working the graveyard shift at 2:50 a.m. Aug. 20. The suspect, who wore a black ski mask with eyeholes, strode toward the cash register and demanded money.

He probably didn't know the clerk was a Vietnam vet.

"But I wouldn't do that," said Kassner, a retired U.S. Army staff sergeant who served in southeast Asia.

Instead the clerk backed up and grabbed a hammer-style stapler that happened to be sitting on a countertop. Employees at the service station use the stapler to tack up posters.

Oh it's on now.

The suspect grabbed the register and tried to take the whole thing with him. Kassner swung the stapler at the man's head. He missed his target but must have made contact, because the man "ran out real quick" clutching his wrist, Kassner said, and without any cash.

See ya.

The man was last seen running northbound on Moore Street, said Bellingham police spokesman Mark Young.

Police dogs tried to track him, but the trail quickly "evaporated" - meaning he may have hopped into a car or rode away on a bike, Young said.

Here's the source, with a surveillance photo of the perp.

Source: http://rss.justia.com/~r/LegalJuiceCom/~3/GuyapNK5E_A/post_483.html

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Best Law Schools for Bargain Hunters

We're all familiar with the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings. But what if you're a value hunter? Turns out there's a list for that too.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/08/28/best-law-schools-for-bargain-hunters/?mod=WSJBlog

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From the Courtroom to the Comedy Club

Lawyers are very often the brunt of jokes, but there is a group of attorneys that has turned the tables and is making people laugh with them instead of at them. Lawyer2Lawyer co-hosts and attorneys, Bob Ambrogi and Craig Williams, share the stage with two of the Comedians At Law. Alex Barnett and Matt Ritter explain how they transitioned from lawyers to comics and how they now make people laugh at the lighter side of the law.

Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2012/08/from-the-courtroom-to-the-comedy-club/

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Transgender Family Law in the Courts

Advocates for the transgender community say this segment of the population faces an extremely difficult time in court because of bias and misunderstanding, especially in cases of parental rights and protection for transgender youth. Lawyer2Lawyer co-host and attorney, Bob Ambrogi breaks down the difficulties the transgender community faces every day with Attorney Jennifer L. Levi, the director of GLAD's Transgender Rights Project and Attorney Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder from Ropes & Gray and a former GLAD attorney. Jennifer and Liz also discuss their new book, Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy.

Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2012/05/transgender-family-law-in-the-courts/

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$1,600? How Many Big Gulps Is That?

Has 7-Eleven gone upscale lately? If not, then what on earth did this man buy? As reported by The Burlington County Times (Pennsylvania):

Police are searching for a man who bought more than $1,600 worth of items from 7-Eleven with stolen credit cards.

The man went to the convenience store on Route 73 shortly after 5 a.m. Friday and used the cards to buy $1,633 worth of merchandise, police said Tuesday.

The man’s image was captured by video surveillance equipment at the store. At the time, he was wearing a red Nike baseball cap, white T-shirt, blue jeans, and red and white sneakers. (See above.)

Here's the source.

Source: http://rss.justia.com/~r/LegalJuiceCom/~3/AlJ4tHEaEso/post_479.html

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Revisiting Citizens United in an Election Year

Since 2010, there has been great debate over the controversial ruling, Citizens United. Most recently, the Montana Supreme Court challenged the decision while Senator McCain called it "one of the worst decisions I have ever seen." Lawyer2Lawyer co-hosts and attorneys, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi welcome, Attorney Joseph M. Birkenstock, former chief counsel of the Democratic National Committee and Bradley A. Smith, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Center for Competitive Politics and former Commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, for an in-depth discussion on the impact of the ruling during an election year and its influence on the upcoming Presidential election.

Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2012/01/revisiting-citizens-united-in-an-election-year/

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IRS Confirms Charitable Contribution Deduction for Gifts Made to Single-Member LLCs

The IRS recently announced that a contribution to a domestic LLC that is wholly owned and controlled by an IRC § 501(c)(3) charitable organization will be treated as if the contribution were made directly to the charitable organization, provided that the LLC has not elected to be taxed as a corporation. Although the IRS had previously provided guidance to public charities and private foundations as to the tax treatment of operating through such single-member LLCs, the July 31, 2012 release of Notice 2012-52 was the first guidance given to individual and corporate contributors as to the deductibility of their contributions. Left unaddressed, however, is the tax treatment of a contribution to a single-member, “disregarded entity” LLC organized in a foreign jurisdiction.

To see the announcement, click here: Notice 2012-52

Source:
http://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/tax-irs-confirms-charitable-contribution-deduction-for-gifts-made-to-singlemember-llcs.html

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The Legal Battle Against Drunk Driving

The fight against drunk driving has been going on for more than a century. On this week’s Lawyer2Lawyer, host Bob Ambrogi welcomes Atlanta DUI Defense Attorney, George Stein and the author of One for the Road: Drunk Driving since 1900, Dr. Barron Lerner of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, for an in-depth discussion on the history, laws, initiatives, and successes and failures surrounding drunk driving.

Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2011/12/the-legal-battle-against-drunk-driving/

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Man Busted Using "Find My iPad" Asserts Lame Defense

There comes a time in every thief's life ... Okay, so a lot of thieves won't just come clean. But seriously dude - cut a deal. Next time you'll turn the iPad off, or at least its location services. As reported by The Canberra Times (Australia):

A court has been asked to decide whether a man trying to find his allegedly stolen iPad was acting unlawfully when he tracked it down to a north Canberra townhouse using Apple's anti-theft app and a GPS.

Police, acting on the man's information, allegedly discovered the iPad and a cache of stolen items at the Forde house where 49-year-old Alden Harder lived.

Don't draw any comparisons to "the decider," but The Juice would not even take this under advisement. What's the "lame defense" referenced in the post's title?

Mr Harder's lawyer has argued the man physically trespassed on his client's property while searching for the iPad and had also committed ''trespass via radio wave'' when he activated an alarm on the device while it was inside Mr Harder's house.

Mr Harder has not been charged with any offence.

Yet.

On Monday, police applied to the ACT Magistrates Court for a forensic procedures order, asking for the man to submit to fingerprinting.

Mr Harder is fighting the order.

Police allege the iPad was stolen from a house that was under construction in Braddon on May 24 but the theft wasn't reported until three days later.

They say the owner used Apple's in-built Find My iPad service and his GPS to track down the iPad to Mr Harder's townhouse in Forde on May 25. He walked around the property and looked in a window.

Find My iPad allows users to remotely track their missing or stolen iPad via GPS and to send messages, trigger an alarm or wipe their device.

It should be noted that THIS DOES NOT WORK IF THE LOCATION SERVICES ARE DISABLED OR THE DEVICE IS OFF.

The man went to police with the information but was apparently unable to elicit action.

The court heard the man went back to the townhouse a second time on May 29 and used the app to remotely trigger the alarm on the iPad, which he then heard ringing inside the garage.

Police then obtained a search warrant for Mr Harder's house.

They allegedly discovered the iPad and a haul of other items, including laptops and a police officer's badge, which were said to have been stolen from as far back as 2009.

Jackpot!

The court heard police wanted to take Mr Harder's fingerprints to see if they matched prints taken from the scene of the iPad theft and another burglary.

But Mr Harder's lawyer Paul Edmonds argued the search was based on evidence which was obtained unlawfully because the man trespassed on his client's property while walking round the townhouse.

Blah, blah, blah. The Juice is with the prosecutor on this one.

But prosecutor Keegan Lee dismissed that argument as ''an absurd expansion of the definition of a trespass''.

Mr Lee said if electronic transmission were a trespass then ''I would safely say nearly everybody in this courtroom has committed that act by having a wireless router'' that transmitted Wi-Fi internet through their homes and into their neighbours' property.

Boom! Here's the source.

Source: http://rss.justia.com/~r/LegalJuiceCom/~3/8P5xlfmfs6k/a_court_has_been_asked.html

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Structured Settlements and NSSTA’s 2012 Mission

NSSTA stands for National Structured Settlements Trade Association - the largest gathering of top professionals in the country taking the a lead in the structured settlement industry. On Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen welcomes Eric Vaughn, Executive Director of National Structured Settlements Trade Association, to discuss what’s ahead for NSSTA 2012. Eric addresses everything from NSSTA’s Annual Meeting to its Take the Hill initiative with Congress, and the steps individuals of retirement age should take to ensure a better financial future.

Click the link to see a video snippet of the podcast.

Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/ringler-radio/2012/03/structured-settlements-and-nsstas-2012-mission/

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Act Two: Legal Tech Pioneers Return to Compete in Legal Tech Market

On Law Technology Now, host and Law Technology News magazine editor-in-chief, Monica Bay joins William Bice, co-founder and chair of LiquidPractice, and Graham Smith, founder and CEO of Opus 2 International, to talk about Law Technology News’ April cover story, "Act Two." Bice and Smith explain why they decided to return to the legal technology community after selling ProLaw and LiveNote to an industry giant.

Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/law-technology-now/2012/03/act-two-legal-tech-pioneers-return-to-compete-in-legal-tech-market/

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THE 2012 SURVEY OF LAW FIRM ECONOMICS

Law firms, particularly midsize and smaller players, continued to face a challenging revenue picture during the last year, our latest survey of firm finances shows. But they appear to have done a better job of managing expenses to keep profitability and partner compensation high.

Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202512531345&rss=nlj

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Lollipop Chainsaw (Xbox 360) (Albuquerque Journal)

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Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/law/video/240149096?client_source=feed&format=rss

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Pardon the Legal Technology Interruption 2011

What kind of year was 2011 for legal tech? What were the big developments and trends that you need to know? In this episode, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell pay tribute to ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" and adopt its format for a fast-paced and fun discussion of what transpired in legal technology in 2011. After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis’ co-blog and book by the same name, The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies.

Source: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/kennedy-mighell-report/2012/01/pardon-the-legal-technology-interruption-2011/

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Jury To Decide Apple's Patent Case Against Samsung

In one of the biggest patent infringement cases ever, Apple is suing Samsung for as much as $2.75 billion — charging that in creating its products, Samsung ripped off iPhone and iPad technology. Samsung countered with its own allegations.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/08/22/159679099/jury-to-decide-apple-s-patent-case-against-samsung?ft=1&f=1070

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