Michael Kwun
@mkwun.bsky.social
if the shutdown isn't resolved, the government's stockpile of em dashes will run out by Halloween
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
if the shutdown isn't resolved, the government's stockpile of em dashes will run out by Halloween
I think you should schedule a meeting at 230 about the tax ramifications of structured settlements in personal injury lawsuits (26 U.S.C. § 130)
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I think you should schedule a meeting at 230 about the tax ramifications of structured settlements in personal injury lawsuits (26 U.S.C. § 130)
soon they will ask for your ranked prefs for firms you want to interview with as part of your law school application
October 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
soon they will ask for your ranked prefs for firms you want to interview with as part of your law school application
The Federal Circuit reversed the patent infringement infringement findings... but only for one defendant. The defendant with the waiver problem loses on the patent claims, and indeed may need to pay fees for those claims.
www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...
www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...
www.cafc.uscourts.gov
October 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Federal Circuit reversed the patent infringement infringement findings... but only for one defendant. The defendant with the waiver problem loses on the patent claims, and indeed may need to pay fees for those claims.
www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...
www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...
I thought I was looking at a depiction of intestines. maybe I am?
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I thought I was looking at a depiction of intestines. maybe I am?
well done, well done
a man is flying through the air in front of a helicopter while wearing a black cape .
Alt: Neo dodging bullets in The Matrix
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
well done, well done
every time I see the banner pic for this video (and I've seen it more than perhaps you'd guess, because I sang this with a choir last year), I think to myself that it makes Maurice White look like Worf
September 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
every time I see the banner pic for this video (and I've seen it more than perhaps you'd guess, because I sang this with a choir last year), I think to myself that it makes Maurice White look like Worf
buy it!
on a different topic... will you be teaching In re Brunetti this year? a 2-1 precedential decision about failure to function... seems tailor made for you!
on a different topic... will you be teaching In re Brunetti this year? a 2-1 precedential decision about failure to function... seems tailor made for you!
September 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
buy it!
on a different topic... will you be teaching In re Brunetti this year? a 2-1 precedential decision about failure to function... seems tailor made for you!
on a different topic... will you be teaching In re Brunetti this year? a 2-1 precedential decision about failure to function... seems tailor made for you!
stop your foolin' around
time you straighten right out
better think of your future
else you'll wind up in jail
Rudy—a message to you, Rudy—a message to you
time you straighten right out
better think of your future
else you'll wind up in jail
Rudy—a message to you, Rudy—a message to you
August 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
stop your foolin' around
time you straighten right out
better think of your future
else you'll wind up in jail
Rudy—a message to you, Rudy—a message to you
time you straighten right out
better think of your future
else you'll wind up in jail
Rudy—a message to you, Rudy—a message to you
BBSes via 300 baud modem in the 1980s and Confer forums on a mainframe running Michigan Terminal System in the 1980s/1990s
June 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
BBSes via 300 baud modem in the 1980s and Confer forums on a mainframe running Michigan Terminal System in the 1980s/1990s
Here's another Trump admin filing. It has no table of authorities, and no placeholder for one. (It's over five pages long, so under S Ct R 34.2 a TOA was required.)
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here's another Trump admin filing. It has no table of authorities, and no placeholder for one. (It's over five pages long, so under S Ct R 34.2 a TOA was required.)
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
in Carville and Matalin, who is PB and who is pickles?
May 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
in Carville and Matalin, who is PB and who is pickles?
how some felt when Harvard filed suit
May 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
how some felt when Harvard filed suit
I don't know that we can assume that the brief was written more quickly and cheaply than it could have been otherwise.
but I do think saying AI poorly used "brought nothing to the table" is kind of meaningless. if kids TP a tree, that doesn't mean TP is useless.
but I do think saying AI poorly used "brought nothing to the table" is kind of meaningless. if kids TP a tree, that doesn't mean TP is useless.
May 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I don't know that we can assume that the brief was written more quickly and cheaply than it could have been otherwise.
but I do think saying AI poorly used "brought nothing to the table" is kind of meaningless. if kids TP a tree, that doesn't mean TP is useless.
but I do think saying AI poorly used "brought nothing to the table" is kind of meaningless. if kids TP a tree, that doesn't mean TP is useless.
whatever the practice might be elsewhere, in the Federal Circuit there is a published opinion addressing this point
bsky.app/profile/mkwu...
bsky.app/profile/mkwu...
the Federal Circuit has a published opinion saying, "We hold that incorporation of co-party briefing... cannot be used to exceed word count." Microsoft v. DataTern, Inc., 755 F.3d 899, 910 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
May 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
whatever the practice might be elsewhere, in the Federal Circuit there is a published opinion addressing this point
bsky.app/profile/mkwu...
bsky.app/profile/mkwu...
the Federal Circuit has a published opinion saying, "We hold that incorporation of co-party briefing... cannot be used to exceed word count." Microsoft v. DataTern, Inc., 755 F.3d 899, 910 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
May 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
the Federal Circuit has a published opinion saying, "We hold that incorporation of co-party briefing... cannot be used to exceed word count." Microsoft v. DataTern, Inc., 755 F.3d 899, 910 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
because in the two defendants would then effectively get twice the space provided to the plaintiff in the briefing. that, plus there was a court order that directed them not to do that, and lawyers are supposed to follow court orders.
May 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
because in the two defendants would then effectively get twice the space provided to the plaintiff in the briefing. that, plus there was a court order that directed them not to do that, and lawyers are supposed to follow court orders.
if you need more words, you're supposed to seek leave to exceed the word limit
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
if you need more words, you're supposed to seek leave to exceed the word limit
address, but not adequately: "For example, Marquis spent over twenty pages addressing patent infringement covering three patents and multiple disputed claim terms, while Kartri spent less than one page on all patent issues...."
May 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
address, but not adequately: "For example, Marquis spent over twenty pages addressing patent infringement covering three patents and multiple disputed claim terms, while Kartri spent less than one page on all patent issues...."
"We struck the... briefs and ordered Appellants to file corrected... briefs.... We explained 'incorporation cannot be used to exceed word count' and '[t]he incorporated material counts against the litigants’ word count in exactly the same manner as if it had been expressly included in the brief.'"
May 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"We struck the... briefs and ordered Appellants to file corrected... briefs.... We explained 'incorporation cannot be used to exceed word count' and '[t]he incorporated material counts against the litigants’ word count in exactly the same manner as if it had been expressly included in the brief.'"
"Kartri... and Marquis... filed noncompliant briefs that divided the issues on appeal and attempted to incorporate by reference each other’s briefs... Kartri’s brief focused on the trademark and trade dress issues, while Marquis’s brief concentrated on the patent... issues."
May 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Kartri... and Marquis... filed noncompliant briefs that divided the issues on appeal and attempted to incorporate by reference each other’s briefs... Kartri’s brief focused on the trademark and trade dress issues, while Marquis’s brief concentrated on the patent... issues."