Purdue LS185 Unit 5 Discussion Latest 2019 April

LS185 Introduction to American Jurisprudence

Unit 5 Discussion

Topic 1: Topic: Procedural Skullduggery

Where there is procedure, there is a way to manipulate that procedure in order to achieve a favorable outcome. Read the following articles that illustrate some ways that parties have attempted to bend the rules of civil procedure:

Facebook Movie Defamation

Kennerly, M. (2010, July 6). Why Mark Zuckerberg Won’t Sue For Defamation Over The Facebook Movie. Retrieved from http://www.litigationandtrial.com/2010/07/articles/the-law/for-non-lawyers/why-mark-zuckerberg-wont-sue-for-defamation-over-the-facebook-movie/

Stretching the Word Limit

Lowering the Bar. (2015, April 23). NoYouCantWriteABriefLikeThisToGetAroundTheWordLimit. Retrieved from http://www.loweringthebar.net/2015/04/wordlimit.html

People Who Sued Themselves

Lowering the Bar. (2011, April 26). The People Who Sued Themselves. Retrieved from http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/04/the-people-who-sued-themselves.html

What are your thoughts on bending the rules of civil procedure? Do you think it is simply good lawyering? Unethical? Should lawyers be sanctioned for it? If you were a client, would you feel good about a lawyer bending the rules to win your case?

Be sure to support your discussion points with examples and authoritative sources.