Legal Eagle – HIPAA primer For Writers
(Basic up front disclaimer: These are over simplified concepts, and this post is not to be taken as legal advice. If you want legal...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 14, 20158 min read
Throwback Tuesday – Self Defense Law Overview
Photo by Oleg Volk (not yet edited) Nothing in here is meant to be taken as legal advice and it is all extremely general statements of...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 2, 20154 min read
Throwback Thursday – Law Basics I Was Shocked Normal People Didn’t Know
(This was my first legal post on this blog. It made it big on FB, around 150 shares, still no clue why, but I’m glad because these are a...
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amiegibbons15
Jun 30, 20154 min read
The Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Decision in Plain English… and Some Snark
June hits and suddenly everyone’s a Constitutional scholar. On Friday the Supreme Court came out with the biggest decision of the year,...
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amiegibbons15
Jun 2, 20153 min read
Con Law for Writers
(Basic up front disclaimer: These are over simplified concepts, and this post is not to be taken as legal advice. I’m not your lawyer,...
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amiegibbons15
May 28, 20151 min read
Trivia Thursday – Presidents
1. What president ran on the promise that if elected, he would not seek a second term? 2. Who was the only man in US history to serve as...
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amiegibbons15
May 26, 20156 min read
Law of Murder for Writers
Something I’ve noticed in TV shows lately are they really don’t like to do their homework. I’m sure this happens in every show depicting...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 31, 20154 min read
Trademark Tuesday – Intro to Patent Law
This is my legal series about IP law (named Trademark Tuesdays because I have a thing for alliteration 🙂 As always, this is to be...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 19, 20152 min read
Trivia Thursday – Famous Political Quotes
This is a series I’m doing every Thursday. I’ll give you 3 to 7 questions on the law, literature, writing and/or science, and you answer...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 17, 20153 min read
TRADEMARK TUESDAYS – INTRO TO COPYRIGHT LAW
This is my legal series about IP law (named Trademark Tuesdays because that sounds better 🙂 As always, this is to be taken as...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 12, 20151 min read
Trivia Thursday – Constitutional Qs
This is the first in a new series I’m doing every Thursday. I’ll give you 3 to 7 questions on the law,literature, writing and/or...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 10, 20153 min read
(IP) TRADEMARK TUESDAY – Intro To Trademark Law
It’s another installation of Legal Lecture Amie. Today – Trademarks! And, as always, this is to be taken as entertainment and not as any...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 8, 20153 min read
TRIAL PERFORMANCE BASICS FOR WRITERS
This weekend I’m volunteering at my law school and judging the 1L Mock Trial competition. You don’t take Evidence until your second year...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 12, 20145 min read
THE LAW FOR WRITERS – WHAT’S WRONG WITH HTGAWM?
A little while ago I posted an article on the law for writers. It got lonnnnnng, so long that people told me it was too difficult to...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 18, 20148 min read
SELF DEFENSE LAWS: CASTLE DOCTRINE, STAND YOUR GROUND, AND THE DUTY TO RETREAT
(Image by Oleg Volk) Nothing in here is meant to be taken as legal advice and it is all extremely general statements of complex and often...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 14, 20148 min read
LAW BASICS FOR WRITERS (AKA, ON BEHALF OF ALL LAWYERS, NEVER PUT THESE MISTAKES IN YOUR WRITING AGAI
Have you ever watched a show or read a book where the characters are in your profession and the writers just get so many things wrong? I...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 9, 20146 min read
THE CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO COPS – AKA, YOU MAY AS WELL BEND OVER
(This, as always, is all general ranting and a little bit of simplified law, and not to be taken as any kind of legal advice. Also, I’m...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 28, 20142 min read
GREAT IDEA FOR A NON-FICTION BOOK: THE LAW FOR WRITERS!
At Killer Nashville, one of the big books everyone seemed to love is this one on forensics. And why not? It’s a fantastic resource if...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 21, 20142 min read
LAW BASICS FOR THE NON-SHARKIES – EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT RULE PART 2
(As always, this isn’t to be taken as any kind of legal advice, just some very simplified basics for the lay person, and a little bit of...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 7, 20142 min read
LAW BASICS FOR THE NON-SHARKIES – EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT RULE PART 1
(As always, this isn’t to be taken as any kind of legal advice, just some very simplified basics for the lay person, and a little bit of...
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