A Saudi contract should contain the Commercial Registration number of the parties. It should identify the individual representing the company.

Due diligence should include a copy of the board resolution authorizing that individual to bind the …

I had trouble finding this image this morning. Arnaldo Parra was the Panamanian club owner who introduced General Juan Domingo Peron to his second wife, later presidenta of Argentina, Isabel Peron. At the time of the introduction, Isabel was a dancer …

Collection of Small Claims in the United States

The law concerns itself with the collection of debts but it doesn’t do a good job. In the United States, the only debts that are self-executing are those related to child support and debts owed to the …

Byron Bakelite’s new book about a burning, flying dog.

(Beso del dedo)

Sundays I was in prison, planning with clients for hearings that week. One day I realized that I was spending more time in prison than many of them. My friends went out together, visited family: I went to jail. Relaxation was always …

Instead of all this pearl-clutching over legal AI, hallucinations and other obstacles:

Why not let the systems talk to each other?

Electronic filing is already standard, why not let a court AI review an incoming submission for hallucinations and …

Last weekend in Vietnam. I leave for Bangkok Monday morning.

I still can’t figure out what’s real and what’s not in this war. There was a report the USS Carney was sunk by Iranian Al Fatah missiles and how this was going to change the global war …

Another absolutely true tale from the Arabias.

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Don’t forget that representative democracy gave us Adolf Hitler.

Kurt Vonnegut advised, “pity the reader.” Last week’s piece was long and true; this week the selection is short and fictional. Who has time to read all this drivel?

After Trump failed to win re-election in 2020, he became the …

The collapse of America’s air transport network due to storms and government funding shenanigans has left long lines of passengers trying to get to canceled flights and general havoc.

There are no trains, inter-city buses or rental cars, leaving …

Irish monks in the 7th century began to insert spaces between words, a technology that has not reached 21st century Thailand.

News:

The website (http://mu7ami.com) is up and running, but I don’t know if all the links work. If you find a mistake, you can report it to no-reply@mu7ami.com.

This Week

During a past life as an 80’s-90’s era criminal defense lawyer in Miami, I …

The Peruvian government rewarded the 80 or so officers that comprised a special investigations group that captured Abimael Guzman with cash bonuses of $14,000 USD.

Almost all of these officers invested their rewards with a loan scheme that promised …

In Southeast Asia, a legacy from French colonial times is an aversion to ice in beverages.

Retirement Part 1

When asked about his retirement plans on his 70th birthday, the Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Schneerson, demurred, pointing out plans to complete seventy new schools that year.

It may or may not be obvious that these circulars are …

Here’s a selection for your reading pleasure. The book can be found at Amazon or a copy ordered from your favorite bookstore.

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Rita’s daughter was just sixteen when she told her mother she had a boyfriend. Rita was immediately suspicious because of the way her daughter left off details.

The young man—younger than Rita, at least, but not by much, worked at a local gas …

Last week’s circular (I’m not really sure what to call these installments) solicited several questions asking if it were true or based on a true story.

There is a Hotel Lafayette in New Orleans. There was a one-armed man who worked at the Camellia …

Danang has gold shops like Thailand. Unlike Thailand, the gold shops here are also places to convert foreign currency into Vietnamese Dong.

I didn’t know this when I went out in search of a place to change money. I didn’t see any ATM’s in my …

The flight from Bangkok was uneventful. Some turbulence on take off; there were low clouds but I didn’t recognize any when I left the hotel.

We landed at a high rate of speed but then coasted to a stop. I realized the the runway was one of the long …

On the run from a drug cartel in the Crescent City, there’s still time to discuss Wilde, Heloise, Abelard…and waffles.

Or should I say Anschluss?

• 99 year lease
• “As if it were sovereign”
• Condominium
• Shanghai-like extraterritoriality
• SOFA

Today is January 11.

In 1942 the war wasn’t going well for the Allies. The US tightened rules for its draft, requiring all able-bodied men to register. My grandfather duly registered, listing his birthday as 11 January, which in fact was not his …