Guest: Associate Dean Stacey Lantagne from the University of Mississippi School of Law

author of “Famous on the Internet: The Spectrum of Internet Memes and the Legal Challenge of Evolving Methods of Communication.” 

How to protect your intellectual Property? Listen and find out.

{an idea is NOT able to be copywriten}

Calls:

• Merger doctrine - recipes
• Fair use of images
• Art gets a copywrite; Inventions get patents
• Genitic material
• Poor Man's Copy Protection
• Flea Market Sales
• Notice of copywrite?
• Take a photo of your art

Bernie Sanders' inauguration mittens help raise $1.8 million for charity : Brendan Smialowski, a photographer with Getty Images, captured the image of Sanders. The photo agency said it will donate proceeds from the photo to Meals on Wheels of America.

"Weird Al" Yankovic The Saga Begins YouTube Video

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Guest: Baskin Jones from Jones Law Firm https://injuredinmississippi.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/baskinjonesattorney

Suggestion: READ THE DECLAIRATIONS PAGE OF YOUR INSURANCE FOR UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE

Our show discussed:

• how cyclists ARE treated
• what to do if injured
• MS state laws
• safe passing
• dooring laws
• DUI
• vehicle Insurance issues

Calls concerned:

• biker's rights
• car drivers
• experence getting hit by car
• uninsured
• "what if"
• some can't pay for insurance

Resources:

https://www.bikewalkmississippi.org/

https://visitmississippi.org/blog/mississippis-best-cycle-trails/

https://mdot.ms.gov/portal/bikeped

https://bike.olemiss.edu/safetytips/mississippi-laws/

https://bikeleague.org/bike-law-university

https://injuredinmississippi.com/practice-area/bicycle-accident-lawyer/

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Guest: Professor Patrick Longan, Chair in Ethics and Professionalism from Mercer University School of Law https://law.mercer.edu/academics/centers/clep/

Discussed:

• Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
• Challenges for Lawyers
• law students
• classes
• training
• Current Events
• Confidentiality
• Wills

The Ideal Lawyer:

1. Is competent
2. Shows fidelity to client
3. Shows fidelity to the law
4. Is public spirited
5. Has civility
6. Has practical wisdom 

Ways Attorneys Get Into Trouble:

• Trust account abuse
• Neglect of client
• Committing felonies

Ethics attorneys hopeful COVID-19 will prompt changes in remote working rules

Thousands of Lawyers, Law Students Push to Disbar Cruz, Hawley

Discipline Them: Lawyers Want Ethics Charges Against AGs Behind Election Challenge

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Guests: Amelia McGowan and Max Meyers from the Mississippi Center for Justice to discuss Immigration and answer questions.

To contact the MS Center for Justice:

For the Jackson office call: (601) 352-2269.

For the Biloxi office call: (228) 435-7284.

To reach the Indianola office call:(662) 887-6570.

Their website mscenterforjustice.org/contact/ also has a form to fill out to reach them. 

DACA Contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4R2ZahNv1iuLL_N4fI1szq0XbbgcXwZGHjAg6HdIhPiIm8g/viewform

Topics included:

• Mississippi immigration situation
• challenges faced by undocumented people
• work of the Center for Justice
• ICE raids
• how to reach MS Center for Justice
• what is asylum
• how to qualify
• what is DACA

Calls:

• gratitude
• illegal vs legal entry to country
• profiling
• crimes

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A repeat broadcast from 08/04/2020

Guest: University Press of Mississippi’s Courtney McCreary, Publicity and Promotions Manager discussing their law and true crime books 

https://www.upress.state.ms.us/

Books discussed:

• Crooked Snake https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Crooked-Snake2
• A Legal History of Mississippi https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Legal-History-of-Mississippi
• Mississippi’s Federal Courts https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Mississippi-s-Federal-Courts
• Heroes, Rascals, and the Law https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/H/Heroes-Rascals-and-the-Law
• Cups Up https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Cups-Up
• Confessions of an Undercover Agent https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Confessions-of-an-Undercover-Agent
• The Last Lawyer https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/The-Last-Lawyer
• From Midnight to Guntown https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/F/From-Midnight-to-Guntown
• Return to Guntown https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/R/Return-to-Guntown
• The Legs Murder Scandal https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/The-Legs-Murder-Scandal
• Hands in the Till Embezzlement of Public Monies in Mississippi https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/H/Hands-in-the-Till
• Power, Greed, and Hubris: Judicial Bribery in Mississippi https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/P/Power-Greed-and-Hubris

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Can I deduct home office expenses while I'm working from home? It depends. The short answer is, probably not. If you work full-time for someone else, you're out of luck. "Employees who receive a paycheck or a W-2 exclusively from an employer are not eligible for the deduction, even if they are currently working from home," the IRS noted last month. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/success/wfh-home-office-tax-deduction/index.html

The people most likely to be eligible to claim the home office tax deduction are those who are self-employed -- meaning they run their own business out of their homes, or are independent contractors or freelancers working on assignments from home. But they must meet the following rules: You may only deduct expenses for the portion of your home that is used exclusively and regularly for business and your home must be your principal place of business. And you may not deduct expenses related to anything that is used for both your work and your home life.

Business Use of Your Home https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p587.pdf

If you CAN claim a deduction, here's more guidance : https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/heres-what-taxpayers-need-to-know-about-the-home-office-deduction

https://homebusinessmag.com/management/legalese/3-legal-issues-faced-home-based-businesses-prepare/

Do you have a suggestion for a show topic for 2021? Email us: [email protected]

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Our topic is housing at the end of the 2020 pandemic year with Will Bedwell and John Jopling from the MS Center for Justice. https://mscenterforjustice.org/about/

On April 21st of 2020, In Legal Terms discussed Housing at the beginning of the pandemic with Will Bedwell and MS Center for Justice CEO Vangela Wade.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-housing-with-ms-center-for-justice

Justice.gov has information on the Fair Housing Act. The MS Center for Justice has information about housing and six self-help videos concerning eviction. https://www.justice.gov/crt/fair-housing-act-1

https://mscenterforjustice.org/work/affordable-housing/

http://www.msatjc.org/self-help-videos

That COVID eviction hotline number is 228-702-9983.

MIssissippi Home Corporation https://www.mshomecorp.com/

Conner v. Alltin, LLc, Cause No. 3:20-CV57-MPM-RP

MS Center for Justice Fair Housing Hot Line 1-877-352-2269

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Our guest, attorney Francis Springer from the Springer Law Firm, discusses Administrative or Regulatory Law. https://www.springerlawoffice.com/

Discussion:

Email concerning name change

Department of Enviromental Quality requirements

Agencies presumed to be correct

Courts list four conditions for agency rulings to be reversed:

• Ruling not supported by substantial evidence
• Ruling was capricious or arbitrary
• Ruling was beyond the power of administrative agency
• Ruling is a violation of statutory or constitutional rights

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Guest: attorney Marc Chamberlain from the Butler Snow law firm https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/marc-chamberlain/

We discuss strategic lawsuits against public participation. Learn more here: https://www.iadclaw.org/assets/1/17/Business_Litigation_March_2020.pdf

• What are they?
• Who brings these lawsuits?
• What's Mississippi's stance on SLAPPs

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Guest: Attorney Reed Martz from Freeland Martz https://freelandmartz.com/reed-martz/

To find state laws about gun rights: https://midsouthgunlawyer.com/welcome-to-the-website-for-the-midsouth-gun-lawyer/

or https://www.handgunlaw.us/

Calls concerned:

• 2nd amendment and marijuana
• shootings at protests
• restrictions on buying guns
• carrying a gun in a car
• buying guns in MS
• calaber of amunition
• Alabama fees
• travel between states
• fire arms in cars

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