Comments on: Bob Filner: taxpayers should pay my legal fees

By: John Fembup

John Fembup — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:28:21 +0000

By: Jack B.

Jack B. — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:40:23 +0000

Man, I loved Spy magazine. If you're not already aware of this, there's an archive at Google.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:44:49 +0000

RM>”On a different, can someone make a list of all of the ‘open secrets’ we don’t know about and compile them somewhere?”

For a while they were doing that. They called it “Spy Magazine.”

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:08:10 +0000

I’m not sure where the line is. It has a “know it when I see it” quality on some level. But can’t the rule be what you just said: if the alleged misconduct was entirely for your own benefit and there is no potential for beneficial byproduct to the government entity, you don’t get a defense. Or, it could be even more narrow. How about a sexual harassment exception in cases where the defendant does not get a defense verdict? (In which case he would owe back the defense costs.) Admittedly, it forces the defendant to trial a little more, discouraging settlement but it would also help for the public to hear all of the facts and we are giving someone a defense they arguably don’t deserve anyway.

On a different, can someone make a list of all of the “open secrets” we don’t know about and compile them somewhere?