Author: Ted Folkman

  • More on Apostilles and Forged Documents

    I was surprised to learn, in the course of writing my recent post on an allegedly forged document that was certified with an apostille, that the uniform laws adopted in many US states (twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia, by my count) treat an apostille (and a final certification by a US consular officer)……

  • Service by NFT?

    Plaintiffs who say they are victims of internet frauds or schemes are often stymied at the beginning of their lawsuits because they don’t really know the defendant’s name or address. They may only have an email address or the address of a crypto wallet. Some lawyers have begun to try to turn the tables by……

  • The Virtues of George Washington

    Almost everyone who met or knew George Washington and wrote about it remarked on his character: his bravery, his modesty, his honesty, his wisdom, his prudence. As the great Boston lawyer and statesman Daniel Webster once said: America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing……

  • Congratulations to the LA Dodgers

    It came too late at night for the Letters Blogatory “morning edition,” but congratulations to the world champion LA Dodgers for the 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees in the World Series! I hope some of you European readers who haven’t yet gotten the baseball bug got a chance to see some of these……

  • What AI “Thinks” About Letters Blogatory

    I thought it would be interesting to see how ChatGPT would review Letters Blogatory. So I asked. Here is what it “thinks.” Some food for thought, though I think, maybe wrongly, that I could tell a chatbot wrote it if I didn’t know it in advance. I am curious about what you think about what……