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LATEST ARTICLES ( 58 )

• Monday Morning Hearsay: Haiku + Rilke

  

  I have not been working as diligently as I should on my legal haiku for this year’s ABA Ross Essay Contest. I’ve spent about ten minutes on it, mostly trying... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• In a Theater

  

  Angus had been invited to attend the rehearsal of a play starring his old friend, Mr. Zuss. He arrived a few minutes after the appointed time and found the... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Monday Morning Hearsay: Let Evening Come

  

  In my opinion, if any American poet might rightfully be called Robert Frost’s heir, it was Jane Kenyon. Not only because so many of her poems were rooted in... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Angus Takes a Train

  

  Several days later, Angus found himself seated in a Pullman car speeding away from New York. He had purchased a sandwich at the station and he unwrapped it now... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Wherein Angus Heads South . . .

  

  His books packed neatly into boxes, Angus quietly closed the door of his office behind him. He was a little tired. It had been a long day. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• This Month: My Tribute to Angus (and Jim McElhaney)

  If you’re a lawyer who reads the ABA Journal, you know Angus. I met him about twenty years ago, when my dad, who knew I was thinking about law school, gave me... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• The Greatest Lawyer Put-Down of All Time

  

  I am back from vacay but with a nasty cold. Sigh. This afternoon will be spent digging out from under, but first I couldn’t resist bringing to your attention th... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• The Thoughts of a Girl on Vacation Turn Naturally to Economics

  

  I am supposed to be on vacation. I am supposed to be humming along contentedly with the guy singing “Boat Drinks” poolside and fending off my children’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Monday Morning Hearsay: Olympic Absurdity

  

  With the London Olympics in full swing, I suppose the natural choice would be to feature Tennyson this week (“to seek, to find, and not to yield” and all... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2012 CULTURE, SOCIETY

• Monday Morning Hearsay: The Journey

  

  The article on women’s hair that I referenced in my previous post has been removed from the American Bar Association’s news website, and I have discovered that... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Sorry, American Bar Association, I Am Not My Hair

  

  Today the American Bar Association’s online news site brings us a hard-hitting piece of journalism on . . . . women’s hair. Well, not just any women’s hair,... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• E-Discovery: A Public Service Announcement From Your Friendly Neighborhood...

  

  From time to time I am responsible for reviewing documents produced in discovery, either by my client or another party. More often than not, the material comes... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Monday Morning Hearsay: Elizabeth Arnold

  

  I kind of fell off the Monday Morning Hearsay wagon for a while, but since I spent a few days last week at the Chesapeake Writers Conference it’s as good a... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Has the Separation of Powers Gone to the Dogs Now, Too?

  

  The Maryland Attorney General’s office released a statement a few days ago, opining that because the Court of Appeals has granted a motion to reconsider its... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• The Trouble with Rainmakers

  

  So the death march of law firms with highly pun-able names goes on, and its latest victim is Dewey LeBoeuf. (Dewey have any assets? Howrey gonna pay the... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• You Have the Right to Remain Anonymous

  Lots of calls to end anonymity on the Internet lately. A bill introduced in New York – a so-called Internet Protection Act – would require bloggers to remove... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Harry Potter and Your Privacy Rights: Thoughts on a Talismanic Trend

  

  Yesterday my Facebook feed was full of posts like this:For those of you that do not understand this posting, Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Anyone ca... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Monday Morning Hearsay: Wilfred Owen

  

  For centuries, men wrote poems of war that glorified the battlefield and idolized the fallen. This sort of wartime poetry can be found in the ancient... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY