Last weekend, in a family outing, we went to see the new movie, “Sex in the City.” As I cringed over what seemed a celebration of banal excess, my 19-year-old daughter was beaming, loving it. Women, given opportunities, easily are ...
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Any justice of the Supreme Court of the United States writing a book on advocacy can expect it to draw considerable attention. But when Justice Antonin Scalia combines a colorful, Oscar-the-Grouch persona with a famed wit and acerbic writing style ...
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Stanford Law School Professor Richard Thompson Ford’s “The Race Card” seeks nothing less than to demarcate the line between legitimate charges of racism and those that are ill-defined or false. “When are complaints of prejudice valid and appropriate and when ...
Read More »Scalia, writing expert team up to offer prac-tice pointers
Any justice of the Supreme Court of the United States writing a book on advocacy can expect it to draw considerable attention. But when Justice Antonin Scalia combines a colorful, Oscar-the-Grouch persona with a famed wit and acerbic writing style ...
Read More »Law prof adds his voice to ongoing conversation on race
Stanford Law School Professor Richard Thompson Ford’s “The Race Card” seeks nothing less than to demarcate the line between legitimate charges of racism and those that are ill-defined or false. “When are complaints of prejudice valid and appropriate and when ...
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In claims for consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices, plaintiffs’ lawyers believe they have found a universal tort — a claim for every case, a cause of action to fit every set of facts. For a time, it looked like ...
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Despite the numerous problems facing the financial marketplace, one controversial issue has been resolved regarding the taxability of the $2.5 trillion municipal bond market. Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis fell onto the radar of municipal bond investors in ...
Read More »Tracking the rise and fall of a universal tort
In claims for consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices, plaintiffs’ lawyers believe they have found a universal tort — a claim for every case, a cause of action to fit every set of facts. For a time, it looked like ...
Read More »A close call for municipal bond investors
Despite the numerous problems facing the financial marketplace, one controversial issue has been resolved regarding the taxability of the $2.5 trillion municipal bond market. Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis fell onto the radar of municipal bond investors in ...
Read More »Reeves: 12 responses to people who get nosy about your cases
Summer is here, and with it comes a new set of threats to client confidentiality. Imagine yourself at your next picnic or softball game, and someone asks you about an interesting client or case. Or perhaps it is you who ...
Read More »12 responses to people who get nosy about your cases
Summer is here, and with it comes a new set of threats to client confidentiality. Imagine yourself at your next picnic or softball game, and someone asks you about an interesting client or case. Or perhaps it is you who ...
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