When will we learn? Your first clue should have been the tagline, “Created by a teacher,” which should have prompted the question, “Why would I buy a cold remedy created by a teacher when I could purchase one developed by ...
Read More »What to consider with alternative investments
Alternative investments are often defined as investments other than traditional stocks, bonds and money markets (cash). Today, the category includes hedge funds, real estate, private equity, venture capital, commodities and financial derivatives. The original objective was to create investments with ...
Read More »Meyer: Pitching your practice should be an elevating experience
“What do you do?” In most cases, the question is simply a polite way of getting a conversation going and not a request for your resume. It is also your opportunity, with your reply, to make a strong first impression ...
Read More »Pitching your practice should be an elevating experience
“What do you do?” In most cases, the question is simply a polite way of getting a conversation going and not a request for your resume. It is also your opportunity, with your reply, to make a strong first impression ...
Read More »Eggs-actly what the legal system needed
I wish I could tell you what is going on around the Levison Towers this week, gentle reader, but I can’t. It is that rare and glorious season, and I am celebrating to excess — the season when a certain ...
Read More »Shackelford: A Cinderella story in the enchanted land of patents
On that fateful night, Cinderella knew every magical accoutrement conjured by her fairy godmother would abruptly vanish at the stroke of midnight. In the equally intangible world of patents, there is another Cinderella — a demure, unappreciated, hard-working character that, ...
Read More »A Cinderella story in the enchanted land of patents
On that fateful night, Cinderella knew every magical accoutrement conjured by her fairy godmother would abruptly vanish at the stroke of midnight. In the equally intangible world of patents, there is another Cinderella — a demure, unappreciated, hard-working character that, ...
Read More »Letter to the editor: Voters should decide whether the Missouri Plan should be changed
To the Editor: In the March 12 story, “Proposed changes to Missouri Plan gather steam at Capitol,” Woody Cozad, a lobbyist for The Missouri Bar, suggested that the Missouri Plan should not be updated because Missourians consented to it in ...
Read More »Napier: Prostitutes and johns need help, not jail
OK, I’d like to take care of something right up front. Some very nice people in the know have informed me that I messed up last week. I described the mifepristone drug as the morning-after pill after reading a couple ...
Read More »Prostitutes and johns need help, not jail
OK, I’d like to take care of something right up front. Some very nice people in the know have informed me that I messed up last week. I described the mifepristone drug as the morning-after pill after reading a couple ...
Read More »Woolner: What’s so wrong with an emperor’s paying for sex?
However riveting the reading, turn away for a moment from those pages in the FBI affidavit concerning “Client 9” and “Kristen.” Flip over to Page 15, where the man accused of running the Emperors Club VIP talks with two employees ...
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