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I don’t like taking depositions, but as a lawyer, they are a necessary evil; like vegetables…and politicians.

Just like the Lord, the federal government giveth and taketh away. And like the Lord, the federal government has its own timetable for doing things, especially when it comes to taking away.

From time to time, I hear people say something like, “It’s not only important the judicial system be fair; it is important the judicial system be perceived as fair.”

Telecommuting from home offices has become a highly touted strategy for law firm cost reduction. As generally defined, lawyer telecommuting involves minimal expenditures on physical office space; contact with clients or professional colleagues largely by email, Internet portal or telephone; and use of “virtual assistants” at the firm or a remote location.

A weak labor market, like the one we’ve experienced since the financial crisis in 2008, imposes enormous stress on people. Given the added anxiety created by a weak economy, you might think life expectancy would decline. Oddly, though, during recessions, exactly the opposite tends to happen: Life expectancy rises.

Presidents' Day has been a product of evolution. In our polarized society, it might be hard to reach an agreement on who the last great presidents were. The best we've done thus far are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Determining, and actually accumulating, adequate retirement savings has never been an exact science, and many investors and workers have become increasingly frustrated by not only the performance of their 401(k)s, but also other detractions that have tarnished the nation’s most popular retirement savings vehicle.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter had a close shave with public embarrassment recently — which might seem impossible for a man who has been dead for almost 33 years.

Quite a few numbers are thrown out by the business news media these days. There seems to be a steady stream of new numbers regarding the unemployment rate, foreclosures, mortgage rates, home sales, deficits — you name it.

The new year is only a month old, and I already yearn for the past. I do not wish to return to last year — Lord knows that was a tough one for virtually everyone. No, I wish to return to the days when e-mail was dependable.

So many times when the big credit-rating companies have embarrassed themselves, the world has sighed and chalked it up to a business model that by design invites corruption and incompetence. Perhaps never before have the public’s expectations for the industry been lower.