The life of an attorney is filled with duties, responsibilities and obligations that balance the pleasures and challenges of legal practice. The issue is one of professional responsibility, and the potential penalty for failing to meet it is disciplinary action.
Read More »Commentary: Prosecutors pulled punches, Wall Street walked
Why have prosecutors allowed Wall Street executives to slither away into the 1 percent, or one-tenth of 1 percent, without paying a financial penalty or serving time?
Read More »Commentary: Super memories of legal camaraderie
We have all, in our own way, learned to practice law. All of us in varying degrees have become indebted to those who we picked up along the way as mentors and friends.
Read More »Commentary: 14 construction apps for 2014
The latest construction apps — there are nearly 13,000 of them now — take projects from planning phase to completion.
Read More »Commentary: The five big reasons hedge funds underperform
The average hedge fund is underperforming the S&P 500 by more than 2000 basis points this year alone. That is an astonishingly poor showing.
Tagged with: S&P 500
Read More »Commentary: Federal court upholds termination sparked by Facebook rant
Facebook is the 21st century water cooler. Workers who used to gather in the break room to talk about the latest sports news, outrageous celebrity scandal or office gossip are now doing so online.
Read More »Commentary: Why the latest corporate tax cut plan will fail
Senator Max Baucus’s misplaced priorities have resulted in an unnecessarily complicated and self-defeating plan.
Read More »Commentary: Cheerleaders’ Bible verse banners violate Establishment Clause
The Texas Court of Appeals should make matters right in Kountze. Its football team does not need divine inspiration to beat the opposing team.
Read More »Why believe what government says about JPMorgan?
Of this we can be fairly confident: There is nothing in JPMorgan's admissions that would be damaging to the company. JPMorgan's attorneys can be proud.
Read More »Judge ensures that Whitey Bulger will live forever
From the beginning of the trial, the prosecution team seemed less focused on getting a conviction — essentially assured by the facts — than by making some sort of civic point.
Tagged with: James “Whitey” Bulger
Read More »Commentary: ‘Missouri two-step’ revised in privacy case
Law enforcement is nothing if not creative when it comes to finding ways around the Constitution and the Fourth Amendment.
Tagged with: Fourth Amendment privacy U.S. Supreme Court
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