The Minnesota History Theatre’s highly-acclaimed play “Stewardess” fittingly concluded its well-attended three-week run in the first weekend of this month.
Read More »Sybil Procedure: Take a break or be broken
Research confirms my intuition—we gain energy and focus after stepping away from our desks.
Read More »Commentary: Trump’s Russia collusion nightmare is over
By Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion The summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report submitted to Congress on Sunday by Attorney General William Barr can only be ...
Read More »Supreme Court isn’t sold on harms of big tech
European regulators are cracking down on the big technology companies — witness the 1.49 billion euro ($1.7 billion) fine against Google on Wednesday. At the same time, however, the U.S. Supreme Court is cautiously entering the business of protecting them.
Read More »Lawyer Well-Being: Prescribing sleep (Part 2)
If you are regularly getting less than seven hours of sleep per night, you are hurting yourself as severely as if you regularly smoked or drank to excess. (Yikes!)
Read More »Why Trump is stuck with ‘Saturday Night Live’
President Donald Trump apparently caught a rerun of “Saturday Night Live” last weekend, and decided to tweet Sunday morning that the NBC program should be investigated by the Federal Communications Commission for parodying him so much. That’s legally absurd.
Read More »Briefly: In limine & beyond: Part 2
Now, attorneys need not worry about raising every issue that arose before trial in a new trial motion. And District Courts will not be inundated with voluminous and otherwise unnecessary new trial motions.
Read More »N.Y. prosecutors are coming for Trump’s associates
The indictment of Paul Manafort by New York state prosecutors on Wednesday is a shot across the bow of the presidency.
Read More »Trial tip: Working without notes invites disaster
It should be obvious that, to try a case properly, you have to do a lot of planning and can’t just make it up as you go along. It also should be obvious that you can’t possibly carry around in your head everything you need to know.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: The standard of care vs. risk management
A recent opportunity to testify as an expert witness in a big legal malpractice trial inspired this question: “How is the standard of care for ...
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