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Category Archives: Law
WP: ‘Conservatives are suing law firms over diversity efforts. It’s working.’
The Washington Post reported Dec. 9, 2023: The conservative campaign to dismantle corporate diversity initiatives has hit pay dirt by focusing on a surprising target: law firms…. These actions have spurred some swift changes: Three big law firms — Perkins … Continue reading
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LAT: Kesha, Dr. Luke and the night they never escaped
Attorney Mark Geragos is a co-owner of Los Angeles magazine. The Los Angeles Times reports: Mark Geragos had a history of representing high-profile criminal defendants, including Scott Peterson, Chris Brown, Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder. A CNN legal pundit with … Continue reading
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NYP: Co-founders of ‘compassionate’ LA law firm resign after vile, sexist emails exposed
I suspect the overall moral quality of these two men’s lives is no worse than their peers. They just like to blow off steam. Everybody says horrible things in private. This is no big deal. These two men were stupid … Continue reading
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SMH: Let’s draw a line through a bill of rights
James Allan is Garrick Professor of Law at Queensland University. He writes in the Sydney Morning Herald Sep. 6, 2005: Compare the constitutional structures of Canada and Australia. Both are federal systems. Both share the English common law tradition, the … Continue reading
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Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy
Here are some highlights from this 2022 book by journalist and professor Amy Gajda: * [Alexander] Hamilton’s response to it all was a ninety-five-page booklet complaining about his own loss of privacy. He found “mortifying disappointment” in Callender’s “Scandal-Club” publication … Continue reading
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RBG
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Ginsburg is so damn overrated. If she was a man with the exact same record he would be known as a CRUSHING BORE. A plodder. * At the time she was nominated, Alan Dershowitz criticised … Continue reading
LAT: By easing its bar exam score, will California produce more Black and Latino lawyers?
The Los Angeles Times suggests that reducing standards will allow for more diversity. Report: For more than three decades, California has clung to one of the nation’s toughest testing standards for law school students hoping to practice law in the … Continue reading
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How Not To Get Sued
Getting sued is no fun, and there are good practices that you can follow to not only reduce your odds of getting sued, but also to improve the quality of your life and relationships with others. I have found that … Continue reading
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Iphigenia: Anatomy of a Murder Trial
Here are some excerpts from this 2011 Janet Malcolm book: * What they say in their opening statements is decisive, of course. If we understand that a trial is a contest between competing narratives, we can see the importance of … Continue reading
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Trump Versus The Courts
00:00 Liberal justices vs Trump administration 07:00 Ruth Bader Ginsberg does not seem like she’s long for this world 14:00 Cherokee Elizabeth Warren 19:00 Margaret Mead and the sexual revolution 36:00 Demographics over constitution 39:00 Trump calls Stormy Daniels “horseface” … Continue reading
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