Great Moments in Legal WritingA collection of legal malapropisms from law's finest practitioners. Send your examples to: lex.fortis@gmail.com. Truly great moments will be published here. 2. Great Legal Writing: Courts should not blindly follow outdated and distinguished precedent when the
My law school roomate and I used to have epic battles over whether the U.S. News and World Report Law School rankings meant anything. My view was the rankings were basically meaningless pseudoscience. His view was, if they mean something
It's been a while since my last post-- probably about two years ago on the iFractal blog. I've recently been busy tweeting on twitter. Careerwise, I've had a nice string of W's lately, including this one. More soon.
I've been involved in a quite few IP-related matters. A lot involve claims that somebody stole (or might steal) their trade secrets. Some deal with more traditional issues like licensing, patents or copyrights. One memorable false advertising case came up
I got a brief the other day from an opposing lawyer that was filled with blogging material. This was a motion for reconsideration, sort of like an appeal but to the same judge who ruled against you the first time.
After yesterday's rant on wrong v. write, I thought a different approach might be better. Why not let our profession speak for itself? Or as it would say, (ahem) res ipsa loquitur. (Lord, how I love Latin in the morning.)
Like most attorneys, I do a lot of my work by email. Many of my clients have joined the paperless trend, requiring electronic communications. More and more courts have embraced electronic filing, especially the federal courts. I keep my emails
Every industry has its own jargon but few reach the depths plumbed by lawyers. I'm not talking about terms with special, legal meaning like "warranty," "deed" or "personal jurisdiction." Those are necessary evils. I'm talking about a host of bad
For a lawyer, I have an amazingly dangerous house. In the back yard, there's a tall, wooden play set and a trampoline. A hammock hangs menacingly over a flagstone path. In the basement, there's a room that looks like the
The ironies are piling up. I read David Lat's blog on going public with his diet while sucking down a root beer float at some roadside Steak & Shake. We were heading home from a weekend in Memphis where I
