On Feb. 3, 2003, Adriana de Souza was leaning against a car in his employer’s driveway in Alhambra, California when his boss emerged from the back door of the home. Splattered with blood and holding a gun, the man looked at de Souza.
Read More »Commentary: The uncompared life
It was December 2010. The years already had passed. I was no longer the young avenger in the courtrooms or client boardrooms I frequented. I was older than the majority of attorneys I would run into in the courthouse. I had more years under my belt than those sitting across the closing tables from me.
Read More »Commentary: ’Twas the week before the election . . .
’Twas the week before election And all through the states People were voting early, with haste.
Read More »Commentary: Any or none of the above?
Good morning, students. This is Day 84 of your work-from-home, virtual educational experience. Welcome to another edition of virtual home-testing. We are sure you are happy that it is test-taking time.
Read More »Commentary: Unmasking the changing application of the law
Sometimes the laws stay the same, but the way they are interpreted changes.
Read More »Commentary: Kodak: It’s not a pretty picture
Remember when Eastman Kodak made film, cameras and memories? Nestled in upstate New York in the quaint town of Rochester, the company was synonymous with family tradition, legacy, technology and the future. It was a rare and at times conflicting mantle, ...
Read More »FaithlessElector.com: What’s in a (domain) name
On June 26, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in United States Patent and Trademark Office et al. v. Booking.com B.V. The high court held that the fact a term is a generic descriptor when standing alone does not dictate that a domain name featuring the same term with a .com appendage is similarly generic.
Read More »Commentary: L’argent que personne ne jamais trouver (the money nobody will ever find)
Twenty-one years ago, on June 8, 1989, a Frenchman named Albert Spaggiari died, and with him died the last hope of truly solving one of the crimes of the century.
Read More »Commentary: The high bench, the NFL and OOPS!
It is 2020, and a pandemic has enveloped the world. Face-to-face, in-person meetings and conventions are things of the past. Today it is an audio-visual, interactive world. Any doubt was put to rest during the past few weeks when two ...
Read More »Commentary: It is not a plague, it is a lesson
In times of distress and hardship, reaffirmations of faith and a renewed search for answers move to the forefront. In this season of Easter and Passover, the religious look upward and ask, “Why would you do this? What could possibly ...
Read More »Hey people, it’s only a game
It is early March 2020, and unless you live under a rock, you know more about the Houston Astros baseball team than you ever wanted to know. Not since the fabled “Black Sox” scandal — in which several World Series-fixing ...
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