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four into the Coronavirus crisis, and I’m determined not to write about it this time. Writing about anything other than the spread of the worldwide virus has been my goal for a while now, as well as that of fellow ...

Wasn’t it only last holiday season when everything was just peachy? Sure, we had an unusual President, the North Pole was melting and the Democratic and Republican parties were acting as if the opposing parties were themselves a dangerous virus. ...

When I was growing up, my father used to tell me that there were lots of good times to be had in Cuba. That was before Castro, when folks such as Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel dreamed of ...

Christmas 2019 fell on a Wednesday, in the middle of the week, making it a little difficult for law firm decision-makers to determine just when to close down for the holiday. When Christmas falls at the beginning or end of ...

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The Watergate break-in occurred during Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign. Most people don’t remember the Watergate hearings. I do. I was working for a senator at the time, and I have particularly keen memories of the testimony of Richard Nixon’s arrogant ...

I recently attended a continuing legal education program put on by a retired judge. I always profit from listening to lawyers whose years of experience offer perspective on the profession. When a client of mine needed a temporary restraining order ...

Africa, 1973: I witnessed the “trial” of an acquaintance known as “Australian Bob” in a Nairobi court. The proceeding amounted to his lawyer distributing piles of Kenyan shillings to the prosecutor and judge. Bob looked like he had been beaten ...

I have been thinking about September. It’s a good month where I live. The first half can be very hot — Indian summer, as they say — but as the month slides toward October, the morning air smells like change. ...

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I traveled to Kansas City recently to take depositions. Because the depositions were on a Friday and my wife’s birthday was the next day, we decided to go together and spend the weekend in the “City of Fountains.” The depositions ...

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While the president chose to celebrate Independence Day this year with a military display of force in our nation’s capital, that same week the U.S. Court of Appeals celebrated our democratic values by issuing an opinion bolstering free speech. In ...

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Before going to court or the office each morning, I do the same thing most male lawyers do. I look in the mirror, I brush my teeth, I take a shower. I look in the mirror, and I shave. I ...

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