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Commentary: The Times They Are A-Changing
As my colleagues here at Under Analysis have written over these past few weeks — more eloquently than I could have — this column is changing, or going away, or maybe staying exactly the same.
Commentary: In Search of a Caretaker
I have spent a lot of time recently reflecting on this past year, including the incalculable ways the pandemic has changed our realities and upended our lives.
Commentary: The day we became parents
A few days ago, karma reared its ugly head and took its revenge. What follows is an hour-by-hour account of what Laura and I now refer to the as “The Day We Became Parents.”
Commentary: On babies and backyard blazes
My most recent column in this space noted that my wife Laura and I were on “baby watch,” with the birth of our first child expected at any time. A lot has changed in my world since that column, not least that we’ve progressed from “baby watch” to “baby duty.”
Commentary: The Baby is Coming
My wife, Laura, and I are officially on “baby watch.” As of the time of this writing, Laura is 38 weeks pregnant, and according to her doctors — and everyone I’ve come into contact with in the past couple of weeks — our baby girl could come “at any moment.”
Commentary: The lawyer and the lobster
We now have finished the most unprecedented and unusual holiday season in most of our lifetimes. It was difficult in many ways, for many reasons.
Commentary: A season of thankfulness, hope and rancor
Another year is nearly in the books. I’m not sure the term “year” accurately captures the magnitude of all that has transpired during the past 12 months.
Commentary: A Corona Babymoon
As I detailed in this space a few weeks ago, my wife Laura and I are expecting our first child, a baby girl. Although there obviously are some unique issues presented by being pregnant and having a child during a global pandemic, we are beyond excited to meet our “Coronial”— i.e., a member of the upcoming generation of children born between December 2020 and July 2021 who were conceived duri[...]
The Age of Coronial
Day 764,598 of quarantine. Like many of you, I’ve experienced the full range of emotions since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in this country, and the corresponding banishment of any and all things that we used to enjoy as social creatures.
Commentary: A lawyer walks into a hospital . . .
it was, just staring at me — an otherwise unremarkable brown bottle that I picked up from my local pharmacy earlier that day. I glared at it with a disdainful […]
Just a local COVID lawyer
Day 769,852,102 of quarantine. According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States is still “knee-deep in the first wave” of this pandemic. In March and April, many prognosticators believed that the […]
Commentary: The Week That Was
This week felt different. In some ways, it felt like a return to normalcy. That may not necessarily be a good thing.
Latest Opinion Digests
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- Criminal Law-Witness Tampering-Sufficiency of Evidence
- Criminal Law-Post-Conviction Relief-Abandonment by Counsel
- Criminal Law-Filing Criminal Charges-Attorney General Aid
- Criminal Law-Civil Commitment-Sexually Violent Predator
- Criminal Law-Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Real Property-Prescriptive Easement-Public Right of Way
Legal Tech
- AI in practice: How new technology is affecting litigation practice
- Experts foresee legal malpractice risk for those who eschew AI
- Legal Decoder launches AI-powered billing analytics interface
Top stories
- 8th Circuit dismisses Liberty Mutual appeal over remand order in Missouri
- Elderly couple injured in collision settles with insurer
- 8th Circuit rejects tribal school funding appeal
- 8th Circuit reverses shoreline use permit revocation
- Missouri Bar committee seeks input on rural legal service gaps
- Appeals court orders new look at conversion therapy case following Supreme Court ruling
- Jury finds seat belt maker liable in $40.5M child injury case
- Injured motorist recovers policy limits, plus medical damages in under a year
