It has been a while now since the shocking sexual-abuse scandal involving Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky rocked the legal, sports and general communities. The world, sadly, has provided us with many more disturbing, violent and disruptive headlines since ...
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[This letter is in response to the “Don’t Call Him ‘Justice’” commentary that appeared in the Oct. 29 issue of Missouri Lawyers Weekly.] I read with great interest law Professor Gregory Magarian’s commentary “Don’t Call Him ‘Justice,’” published in your ...
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Lawyer Frederike Winslow was born in Buesum, a small seaside town in northern Germany. When Frederike, along with her American lawyer husband and their little girl Claire, visited her family in Buesum last summer, they boarded a tourist boat to ...
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[This letter is in response to the “Don’t Call Him ‘Justice’” commentary that appeared in the Oct. 29 issue of Missouri Lawyers Weekly.] To the Editor: Professor Gregory Magarian — and please note that I use his honorific “Professor” even ...
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To The Editor: Missouri’s judiciary is well-recognized nationally as a leader. One of the many reasons is that our state’s judges are selected under the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan. The plan is the least political way of providing our courts ...
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We fought. We argued. We made calls, wrote emails, and signed letters. But we’ve lost this battle. Brett Kavanaugh sits on the Supreme Court. What can we do now? Here’s one thought: Let’s not place the word “Justice” in front ...
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It is officially autumn in these parts. In the Midwest, it is more properly called Fake Fall, the season f/k/a Indian Summer. It is a dangerous time of year for lawyers. If we set out a suit to wear at ...
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Billing and collecting are among the core activities of a business’ day-to-day operations. This is as true for law firms as for any other type of business, though many law firms do not put procedures in place to ensure billing ...
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The system. It is a phrase used by many, in the law and in daily life. One particular and important system is a basic, primordial concept underlying our lawyerly endeavors and government. It is has long been a key to ...
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Some lawyers think they get their best ideas when they’re drinking. I recall a night some months ago when law school friends Dick Slickster, plaintiffs’ lawyer extraordinaire, Cal Polo, the elite silk-stocking lawyer, and I were drinking Irish whiskey. I ...
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After nearly a 10-year hiatus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently issued three formal opinion letters, setting forth its views on various wage-and-hour issues addressed to the WHD by interested parties. Opinion letters represent official WHD ...
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