You see it all the time: The driver next to you is on the phone, paying more attention to it than to the road. We all know distracted driving is widespread, so what can you do in your crash cases ...
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No, I am not going to write about Roger Stone. Most of us saw the picture of the judge he posted on the internet with crosshairs above her head. Of course, we all know that anyone who is still a ...
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The American lawyer knows that our legal system evolved from the English system of yore. We also know that our forefathers continue a similar system, though one with some marked differences from the one across the pond. We also realize ...
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In 1998, I was both a new father and a new lawyer. Fortunately, I was blissfully unaware of how unprepared I was for either gig, and that is what kept me from running — screaming — into the woods. The ...
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It was 1974. Neither my wife nor I were lawyers, yet. The trip to Bombay (now Mumbai) from Mombasa, Kenya, was on an Indian boat having no resemblance to a Royal Caribbean ocean liner (other than perhaps norovirus). We were ...
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When I first started writing columns, I had little doubt I had valuable information to convey from the perspective of the insightful young lawyer. I still kind of feel that way, despite the rolling of the years, and the fact ...
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It is now 2019. The story is far from over. It also is far from where and when it began, in upstate New York, back in 2003. It started with a man, an idea and an ad on Craigslist. It ...
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Gentle Reader: It has been pointed out (many times, in fact) that I don’t look forward to the holidays. I don’t hate the holidays, and it isn’t even that I don’t enjoy them, necessarily. Holidays, like vacations, mean not going ...
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I love every week, but Thanksgiving week is my favorite. In the first place, it contains only three work days. And even those days are usually filled with anticipation of the holiday season, resulting in a more relaxed atmosphere than ...
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The year was 2012. The jurisdiction: Kingston, Ontario. The place: Princess Street, the principal thoroughfare of the town. It was three days before Christmas, the day of the Kingston Santa Claus parade. The parade began as scheduled (pronounced “shed-yuled”) and ...
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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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