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Unless you have been sleeping under a rock lately, you have most assuredly heard of “non-fungible tokens,” also called NFTs.

Courts have long recognized that their proceedings and records are open to the public and closed to public scrutiny only in exceptional circumstances.

I am no stranger to technology in a law practice or a courtroom.

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.”

I never thought anybody could make me feel old. After all, “age is a state of mind,” and you’re “only old if you think you are.” As I have mentioned before, I recently tried a case against an old friend who kept reminding me, “[I]t’s a young man’s game.”

Plaintiffs, particularly in product liability actions, seek to litigate claims in state courts for a number of real and/or perceived advantages over non-resident manufacturers.

It is a brave new world out there.

I have been a lawyer for a long time, but there are still some laws of which I have never heard.

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.”

It often has been said that law school teaches us very little of what it means to be a practicing lawyer. At least, I often have said it.

I was probably 4 years old when I walked down the aisle with a ring sewn onto a small satin pillow.