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Ask A Lawyer A Stupid Question: Cop Edition
Dec 23, 2016(Comments: 6)December 23, 2016 (Fault Lines) — A Texas police officer has asked a provocative legal question that only a lawyer can address: under Texas law, can an adult man choke a child for littering? We here at... -
Criminal Lawyers: Leave Your Feelz At Home
Dec 16, 2016(Comments: 3)December 16, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Earlier this week, Caleb Kruckenberg wrote about criminal lawyers and the life they live. It’s an interesting post. It reveals a problem in both the law and life, but it’s... -
Attention Former Trump Lawyers: Stifle Thyselves
Aug 3, 2016(Comments: 6)August 3, 2016 (Fault Lines) — For criminal defense lawyers, it’s our favorite piece of advice, our default, our go-to: just shut up. We write about shutting up incessantly. When we speak about representing clients it’s one... -
Law, Not Rocket Science
May 11, 2016(Comments: 9)May 11, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — I don’t want to sound like a broken record. (That is a metaphor which the post CD generation probably doesn’t use, but think of Frank Sinatra and 78 and 45... -
Carrington: You Only Get Effective Counsel When We Say You Do
Feb 1, 2016(Comments: 2)Feb. 1, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — The Carrington opinion, filed January 29 by the Tennessee Supreme Court, answered what appears at first blush an asinine question for any Supreme Court to consider. When is a person... -
The Markman Note: Rovi on the Ropes?
Apr 2, 2015(Comments: 0)Apr. 2, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — It was a wild week at the intersection of investing and intellectual property, with four big litigation-induced moves in some names that we have been monitoring for a while. Welcome... -
Punishing Leaks: Determining Who Gets A Tummy Rub and Who Gets the Clink
Mar 19, 2015(Comments: 1)Mar. 18, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — To no one’s surprise, Stephen Kim didn’t get a sweet deal like Gen. David Petraeus. Their crimes were similar, Kim giving a Fox News reporter a classified report on North Korea... -
A Moment of Simple Justice – Vaccines
Mar 16, 2015(Comments: 0)Mar. 16, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — With more and more people hopping on the anti-vaccination bandwagon, Scott wonders if this is an instance where parents’ constitutional rights should take a back seat to public safety. Main... -
African Law Firms & Foreign Counterparts Navigate ‘Tense’ Relationship
Mar 11, 2015(Comments: 0)Mar. 11, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Steve Blundell, Managing Director at Redstone Consultants, talks with Lee Pacchia about how the market for law firms’ services in Africa is growing due to the maturation of economies within... -
Want A Side of Cow With That Milk?
Mar 10, 2015(Comments: 0)Mar. 10, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Not that it was hard to see coming, and some of us did a long time ago, but if it wasn’t here before, it’s here now. At Small Business Trends,...