I guess it’s not too much of a hardship to be a terrorism suspect, or at least married to one, and to have your assets frozen in the UK. European judges have just ruled that the state must continue paying social welfare benefits. In other words, the government freezes assets of suspected terrorists–both to fight […]
Archives for April 2010
Thinking of litigating abroad?
April 29, 2010 by
I don’t do much litigation in my practice, let alone international litigation, but I did do some research while still in law school for a professor who was very interested in international arbitration. And so it’s still just as interesting now as a practicing attorney, if just as inapplicable as it was to a 2L. […]
China’s world?
April 28, 2010 by
More on this later, but just a link for now. China has long been a pet hobby of mine, an interest that I’ve never been able to figure out how to use. Now, from US NEWS: It’s China’s World. We’re Just Living in It.
Opening up the books on post-grad employment
April 23, 2010 by
Remember graduating from law school? Remember studying for the bar, and then taking the bar, and then that long wait for results? And, if you were in my class, just starting to realize that the economy’s nose dive affected the legal industry, too, there was during all of that the constant hunt for a job. […]
Amazon v. North Carolina: taxes on internet purchases, or “Big Brother” in N.C.
April 21, 2010 by
One of my favorite things about Amazon–other than that I can shop and never have to leave my desk–is that I can avoid paying taxes on my purchase (as well as shipping, if I can buy enough books, which, honestly, is almost never a problem. Quite the contrary. But I digress…). There have been several […]
Practice leads to persuasion, says Scalia
April 20, 2010 by
The most important question on any attorney’s mind, especially when going before a judge or panel of judges is: how do I persuade the judge to my view? Answer? Preparation and practice. Or at least that the opinion of Justice Antonin Scalia, associate justice on the US Supreme Court, and Bryan Garner, president of LawProse, […]
Late fines for George Washington?
April 19, 2010 by
And now, for something a little lighter: Lowering the Bar is reporting that President George Washington has almost $100,000 in book fines for a few books he forgot to return: Yet another presidential scandal broke over the weekend, as a library in New York accused George Washington of failing to return valuable library materials checked […]
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