Word got out quickly when Florida Judge John Murphy threatened assistant public defender Andrew Weinstock in his courtroom before asking him to step outside, Jul 9, 2014 6:35 PM CDT
Podcast Transcript
Stephanie Francis Ward: Language is a living thing. New words and phrases—or even grammatical shifts—mean that a lexicographer’s work is never truly complete.
Bryan A. Garner: Our to-do…
Jul 7, 2014 1:30 PM CDT
Across the country, law firms are looking to their office space for answers. They’re seeking the best ways to effectively reduce expensive square footage. To boost efficiency. To foster the…
Jul 3, 2014 9:39 PM CDT
Complementary colors add a bit of visual
punch to invite the repeat usage of smaller
common areas. Photo by Gensler, Ryan
Gobuty
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In a story from the July issue of the ABA Journal, Miami criminal defense solo Scott Saul shares why he often doesn’t chase down unpaid legal bills.
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Jul 1, 2014 8:15 PM CDT
For two decades, a pair of monumental statues guarded the entrance to the Southeast Asian galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. These days, all that…
Jun 27, 2014 8:48 PM CDT
Photo of one of the Kneeling Attendants
courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Massachusetts law providing for a 35-foot buffer zone for protesters around abortion clinics…
Jun 27, 2014 1:30 PM CDT
Have you ever received a call—possibly an urgent one—from a friend or relative about a DUI, even though you’re a corporate lawyer?
Depending on how long your career has been,…
Jun 25, 2014 6:40 PM CDT
This month’s legal-themed cartoon runs the risk of evoking tired cliches involving sharks and lawyers. Still, we’re hoping this is a topic readers can sink their teeth into and that…
Jun 24, 2014 1:30 PM CDT
Which should come first: California’s right to regulate how eggs are sold or other states’ rights to regulate their farms?
That’s the question that drives six states in their lawsuit…
Jun 20, 2014 8:46 PM CDT
More than 90 percent of U.S. eggs come from
facilities where chickens are confined in
cramped cages. Photo: Farm Sanctuary.
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New York City solo Dwayne Allen Thomas writes at My Shingle that he prefers to define networking as “making friends” rather than cultivating…
Jun 20, 2014 1:30 PM CDT
We’re stepping away from law practice topics this week having learned that this Thursday marks National Martini Day.
This made us wonder:
Do you enjoy a mojito on Mondays? Or…
Jun 18, 2014 7:20 PM CDT
Given the depiction of a spoon on the witness stand, we were prepared for a few references to the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle.” Indeed, with more than 150 entries,…
Jun 16, 2014 10:43 PM CDT
It wasn’t the first time that Jim, a fourth-year associate, had collaborated with Denise, a second-year—and it wouldn’t be the last. But much to her surprise, Denise’s editing of Jim’s…
Jun 13, 2014 8:45 PM CDT
Photo of Bryan Garner by Terri Glanger
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