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Florida Supreme Court Rejects LRS Rule Changes
Last month, I did something I hadn’t done in 21 years. I put on a suit, grabbed my notes, and argued a case in court. And not any old court: this hearing was in…
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Need a License to Speak Your Mind?
Need a license to perform your chosen occupation? More and more Americans do. While licensing has long been a requirement for doctors and lawyers, it has spread far wider – licensing is up 5-fold in…
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April 2017 Notes: It’s all About “Unmasking” This Month!
Twitter Crushes Unmasking Attempt. If you’ve been following the political news lately, there’s been LOTS of talk about leaks of information and the “unmasking” of the identity of U.S. citizens caught up in government…
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Non-Lawyer Investment in Law Firms?
While the ABA has, in recent years, tentatively nosed around the idea of allowing some form of non-lawyer investment in law firms, it’s a concept that continues to be met largely with cries of…
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Credibility in Business and Government
[This post was inspired by an email discussion after my last CLE webinar, “Lawyers & Lies.”] Prior to the 2016 Presidential election, it wasn’t exactly a secret that Donald Trump is a less-than-effective businessman.…
