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Researching Obscure Questions
Legal research has changed dramatically over the past two decades. I think I was probably in the last few cohorts of law students who learned how to shepardize cases using the books and who made the digests, restatements, leading treatises, and other classic secondary sources the starting place for research. Today, the tendency is simply……
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Case of the Day: In re Insurance Co. of British Columbia
The case of the day is In re Insurance Co. of British Columbia (D. Ariz. 2024). I am giving it that name, even though the caption says, unhelpfully, “In re Ex Parte Application Pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal Arbitration Act and A.R.S. § 12-1507 For An Order To Provide Documents And/Or Appear Remotely……
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The Boston City Council’s New Resolution On Antisemitism
Readers, you are endlessly patient. I have heard from some of you who have said that you have appreciated my posts on the war, on antisemitism, and on related issues in the months since October 7. I am sure there are those of you who do not appreciate these posts and wish I could get……
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The Jorge Glas Affair
Jorge Glas is an Ecuadoran electrical engineer who served as vice president in the Correa administration. He stayed in office briefly under Correa’s successor, Lenín Moreno, but he was convicted of accepting millions of dollars in bribes in the Odebrecht scandal. He served years in prison and was later sentenced to many more years in……
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Money Talks
When I was in high school, I was an excellent math student. I did well enough that when I got to college, I was told to take a course called “Elementary Calculus” as my first math course. I thought “Elementary Calculus” would be no problem. But after the first day, it became clear to me……