As previously reported, I had the opportunity last night to moderate a discussion at the William & Mary School of Law on “P.R.O.T.E.C.T. IP Act: What Is It? Will It Pass? What Would Be Its Impact?”  The seminar was sponsored by the Virginia Bar Association Intellectual Property and Information Technology Section along with a host [...]

Reading an article concerning Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, my interest was piqued in that I had lunch yesterday at a bar function with a lawyer who described his experience in meeting with him as a summer law clerk at a local firm. Many commentators express with seeming disdain that Justice Thomas is not active [...]

My attendance at a legal conference in Boston has allowed me a chance to reflect on the remarkable stability of our country’s legal system. Clearly, to err is human and our judicial branch has had and will have numerous screw ups. Yet, I am chastened by the fact that when a judge makes a ruling, [...]

Serving on a jury is one of those duties to which we commit ourselves in order to maintain a fair judicial system. The evolution of the jury is also a testament to the progress we have made in creating a climate of trust in the legal system.

Missy Lapine wrote a cookbook “The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals.” Four months after it was published, out came a book from Jessica Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld’s wife, “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food.” Apparently unable to stomach the competition, Lapine filed a civil [...]