Legal Writing

Drug Companies Don't Want to Disclose Lawsuit Defense Costs
Several drug firms sent a letter last week accounting-rule lawmakers, arguing that mandatory disclosure of estimated costs of ongoing litigation is expensive, not helpful and won't provide worthwhile information for investors...

"smelly fan blows wind on pirates. run!"
Everything you need to know about the new international radiation symbol.

Golden moments?
The Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is 50 this year, and its famous symbol is 50 today (hat tip: Opinio Juris; BBC): The images (from left to right) are the first ceramic CND badge, an early tin badge, and the current badge...

REITs still have a Buy Rating
In another sign that the commercial real estate sector is not in the same trouble as the residential sector, many REITs still have good ratings from S&P...

AU Files Brief in Appeal of Utah Cross Ruling
You may remember that back in November, a district judge in Utah ruled that the cross has "evolved" from being a religious symbol and is in fact a *secular* symbol of death...

Should You Buy Advice from Those Who Need It?
Last year, I wrote this post about a federal court decision in which the registered trademark symbol was attached to every instance of one trademark in the decision, but not others...

Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...

How to split marital assets in a divorce whose ownership is shared by other parties?
My father recently went through this. If the land in question was owned by him a...