New Law Blogs

Tall orders
It’s always something, isn’t it.  Here’s the latest shipwreck-in-the-making — you can’t call tall ships tall ships any more, matey: The age of wooden ships and iron men is long gone...

It was a hot summer night ...
They call people like me ?tall building lawyers,? not because I?m especially tall, but because the building I work in has 50 floors,1 which makes me think I should have put a hyphen between ?tall? and ?building...

IN COMMENTARY MAGAZINE: A Tall Order for Saudi Arabia The idea that Saudi Arabia cant have dipl
IN COMMENTARY MAGAZINE: A Tall Order for Saudi Arabia? “The idea that Saudi Arabia can?t have diplomatic relations with Israel until the Palestinian question is resolved has become mainstream, even axiomatic, but it?s nonsense...

IN THE MAIL: Short: Walking Tall When Youre Not Tall At All by John Schwartz.  Speaking as a borde
IN THE MAIL: Short: Walking Tall When You’re Not Tall At All by John Schwartz.  Speaking as a borderline short person (I’ve been called dapper, which is code for short-and-wears-a-suit), I thought this book was charming, but what’s best is how it subtly undercuts the entire grievance industry...

More ABA cowtowing to the defense bar
Most plaintiff lawyers long ago concluded that the American Bar Association should really be called the "American Defense Bar Association," because of a bias in favor of white-shoe, tall-building defense lawyers and the evildoers they represent...

Sudan: Daughters traded for cattle
LA Times: "Tall girls fetch more cattle because their daughters will quickly grow and can be married off to fetch even more cattle," said the chief, shooing a stubborn fly. "A tall girl can command 60 to 100 cattle from a suitor...

Law & Order Depicts Police Procedures and Criminal Justice
Accuracy of Criminal Justice Depiction on Television

Self Defense
It's legal to defend yourself and your family

Domestic Violence
Women's Rights

Windows Software
Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.

CIA
Department of Defense Sued by Veterans

Ministry of Defense
$500,000 in damages in transgender humiliation suit.

The Ministry of Defense
$500,000 in damages in transgender humiliation suit.

Government Overbilling
Defense contractor to pay $8.9 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.