If you aren’t a lawyer, you probably haven’t read judicial opinions. Understanding the law requires reading and analyzing cases. To the non-lawyers out there, opinions may seem dry and complicated. Admittedly, there are times they are. But many opinions are fun to read. There are great examples of wit and wisdom. Even as a non-lawyer, […]
Earlier this year I wrote about the “Eddie Murphy Rule,” a part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which, for the first time, banned insider trading using nonpublic information misappropriated from a government source. The nod came from the classic ‘80s movie, ‘Trading Places,’ which stars Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd […]
One of my favorite TV shows is ‘Law & Order: Special Victims’ Unit.’ A spinoff of the original ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Homicide: Life on the Street,’ SVU debuted in 1999 and dealt with sensitive subject matter based on real life events that were “ripped from the headlines.” Surprisingly, SVU is still on the air […]