Here we are again, left with no real option but to write about the erosion of the rule of law and its replacement with adherence to the whims of a fascist. Late last night, the news broke that within a week of demanding on social media that the Attorney General of the United States get […]
The Tennessee appellate courts are kind of on a roll (if 2 in one month can be characterized as a “roll”) in issuing opinions making educational points about the Tennessee ethics rules. The latest example is a decision from the Tennessee Supreme Court highlighting a reality that lots of lawyers in Tennessee (and elsewhere) continue […]
You can wake most ethics lawyers up in the middle of the night to ask them whether a violation of the ethics rules provides a cause of action, and they’d be able to answer off the top of their head by either quoting from, or at least pointing you to, their jurisdiction’s version of the […]
The expeditious descent of the United States into a place ruled by fascist authoritarianism is a dark time to deal with. The woes of an upper middle class white lawyer who owns and controls his own law firm pale in comparison to the way this is impacting so many folks. But it is definitely making […]
Stop me if you are shocked to hear it, but the legal profession won’t stop trying to tout AI and GAI in particular as something that absolutely has to be enmeshed into all aspects of a lawyer’s practice. But here’s the thing, there continues to be a lot of things that GAI simply isn’t useful […]
Are you sitting down? You should probably sit down so that the shock isn’t too much. I’ll wait. Ok. Now that you are sitting down. It does not appear that the bar regulators in my state are very interested in holding powerful lawyers accountable for their conduct. Readers of the blog know that on Monday […]
There are lots of concerning things going on in the country. One of them is the continuing problem presented by the Attorney General of the United States viewing her role as being President Trump’s lawyer and a partisan willing to do his bidding at all times. I have written a few times about what I […]
Those are the four words that should be used to succinctly define Pam Bondi, the current Attorney General of the United States. I have written about her previously, and I fully recognize that the Florida Bar is never going to take action against her. But rarely does a day pass without something occurring that serves […]
Pursuant to my commitment that every time a new Pope is elected, there will be a new post here on the blog, here’s a post while everyone still has papal fever. And, as a bonus almost justifying the attempt to tie these events together, there will be Pope content. I’ve dedicated entire posts in the […]
First, I have to clearly admit that the Memphis Bar Association has outdone the Tennessee Bar Association in terms of trying to speak out about the consequences of the Trump Administration on the rule of law. But surpassing the TBA was not a high bar. Yesterday, on Law Day, the Board of Directors of the […]