Every decade, it seems, government predictably considers and often passes legislation: in the late seventies, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; in the eighties, the Corporate Democracy Act (which, in fact, did not pass); in the early years of this century, Sarbanes Oxley; and most recently, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd’s almost Quixotic struggle to produce a pre-election reform bill. [read post]

As an advocate for clients, family lawyers are often accused of standing on toes, or at times of making unnecessarily provocative statements in letters or court submissions. [read post]