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6 Feb 2014, 3:09 pm
You know that Jeffrey Abraham convinced the Second Circuit last month to revive an insider trading case against Xcelera big wigs. [read post]
18 Oct 2017, 2:11 am
In today’s popular culture, William Seward is best known for his association with Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
19 Oct 2012, 10:00 am
Simon Entertainment Attorney at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard (The Innocence Project Young Professionals Committee will present Marc with the Advocate for Justice Award on October 25 at the Bowery Hotel in New York City. [read post]
28 Nov 2013, 9:04 am
In memory of our humble beginnings and the official start of Thanksgiving in America, I offer you the following Proclamation delivered by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that gave rise to our annual celebration of family, friends and a counting of our respective blessings. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 7:54 am
/p pI was well aware that there were Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln impersonators out there, but until today I had no idea that there was a John Marshall Harlan impersonator as well. [read post]
24 May 2010, 10:13 pm
The quote is attributed to Abraham Maslow and I have neither a reason to doubt that, nor consider it important enough to look up. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 5:58 am
Following up on Monday's post about the Maskin and Sen proposal to use Condorcet (preference) voting in presidential elections, I wondered whether Abraham Lincoln would still have won in 1860 if preferences had been aggregated, rather than giving each state's electoral votes to the plurality winner. [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 9:19 am
Mary Abraham’s recent post Milkshakes and Purple Cows summarizes a Clayton Christensen talk in which he discusses why consumers “hire” a product. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 7:20 am
A Sacramento bankruptcy attorney makes not of a few famous California Chapter 7 Bankruptcies Abraham Lincoln found himself indebted to creditors and while there weren't modern bankruptcy laws to help him out, this example shows that financial hardship can befall anyone. [read post]
20 Jun 2022, 6:07 am
On January 1, 1863, slavery was legally ended in the rebelling states following the Emancipation Proclamation, which was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
2 May 2009, 11:00 pm
I usually excel at trivia questions (seriously - the board game Trivial Pursuit has a permanent place on my coffee table) but this one stumped me recently: What do Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Abraham Lincoln and the founders of both Hershey Chocolate and Heinz Ketchup have in common? [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 9:16 pm
In the midst of a lively, thoughtful discussion, one of my friends and colleagues asked for a moment’s silence to take note of the fact that Mary Abraham had just endorsed automation over human action. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 9:41 am
of the Lincoln Assassination Abstract: Shortly after John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson directed that Booth’s alleged coconspirators be tried in a makeshift military tribunal, rather than in the Article III court that was open for business just a few blocks from Ford’s Theater. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 5:45 pm
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery Eric Foner E457.2 .F66 2010 From the Publisher: Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln’s lifelong engagement with the nation’s critical issue: American slavery. [read post]
30 Sep 2012, 8:34 pm
.- Abraham LincolnIn urging voters to ratify the Constitution in its form delineating three distinct branches of government, Alexander Hamilton noted that of the three, the Judiciary would be in the least position to infringe upon political rights. [read post]
6 Mar 2017, 2:30 am
On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott case, which had a direct impact on the coming of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s presidency four years later. [read post]
6 Mar 2018, 2:30 am
On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott case, which had a direct impact on the coming of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's presidency four years later. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 8:52 am
It is into that construct that non-Western or Abrahamic traditions--state and religious--are now required to mold themselves. [read post]
10 Feb 2014, 1:34 pm
Perhaps to no one’s surprise, multiple bloggers and Tweeters were in attendance, which means several excellent summaries, including by Bob Ambrogi and Mary Abraham. [read post]
2 Aug 2009, 8:26 am
"I guess I'll sign it - all the other guys did"John Hancock, before signing the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776"This better be good, Franklin - I don't have a bunch of lawyers to tell me what it means"George Washington, before signing the Constitution, September 17, 1787"OK, OK, Seward, Stanton - just remember, YOU talked me into this, I'm not responsible"Abraham Lincoln, before signing the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1,… [read post]
