In a democracy where the majority rules, how do you prevent that majority from violating and exploiting the minority? This is a central question for every democracy, and American history in particular has been filled with struggles to correct the…
Continuing a year that has been unkind to music legends, Prince passed away a few weeks ago. As you probably have heard by now, it appears that the late artist did little or no estate planning before he died. Unfortunately,…
Tom Brady lost on appeal. A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit U.S. court of appeals upheld the N.F.L’s right to suspend him four games for deflating balls, reversing a ruling that overturned the suspension last year. Does this mean…
Until recently, I didn’t know there was such as thing as fashion law. But it makes sense — what else would the fashion police enforce? Fashion law is in fact real. There’s even a Fashion Law Project at Loyola Law…
I believe in the market. People generally know what they want and how much it’s worth to them. Or they should. So it’s buyer beware. But around the time of the Financial Crisis—give or take a few years—the market for…
My main man Clarence Thomas has been a little cray-cray during the last ten years. He just stopped talking, kind of like Tommy. Many believe he became late Justice Antonin Scalia’s puppet. (By the way, potential conspiracy alert). But this…
Increasingly in the United States, there is a trend toward third-party litigation financing — in other words, allowing a non-participant in a lawsuit to “buy shares” in a plaintiff’s case. In return for this investment, the company or individual will…
One day you will wake up and have a real job. Maybe that has already happened, and you are reading this post from a computer in your sweet cubicle or office. If true, do not be the person that brings…
Once you get to law school, there are certain things you’re supposed to know: that you won’t get to make or eat delicious tortes in Torts, Bar Review and Bar Review are two entirely different things (one is fun, the…
The law and music intersect in lots of ways, and I’m not just talking about the song by The Clash. There’s everything from contract law, which applies to, well, contracts, to the health and safety issues that pertain to live…