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Legally Speaking: A Poor Excuse for a Column
6/24/2009 9:44 PM By John G. Browning Ever wonder what became of that kid in class, the one who would always turn in his assignments with the latest in an ever-changing lineup of excuses for being tardy, stories that put the old "dog ate my homework" reason to shame?
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One state that gets it
6/20/2009 7:23 AM The 50 sovereign states of the United States of America have been called "laboratories of democracy," and the "lab work" Texas did this past week should inspire imitators.
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Legally Speaking: When All That Twitters Is Not Told – Dangers of the Online Juror (Part 2)
6/18/2009 11:00 AM By John G. Browning In the previous installment in this series, we examined the current rash of cases in which the online activities of jurors - blogging or "tweeting" from the jury box, as well as consulting Internet resources or social networking sites for additional information on the case - have threatened the integrity of the judicial process.
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Who's judging the judges?
6/13/2009 7:00 PM The wheels of justice turn slowly sometimes, especially when the defendant is a judge. READ MORE...
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Legally Speaking: The Good, the Bad and the Funny
6/10/2009 10:57 PM By John G. Browning I spoke recently to a lawyers' organization, and an audience member asked me if I ever found it difficult to incorporate humor into my presentations.
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Medical progress trumps finger-pointing
6/6/2009 9:48 AM In an era when the law has been used as a weapon to shake down productive American businesses and industries, it is refreshing to note one judge's refusal to bend in the litigious wind. READ MORE...
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(Best of) Legally Speaking: Lyrical Law
6/4/2009 7:00 AM By John G. Browning Judge Learned Hand, one of the greatest figures in American jurisprudence, once lamented, "A judge's life, like every other, has in it much of drudgery, senseless bickerings, stupid obstinacies, captious pettifogging, all disguising and obstructing the only sane purpose which can justify the whole endeavor."
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No swine flu pig out
5/29/2009 11:37 PM Because of our shared border with Mexico, South Texas became America's "ground zero" during the recent swine flu scare. READ MORE...
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Legally Speaking: And the Winner Is ...
5/28/2009 3:33 PM By John G. Browning As "Legally Speaking" readers know, I periodically recognize some of the legal system's oddities with our very own version of the Oscars or Emmys of the entertainment world - the Justie. Awards.
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The yellow brick sidewalk
5/23/2009 4:34 PM Perhaps Vivian Gibbs was chatting on the cell phone. READ MORE...
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5/21/2009 11:00 AM By John G. Browning |
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5/15/2009 11:30 PM |
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5/13/2009 9:45 PM By John G. Browning |
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5/9/2009 5:47 AM |
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5/6/2009 2:42 PM By John G. Browning |
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5/2/2009 11:59 AM |
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4/29/2009 10:27 PM By John G. Browning |
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4/23/2009 9:57 AM By John G. Browning |
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