Even apart from the importance of assuring appellate review, properly preserving the record and carefully laying out one’s argument can have an immediate impact at the trial level. Very often, a ...

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I often run into situations where my clients are balking on taking the risk of learning new things because they think it’s a waste of time, or they’re just going through the motions and not making the ...

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During an intellectual battle, one's true colours are tested. The side losing ground, as a last resort to assert tenacity, turns argumentation into sophistry. Objectivity becomes the worst casualty ...