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10/10/2010
The firm goes to Washington -- the U.S. Supreme Court.
Despite the prevalence of arbitration provisions, parties very frequently elect to waive their contractual right to arbitrate and instead seek to resolve their disputes in a court of law. Because this Court has yet to rule upon when such a waiver becomes binding [ Continued...]
08/02/2010
A Dream Act come true?
Well, not exactly...but, the United States government is showing willingness to work toward reforming the immigration system even without the much talked about Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The idea being to make administrative change [ Continued... ]
06/22/2010
The Reasonable Appeal of Judicial Activism.
Judicial activism is not without an appeal. Although it is clear that those who champion democratically controlled -- or more importantly, constrained -- policy-making stand upon firmer and more intellectually-consistent ground, it is [ Continued... ]
06/22/2010
Third District Court of Appeals Reversal Rate: January 2010 - June 2010
The statistics set forth below are not meant to be exhaustive of the appeals ruled upon by the Third District Court of Appeals and do not include, among other things, criminal appeals, app [ Continued... ]
06/04/2010
Brown v. Board of Education: Good, bad, or ugly?
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) is possibly the worst decision in all of American history. Not because of its immediate re [ Continued... ]
05/26/2010
Directors and Janitors are not the same thing.
What is a "director" to you? According to Princeton's online dictionary, a director is "someone who controls resources and expenditures." Oxford [ Continued... ]
04/08/2010
"Judicial Activism" -- Revisited
Unfortunately, "Judicial Activism" has become a term so widely used -- or for that matter, misused - that it has lost most of its meaning. Like "neo-conservative," it no longer has a c [ Continued... ]
03/10/2010
Return of real estate deposits in Florida in excess of 15%
During the real estate boom in Florida, purchasers were giving -- and developers were more than happy taking -- deposits equal to twenty percent (20%) of the purchase price on many if not all of their real estate transactions.&n [ Continued...]
