Tag Archives: Interpreting lawyers

One lawyer’s remarkable life

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Naomi

Although I started the New York Times Sports Section article about Michele Roberts, by Andrew Keh, because she has just been selected as the first woman N.B.A. players’ union leader, I read the whole piece as a compelling history of … Continue reading →

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Barneys customer-frisk lawsuit: an interesting explication

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Naomi

You remember that a young black man named Trayon Christian was frisked and searched at Barneys department store by NYPD cops after he bought an expensive belt. And you remember that he has sued. Well, today there was this item … Continue reading →

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Lawsuits against the filthy rich: Soros lawsuit takes an odd turn

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Naomi

From Barbara Ross at the Daily News, we get a weird item about the lawsuit George Soros’s eruptive ex-girlfriend filed against him, presumably for breach of contract: Billionaire investor George Soros offered to give his ex-girlfriend $6.7 million to drop … Continue reading →

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