Tag Archives: Lawyers

The NFL settles lawsuit: “relief, but disappointment”

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Naomi

A painful subject to me because I love football and feel deeply for the men who play it and are damaged by it. Amid all the articles about the lawsuit, this one is perhaps most instructive for Sidebar, because the … Continue reading →

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“Gideon’s Army”

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Naomi

A review of the HBO documentary film from the July/August Mother Jones: Dawn Porter practiced law for 15-plus years, mostly for TV studios—before our justice system’s iniquities inspired her to get behind the camera. Gideon’s Army follows public defenders as … Continue reading →

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Class action lawsuits: I learn a new term, “cy pres.”

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Naomi

Thanks to the New York Times’s superb Supreme Court journalist, Adam Liptak, I learned, as he entitled it in yesterday’s Sidebar pieces, “When Lawyers Cut Their Class-Action Clients Out of the Deal.” I had no idea this sort of thing … Continue reading →

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