The impediment blocking my way to “life” is a thousand ton boulder that is our current economy. Legal blogs are starting to take a very different tone. Above the Law has started featuring a column …

As I spend more and more time in the legal community, there has been one thing that I’ve noticed occur seemingly more often than in the past. Now, this is probably not true, it just shows my age and the time I have actually spent engaged in following stories like this. However, that doesn’t change the fact that the power of the subpoena, the primary tool of the American Court system to bring forth those who have important testimony or documentation, has seen a decline in power. How so? Keep reading to find out.

Welcome to the final installment of California Economic Crisis. In this third chapter, TLL explores ways that California could have avoided ending up so deep in the red. And there are a few ideas here …

California’s budget has just been signed by Governor Arnold, at just before 2 pm on Friday. Now that the budget is in fact effective, what does it really mean for Californians? And how did California …

Welcome to the first edition of Diatribe. A space specially reserved for TLL to go absolutely ape-shit nuts. Much worse than unfiltered (which is basically PG-13 at worst), diatribe will be directed at specific individuals. …

If you are a lawyer, you likely keep up with the latest on the bloodbath that has engulfed the Biglaw industry.

Oh Bernie. I can’t hate on you. (Yes I can). You single handedly pulled off one of the world’s most ballsy crimes. You then got caught, not because it was your fault exactly,but because of …

American Journalism has failed you, the public. Unless you are independently searching for your news like you should be, major news networks are failing to bring you the stories that are relevant to your lives. …

Chemerinsky. The name conjures thoughts of both fear and admiration. You have to admire a guy who can teach a barbri course off the top of his head. (Conspiracy theorists believe Erwin to be half …

As I sit back from my lawyerly vantage point, overlooking the yard from the spare bedroom in my Aunt and Uncle’s apartment, I can’t help but think that I have somehow been fooled.