The Economist reports about a new study that links physical appearance and income. The article says that " a series of surveys in the United States and Canada [show] that when all other things are taken into account, ugly people earn less than average incomes, while beautiful people earn more than…
Dahlia Lithwick at Slate has selected the Bush Administration’s Dumbest Legal Arguments of the Year. The list stopped at ten arguments; the writer was obviously working with a severe space limitation. Here is an excerpt from the article: The United States does not torture. First there was the 2002 torture memo. That was…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed me to the Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure effective January 1, 2008. I am honored by the appointment; I have always attempted to be a student of the rules of evidence and procedure and look forward to being a part…
Day on Torts: A Handbook for Tennessee Tort Lawyers 2008 has been updated. The updates are free and may be found at http://www.dayontortsbook.com/lawyer-attorney-1251567.html. To order the book go to http://www.dayontortsbook.com/lawyer-attorney-1251565.html.
There is no better way to spend a rainy day than update a book (or so says the dullest man in America). Day on Torts : A Handbook for Tennessee Tort Lawyers has been updated. Seven new cases have been added to "electronic pocket part" of the book. To update the …
Today I am in Memphis for the last of our fourth annual Justice Programs seminars. Former Justice Penny White, former Judge Joe Riley and I created a company to offer "annual review" type CLE and ethics for civil trial practioners and it has done great. We have a great crowd…
Updates to A Handbook for Tennessee Tort Lawyers – 2008 have been posted on the book’s website. The updates are available in the "free updates" section of the site. To utilize this service, simply scroll down to the relevant chapter and section and click on it to see if there are…
Read this heart-warming article by a doctor from Memphis as published in the November 12, 2007 Commercial Appeal. Thanks to Lang Wiseman from Memphis for alerting me to the article.
The book website is up and running — www.dayontortsbook.com. Several people received advance copies of the "selected cases" portion of the book and were kind enough to write down their impressions for me to use in a brochure that you will receive any day now. Those comments are as follows:…
This is an update on my new book, Day on Torts: A Handbook for Tennessee Tort Lawyers. The book has been printed and is being shipped today from Florida. I will have it Friday afternoon. I already have orders for the book and will start shipping on Monday. The new…