Great Trials: DeMoulas Again…Maybe Not!

August 26, 2011

A recent article in the Boston Herald  ( August 24, 2011 by Greg Turner) updates the latest in the DeMoulas family litigation history.  As I have blogged on this topic in the past Turner called me for my thoughts. 
The article was placed because of a pending report to be done by Former Appeals Court Judge Mel [...]

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Business Law Tip: Saying Your Sorry

August 5, 2011

The apology, is there a place for it in legal disputes?
This has been getting attention in the legal news in recent years with reports of physicians who goofed apologizing to patients and getting some results ( ie quicker resolution of malpractice lawsuits).
In Dan Ariely’s The Upside of Irrationality,the Duke professor makes the  ”Case for Revenge” [...]

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My Outside General Counsel: Going Without A Lawyer

July 29, 2011

At a particular point in the NFL Owners v. Players negotiation of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the parties met without lawyers. They sought direct discussion uninhibited by legal process or maneuvering. 
In that setting, probably not a bad move as there are times when the parties have to get down to the basics of a dispute [...]

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Negotiation 101: The Sport of Politics or the Politics of Sports All the Same Today

July 22, 2011

It has been fascinating following the news on two enormous negotiations going on in the news over the past month or so.
The budget debate in Washington, DC  between the Democrats and the Republicans and the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement discussions between the owners and the players.
What is most interesting in all of this is you have [...]

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Great Trials: The Battle of the Boneheads!

July 15, 2011

How about Roger Clemens walking out of the courthouse like he had just struck out the side…on a called third strike!
Because that’s what he  did! Or rather what the government did to themselves!  They misread the strike zone and a judge with some guts called them out!
I was a Prosecutor when I started my career. [...]

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Great Trials: Springfield Twists of Fate

July 8, 2011

Tornadoes in the Midwest! That is the customary place for them.  Not that we have not had them in New England before but the recent tornadoes in Springfield may be evidence of a change in climate that even Republican Presidential candidates may have to finally acknowledge…
Things are not as they seem until they happen again [...]

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