The ABA Journal has now published excerpts from Bryan Garner’s new book, co-authored with Antonin Scalia.
Garner will speak on Advanced Legal Writing and Editing at the Friday (May 2nd) morning session of the Alaska Bar Association convention, according to the Bar’s Agenda.
“Employee” in EPLI policy: Where the employer-defendant reimbursed a third party for an individual’s work, the individual is not the “employee” of the employer-defendant for purposes of ELPI coverage when the policy defines “employee” as “any person who receives wages or a salary from the Entity for work that is directed and controlled by the […]
I admire Richard Posner’s opinions as pieces of literature, essays on legal issues. It doesn’t matter if it’s a reorganization or a reinsurance case; I just enjoy his style. No summary of facts, followed by a standard of appellate review, and then a Roman-numbered catalogue of issues and sub-issues. Posner works the facts into a narrative that […]
Judge Timothy Burgess forcefully drew counsel’s attention to proper citation style in this Minute Order, yesterday:
On January 11, 2008, the defendant, Brown Shoe Co., moved for reconsideration of this Court’s order denying summary judgment as to the issue of race-based discrimination. Defendant’s citations to the record, however, are not in accordance with this Court’s rules. […]
Court calls brief “a slubby mass of words”
In an employment discrimination case where the employee-appellant, represented by counsel, filed a defective brief, the Court today struck the brief and dismissed the appeal. The panel stated:
We publish this opinion as a reminder that material breaches of our rules undermine the administration of justice and cannot be tolerated.
Discussion
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From the law.com profile of Alex Kozinski, the Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit starting December 1st:
”I’m buying old copies of Playboy magazine on eBay, because everything I learned about writing I learned from Playboy fiction,” he said in a recent phone interview.
And he wants to pass writing skills on to his law clerks, particularly […]
