The practice and culture of practicing law
by RICH CASSIDY on DECEMBER 10, 2012 The Simplex Time Recorder Co. Gardner, MA, USA. Photo by Barbirossa. Regular readers of this blog are likely familiar with the Uniform Law Commission. It’s an important part of my professional life and Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on DECEMBER 2, 2012 The Uniform Law Commission’s Drafting Committee on Fiduciary Access to Digital Information conducted its first meeting November 30 through December 1, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We live in a world in which digitally Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on AUGUST 8, 2011 I am disappointed to report that today, the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates rejected Resolution 110B, which would have added ABA approval to the Uniform Collaborative Law Rules and Act. The vote Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on JULY 10, 2011 This week I am at the 120th Annual Meeting of the Uniform Laws Commission in Vail, Colorado. This is the 18th consecutive annual meeting of the Commission (formally known as the National Conference Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on JUNE 21, 2011 The Honorable Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, (New York state’s highest Court) addressed an audience of some 70 invited criminal defense lawyers and legal scholars at the Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on MAY 19, 2011 My last post covered the good news on collateral consequences law reform: support for the idea from our nation’s chief law enforcement officer, United States Attorney General Eric Holder. I promised the bad Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on JANUARY 10, 2011 Drafting legislation seems simple. But it’s not. It is a process that has much in common with drafting contracts. Both types of documents typically try to set out principles that regulate future conduct. Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on DECEMBER 31, 2010 I can’t close the book on 2010 without congratulating my friend and colleague, Peter Langrock, his law partners, and all the staff at Langrock, Sperry & Wool, LLP, on the 50th Anniversary of Read More …