Monthly Archives: May 2013

Conflict of Interest

May 6, 2013 at 9:46 am

One of the strangest experiences I ever had as a lawyer was representing a defendant in an asbestos case. I didn’t do any product liability or mass tort work as an attorney, so when I was randomly assigned to represent a client whose predecessor company owned a railroad, I was in uncharted territory. The lawyers […]

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The Business of Constitutional Law

May 6, 2013 at 9:27 am

Sometimes business students wonder why we are learning about constitutional law, which seems like it is all about individual rights. Although we do focus on individual rights, the constitution is important for businesses too. This Supreme Court has been particularly interested in business issues, and by all accounts has ruled in business’s favor in most […]

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