In a Manhattan courtroom, a small little case is being tried that reflects the impact that at-the-ready videocameras are having on litigation. Many cases I have tried in recent years, both civil and criminal, have had their outcomes effected by a video or picture captured either from a cellphone camera or one of the dozens …
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Apr 17 2010
AZ’s New Immigration Law – Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Arizona is a state unto its own , we know that. They don’t follow Daylight Savings Time, they were the last state to have a day in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. But recently, Arizona passed a law that puts it well outside the rest of the country and the Constitution. On Tuesday, Arizona legislators …
Apr 02 2010
“Taking the Fifth”
What does it mean when a person invokes his rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution or “takes the Fifth” or “pleads the Fifth” or “lawyers up” as they say in the vernacular. Of course, you could actually teach an entire law school semester on the various nuances involved, so this is …