April 2019 - Courtroom Strategy by Attorney Oscar Michelen

General

NYS Bar Issues New Civility Guidelines for Lawyers

April 23, 2019 Oscar Michelen 0

Thanks in large part to the proliferation of social media (and, I would argue, the current WH occupant) civility has been going the way of the horse-and-buggy in public discourse. Emails, Tweets, Instagram, etc etc have made it easy and the norm to be rude, offensive and demeaning in a variety of communication platforms. So […]

Constitutional Law

Eliminating Religious Exemption to Vaccination Should Withstand First Amendment Challenge

April 14, 2019 Oscar Michelen 1

The recent outbreaks of measles and mumps across the country have been linked to communities and families that claim a religious exemption to the vaccine and to “anti-vaxxers” who claim a link between the vaccines and autism. The development of vaccines, beginning at the end of the 18th Century, had all but eradicated smallpox, measles […]