Mark Dubois

September 25, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Much is being written these days about the practice of "adjusting" consumer-based ratings of law firms on the Internet.

By MARK DuBOIS

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August 31, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I was in Chicago for some bar business the other day when Tom Lyons, of Rhode Island, told me that he had just been appointed to an American Bar Association committee studying the future of legal education. Tom is half of the Fred Ury/Tom Lyons tag team that has been traveling the country telling lawyers how the profession is changing and urging bars to get ahead of the trends that threaten to reshape (demolish?) the practice of law as we know it.

By Mark Dubois

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January 23, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I spent the holidays on Cape Cod. It is a place where I can both be very productive and get as close to spiritual as a fan of Christopher Hitchens can be. I just read a book by Judy Dutra called "Nautical Twilight." It recounts, through the life of her family, the demise of the small coastal fisherman on Cape Cod.

By MARK DUBOIS

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December 14, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I heard a wonderful speaker the other day, a fellow named John T. Broderick, Jr., who is the retired chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and is now a law school dean. Justice Broderick posited that if a lawyer from the 19th century were to be magically dropped into a modern courtroom, he could quickly master the new environment and start trying a case.

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February 20, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Reading in the press the other day that a fellow employed by the state got into trouble and had to pay a fine for misuse of state facilities brought back memories. They guy was some sort of purchasing agent for the military folks and brought his kid and some of his pals to work where they used the gymnasium to play basketball. This allegedly violated the state prohibition on private use of state resources.

By MARK DUBOIS

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March 19, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I saw an article the other day that the trustee for the defunct Howrey law firm was trying to figure out what to do with 220,000 boxes of closed files belonging to 10,000 clients. Not a pretty picture. And, except for the sheer volume, not all that uncommon a problem.

By MARK DUBOIS

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January 25, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

From the Department of Corrections: I recently quoted Wernher von Braun in an article. I got the quote from the Internet, so I was sure it had to be correct.

By Mark Dubois

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October 19, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

As Law Tribune columnist Dan Krisch and others have noted, we seem to be in the midst of an interesting shift where many of the "go to" judges of the Superior Court, judges that many lawyers sought out and trusted to resolve their clients' most serious disputes, are retiring and setting up shop at large law firms. While this is great for them, I am not sure it bodes well for our court system and the perception of equal access to justice.

By Mark DuBois

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July 18, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Any casual reader of legal blogs and other news sources is aware of the many discussions, decisions, warnings and products that are addressing the brave new world of electronic document review. I used to ignore it all because I thought it was only relevant to big firms, mega cases, and document-heavy litigation such as class actions, patent and trademark litigation and other matters where kernels of evidence are to be found (or hidden) in great masses of irrelevant data.

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May 06, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I just read a fascinating book by Richard Susskind called Tomorrow's Lawyers. It is so good that I bought copies for everyone in the Connecticut Bar Association leadership.

By Mark Dubois

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