Paul Coggins

May 29, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

How alibrarian, Las Vegas and the legions of workers who cater to the librarian's whims in Sin City (employees of hotels, restaurants, car rental agencies, casinos, travel agencies, etc.) got sucked into the debate over re-upping the Patriot Act.

By Paul Coggins

7 minute read

March 23, 2006 | Law.com

Among the earliest and most vocal critics of the Patriot Act were librarians. They became so outspoken over the act that �215, one of the provisions just reauthorized, became known as the "library provision." But the section actually applies to all businesses, and allows the FBI to grab records without a district court order or a grand jury subpoena. More alarming, says commentator Paul Coggins, is the fact that the furor over �215 has overshadowed an even bolder power grab by the feds.

By Paul Coggins

7 minute read

March 15, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

After vanquishing a rogue`s gallery of dastardly villains - Dr. Evil, Mini-Me, Fat Bastard, Number 2 and Scott Evil - Austin Powers faces the gravest threat to his groovy gig - suits with no sense of humor. Austin Powers may have the mojo, but James Bond has the MPAA. Recently the Motion Picture Association of America axed the title of the third installment of the Austin Powers spy spoof series, Goldmember, as being too close to the 1964 Bond classic, Goldfinger.

By PAUL COGGINS

5 minute read

October 03, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

It's lonely at the top, and it can be dangerous there, too. Just ask the 60 or so CEOs who have been prosecuted for corporate fraud during the past three years.

By Paul Coggins

7 minute read

November 19, 2001 | Law.com

As part of ongoing terrorism investigations, law enforcement has held more than 1,100 people, some going weeks without contact with family or counsel. When police powers increase, judicial oversight should too, says attorney Paul Coggins. Instead, the post-Sept. 11 worldview has ushered in a period of relatively unchecked detention powers. What are the perils to us all of denying noncitizens the right to judicial oversight?

By Paul Coggins

6 minute read

July 12, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

By the time you read this article, it will be too late. Too late because this piece surely will be engulfed in the flood of words about Martha Stewart`s legal woes with alleged insider trading. Like all celebrity crucibles, Martha Stewart`s scandal (StewScan) conforms to a predictable cycle of 1. shock - Not Martha!; 2. savor - There is a God; 3. sympathy - Hasn`t she suffered enough?; and finally 4. saturation - Not another article on the Frosted Blond Goddess.

By PAUL COGGINS

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