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October 03, 2000 | Law.com

The fledgling Suffolk County, N.Y., Outreach Program is proving popular with students, as more schools seek to bring the courtroom into the classroom with programs ranging from court tours to student mentoring. Volunteer lawyers and judges discuss everything from DWI offenses to home security, from street gangs to the trial process. "The kids loved it," said one teacher.

By Pat Rogers

3 minute read

July 06, 2000 | Law.com

When a country becomes industrialized, prevention of illegal hazardous waste disposal often lags behind the economic machine. When Malaysian officials wanted to learn how to find and prosecute violators, they called Linda Spahr of the Suffolk County, N.Y., Environmental Crime Unit. Last week, she headed to Southeast Asia to teach Malaysians how to get tough on environmental crime, New York-style.

By Pat Rogers

7 minute read

May 31, 2000 | Law.com

Ruling that a federal warranty law may protect consumers who lease vehicles, a New York Suffolk County Supreme Court justice has denied DaimlerChrysler's motion to dismiss claims arising from a soured car deal.

By Pat Rogers

4 minute read

September 24, 2007 | Legaltech News

The issue of whether information in RAM constitutes electronically stored information subject to discovery is contentious. Attorney Douglas L. Rogers explains that RAM data may serve a valid business purpose and failure to record such information may appear deceitful.

By Douglas L. Rogers

10 minute read

February 18, 2005 | Law.com

Our commentator, a journalist and lawyer, was distressed to read in a new study that a significant portion of high school students are ignorant of First Amendment principles and indifferent to their importance. He says those who care about the First Amendment's future need to think beyond calling for yet another program to reform the schools and, instead, look to solutions animated by the same independent spirit that inspires free speech.

By Robert L. Rogers

10 minute read

November 20, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Many people, whether from lack of knowledge, time or interest, don't wish to bother with personal finance. They no more want to design their retirement portfolios than they want to prepare their own tax forms or cook their own food.

By Robert L. Rogers

6 minute read

January 29, 2008 | Legaltech News

How should the Supreme Court react to the inevitability of technological change, knowing full well that it cannot predict the future any better than the rest of us? The answer to dealing with emerging technologies may lie in the Roberts Court's professed inclination toward judicial modesty.

By Robert L. Rogers

8 minute read

June 17, 2005 | The Recorder

Morality may represent the way the world should work, but economics explains how it does work. So argue University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times reporter Stephen Dubner in their best-seller "Freakonomics."

By Robert L. Rogers

8 minute read

June 14, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Here�s a modest proposal for a time-tested, high-yielding 401(k) plan that law firms might want to consider.

By Robert L. Rogers

7 minute read

October 17, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

First-year associates are making more money than ever before. Starting salaries vary, but $135,000 is realistic for most large firms. Some of you, at age 25, are already making more than your parents.

By Robert L. Rogers ALM

9 minute read