Steven Lubet

April 01, 2004 | Law.com

By Steven Lubet

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July 20, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Tabloid journalism is sensationalist by nature, so it was hardly surprising when the Daily News in New York devoted half of its April 10, 2006, front page to the story of Adrianna Dominguez, a Brooklyn College law student who had appeared nude in a Playboy TV production called "Naked Happy Girls."

By Steven Lubet

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June 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

ith martha stewart's sentencing set for the near future, and years of appeals certain to come, we have yet to see the final chapter of her painful odyssey through the federal courts. But whatever the fates have in store, her trial surely had all the elements of an epic: a bold heroine with a tragic flaw, facing a powerful and implacable foe. Rather than accept an ignoble plea bargain, she risked personal destruction by defending her integrity and insisting on a trial. Just as honorably, the prosecutors acce

By Steven Lubet

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March 09, 2006 | Law.com

Probably very few lawyers have ever faced a cougar in the wild, but, true to the profession's emphasis on risk management and goal assessment, any good practitioner would know in a flash the goal: Escape without getting eaten. A lawyer's regular job is to spot a client's potential legal "cougars" and be ready to handle them if they show up, says law professor and commentator Steven Lubet. In both transactional practice and litigation, contingency planning for improbable events is key.

By Steven Lubet

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August 31, 2007 | The Recorder

What happens when a trial judge publicly accuses a high court judge of being "a mature Andrea Dworkin with a hint of Dick Cheney"? Clue: It involves a suspension, Steven Lubet writes.

By Steven Lubet

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May 08, 2007 | National Law Journal

According to Steven Lubet, who teaches law at Northwestern University, a recent 7th Circuit decision has the potential to turn every deposition into a high-stakes confrontation. In the case, the court censured an attorney who asked a deposition witness intrusive and irrelevant questions -- and also censured the witness's attorney for instructing the witness not to answer the questions, rather than suspending the deposition and seeking a protective order. Lubet says the ruling could encourage bully lawyers.

By Steven Lubet

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March 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

hen Ginnah Muhammad stepped into a Hamtramck, Michigan, courtroom last October, she had no reason to think that her religion would have anything to do with the outcome of her case. As a conservative Muslim, she wore a full veil (or niqab) that left only her eyes exposed, but that surely seemed irrelevant to her garden-variety and decidedly secular small claims dispute with Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. Judge Paul Paruk saw things differently, however, eventually dismissing Muhammad's case because she refus

By Steven Lubet

7 minute read

May 08, 2007 | Law.com

According to Steven Lubet, who teaches law at Northwestern University, a recent 7th Circuit decision has the potential to turn every deposition into a high-stakes confrontation. In the case, the court censured an attorney who asked a deposition witness intrusive and irrelevant questions -- and also censured the witness's attorney for instructing the witness not to answer the questions, rather than suspending the deposition and seeking a protective order. Lubet says the ruling could encourage bully lawyers.

By Steven Lubet

8 minute read

December 01, 2003 | Law.com

By Steven Lubet

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December 19, 2003 | Law.com

Increasingly alarmed by the real and imagined inequities of the medical malpractice system, physicians across the country have been looking everywhere for relief. They have lobbied for law reform at both state and federal levels, they have rallied and protested, and some have even gone "on strike." While their efforts have achieved some success malpractice insurance premiums have continued to rise, prompting repeated announcements that the medical profession is facing an economic crisis.

By Steven Lubet

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