One of the things I liked best about last year was that I was able to honor a commitment I made late the year before: I would not try a case in federal court until I got over my sense that federal courts were looking more and more like a legal plantation, with lawyers playing the role of slaves. Instead, I spent the year trying criminal cases in state court. It was good to breath freely in a courtroom again.
It turns out that I am not alone in having misgivings about the federal courts. In recent weeks, members of the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association have been talking a lot about forum shopping. Expect to see fewer employment writs filed in the federal courts.
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