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Guns: Safety, Not Ownership, Is the Urgent Regulatory Issue

The statistics are staggering. As of April 21, since 2006, 2,842 people have died in mass shootings—happening in homes, houses of worship, schools (lots of them), grocery stores, ballrooms, party venues, concerts. Any provocation, no matter how minor, inflames homicidal passions—knock on the wrong door, pull into the wrong driveway, mistake the wrong car.
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More Dangerous Than AI

A threat that could prove even more dangerous to mankind than artificial intelligence rears its head every day—organic stupidity (OS). You do not have to look hard to find serious examples of OS. Just run a search on Google for the dumbest things people say, and you will find that jaw-dropping stupidity abounds.
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Unauthorized to Help? The Growing Friction Between the Risks of UPL and the Push for Access to Justice

Here are some of the primary arguments on both sides of this hotly contested issue.
6 minute read

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Family Law as a Second Language

In this piece, I will do my best to define those sounds so you can nod your head with a knowing chuckle, thereby impressing your conversation partners with your expansive knowledge of a practice area which is not your own.
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The Path to Better Understanding of Idiopathic Work Injuries

An idiopathic injury occurs when either the cause of an accident is unknown or when it is due to a personal condition of the employee with no relationship to a workplace risk or hazard. For an injury to be compensable under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1(4), it must "arise out of" and occur "in the course of" employment.
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Big Law Litigator Scoffs at the Chambers Guides That Honor Him

"It doesn't mean anything," said the attorney, who has been listed in the Chambers and Partners Guides more than 20 times over the course of his career. "I know people who've been listed for years who just aren't very good litigators any more, and some of them never were. They've lost 20 miles off their fastball, metaphorically speaking, but they're still in there."
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Here Are the Many Reasons Why I Love Lawyers

Lawyers are smart. Other than a streak of masochism, it takes a lot of gray matter to get through law school and pass the bar. And a lot of us enjoy the challenge.
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State Secrets Privilege: A Challenge in International Litigation

The state secrets privilege has deep roots in American jurisprudence. Rudimentary references to it appear in early 19th-century jurisprudence.
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LegalEdge: Learning From the Pros: Applying Tips From Sports to Law

Attorneys can glean many helpful lessons from our sports heroes, and this article surveys some of those lessons.
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US Supreme Court Should Rule on Stay Suits While in Arbitration

The recent Ninth Circuit decision in Forrest v. Spizzirri has reignited a deep and long-standing circuit split over the proper interpretation of Section Three of the Federal Arbitration Act. The controversy centers on whether district courts should stay or dismiss a lawsuit when all issues are subject to arbitration. The 6-4 split among the federal appellate courts cries out for U.S. Supreme Court review.
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