When I was an up-and-coming lawyer I moved my young family to the top of Belmont Hill, a pretty fancy address with big lawns and big mortgages. It was then that I started to have “the nightmare” that sometimes even … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
What’s wrong with the economy? Why is the US in such a sorry state? Why don’t banks lend more freely? What is the prognosis? These matters, as well as principles of corporate governance, were explored at this morning’s meeting of … Continue reading
Normally it is better to attend any event in person, rather than suffering the misimpressions, disconnection (and commercials) dictated by television. I remember for example how much the people who saw on television my favorite fight, Sugar Ray Leonard beating up Marvelous Marvin Hagler under … Continue reading
Why does public debate focus on the wrong questions? It is not about whether the pledge of allegiance has educational value or is fascist. It is about whether it violates the establishment clause of the Constitution (as does our form … Continue reading
On Cape Cod, there is an old rail bed that reaches 22 miles from Harwich to Wellfleet, running mostly through scrub pine and an occasional marsh, and a few times jumping the tracks to weave though a town where all traces … Continue reading
Our economy is deeply distressed and won’t get better soon because our problems are systemic and will not respond to any of the policies recommended by either party. The trigger for this blog is last Thursday night’s debate of Republican … Continue reading
I had it when I left New York. Of course that was a long time ago, 48 years ago to be exact (being exact is, by the way, highly overrated). When I moved to Massachusetts I took it off. Actually … Continue reading
I am not into body piercing and tattoos. In fact, when I sat down to write this blog I originally misspelled “tattoo,” that is how alien the whole thing is. As for the “fat” part, as we say in the law … Continue reading
Below is a link to my July article for InHouse, the newspaper for in-house attorneys. It discusses the US Supreme Court view on bringing securities law class actions, with an interesting sidelight on how the SEC proposes to clamp down … Continue reading
This seems a point in history when we are focused on the role of money in politics as never before. The floodgates of corporate money were opened in 2010 when the US Supreme Court in the Citizens United case held that … Continue reading