This morning, Peggy and I awoke in Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland. I’m incredibly fortunate to have traveled extensively since I was a young kid (Army brats never really shake the wanderlust), but until yesterday, the Emerald Isle
Most of us in the U.S. have a fairly warped image of Colombia in our heads– usually something to do with cocaine or a big emerald the size of your hand. If it’s not Pablo Escobar in (pick
This blog carries a good many posts about country-specific procedures under the Hague Service Convention, and that’s completely intentional. But until now, there hasn’t been a consolidated list of them, easy to click and access. Here’s a handy index of “how to” posts for
Due Process isn’t solely an American idea. It goes by other names in other countries (natural justice in Canada), but it is still a bedrock concept in most judicial systems that espouse fairness and the rule of law. Germany, in particular, views due process rights as
My wife gives me incessant grief because I enjoy romantic comedies. I’m kind of a sap. One rom-com that I absolutely adore is My Life in Ruins, a fun
Once we get past the romantic mental images of bullfights and Picasso, or of Hemingway running through cobbled streets in a white shirt & red scarf, Spain is rightly seen as a highly industrialized society– one with many of the same problems shared by its Mediterranean neighbors, and much of the same sunny, sophisticated allure.
The vast majority of cases I work on are a lot like the material we read in law school. My Torts professor told us on more than one occasion that “there are real people behind
The vast majority of cases I work on are a lot like the material we read in law school. My Torts professor told us on more than one occasion that “there are real people behind every one of these cases.” My cases are no different.
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