An Extra Day in Paradise

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Thanks to the weather in Boston, American Airlines is treating me to an extra night in St. Croix. If you need to be stuck somewhere, this is the place.

I was here to speak at the annual meeting of the Virgin Islands Bar Association. This was the bar’s first CLE program since instituting…

The World’s Wealthiest Patent Owner?

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From an article I wrote for the newsletter of IMS Expertservices:

“Ronald A. Katz once predicted that he would someday become the wealthiest patent holder ever. By most estimates, he has achieved that goal – or will soon.

“He has arrived there through an aggressive strategy of patent litigation that has had him taking

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Is Lawbby Dead?

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I wrote in May 2006 about Lawbby, a site that aspired to be the MySpace of the legal world. Lawbby described itself as a place where lawyers could mingle, whether for business or pleasure, by creating their own profiles and groups. But in recent days, attempts to visit the site were rerouted…

Lawyer2Lawyer: The Tavares Case

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A Massachusetts’ judge’s release of Daniel Tavares become part of the national political debate after Tavares allegedly shot and killed a newlywed couple in Washington state and Republican presidential hopeful and former Bay State Gov. Mitt Romney called on the judge — his own appointee — to resign. On the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer…