Podcast: Embezzlement

What to do when your business partner is dipping into the till? In my Legal Lad podcast, I explain the law of embezzlement -- which applies to skimmers and scammers, even if they secretly hope to repay their employers someday. Check it out on iTunes -- if you like it, consider writing a review...or even subscribing to the podcast (it's free!). Or listen at the Legal Lad site, right here.

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Deciphering the Sotomayor Hearings

How can you spot the wise Latina? She'll be speaking Latin, of course. Just two days into the Sotomayor hearings, the nominee has dazzled the crowd with stare decisis, sui generis, and pro bono. In case you're having trouble following all this, a number of papers have published legalese glossaries for non-lawyers, here and here.

Oh Canada

Ever wonder what Law & Order would look like North of the border? In my Legal Lad podcast, I take a look at what makes Canadian law different from US law. Check it out on iTunes -- if you like it, consider writing a review...or even subscribing to the podcast (it's free!). Or listen at the Legal Lad site, right here.

My piece in the New York Times

Last week, the New York Times ran my Op-ed piece about the Declaration of Independence. The Founders borrowed liberally (to put it mildly) from the language of British law when drafting the Declaration. What makes the Declaration great is that the Founders turned what might have been a provincial legal document into a universal declaration of rights. And that's something to celebrate!