Justice Bedsworth On Civility; SCOTUS On The Takings Clause. I've published two recent articles that have nothing to do with California Mediation and Arbitration. The June 18, 2019 Daily Journal published my article, "4th District Court of Appeal Justice William Bedsworth on civility." Justice Bedsworth wrote an opinion worth reading, Lasalle […]
Marc Alexander (This Blogger) And Mike Hensley Represented Defendants In Their Successful Response To This Appeal. Today* we stray from our usual beat, California mediation and arbitration, to mention an appeal resulting in a partially published opinion. Why? Because this blogger, Marc Alexander, was involved, and because his long-time colleague Mike Hensley, with […]
In Praise Of Mediation? . . . You may have seen the famous print of the farmers fighting over a cow. One pulls the head, the other the tail, while the lawyer sitting on a stool milks the cow. The folk singer John Kirkpatrick sang the song "The Farmers and the Cow", and his rendition […]
The Holiday Season is off and running. Circa 1909. Library of Congress.
Two Books Reviewed By Your Blogger In Latest Issue Of California Litigation. In the latest issue of California Litigation, Vol. 31, No. 2 (2018), p. 44, I've reviewed Cass R. Sunstein's Impeachment: A Citizen's Guide, and Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz's To End A Presidency: The Power Of Impeachment. You can read the review, which […]
New Year Resolutions — Till They Melt ! Punch. 1913. Library of Congress.
Three Photos From The Blogger's Travels. My astute readers will have noticed that I slacked off a bit in May. I traveled to Petra in Jordan, to Israel, and to Spain. Here are three photos from my travels. In front of Petra's Treasury (Al-Khazneh) in Jordan. View of Baha'i Gardens, Haifa, Israel. […]
March 4, 1865 And March 4, 1921. Pres. Abraham Lincoln taking the oath of office at his second inauguration. Library of Congress. VP Calvin Coolidge and Pres. Warren G. Harding. Library of Congress.
Fellow Mediators Erica Bristol, Phyllis G. Pollack, and I Participated On Panel. Above: President Roosevelt and party visiting Old Franciscan Mission in Santa Barbara. 1903. Library of Congress. On November 10, 2016, I had the pleasure of participating in a panel with fellow mediators Erica Bristol and Phyllis G. Pollack in Santa Barbara. […]