Two of the biggest lawyer groups in Massachusetts are “challenging a ruling that allows judges in Hampden County
to force attorneys to represent the poor in criminal cases.” This is one more episode in a consitutional crisis that began when assigned counsel for indigent criminal defendants (called “bar advocates”), started illegal group boycotts in July seeking higher fees. (AP/Boston Herald, Legal groups challenge judges’ right to force them to take cases, Nov. 29, 2004)
The Massachusetts bar advocates are continuing to put their own financial interests above the law, their ethical duties and the needs of their clientele: — click here to read this entire post and here for a summary of the Editor’s argument that the boycotts are illegal and unethical violations of the antitrust law –
the mountain moon
gives the blossom thief
light
in the misty day
no window can be seen…
a prison
- haiku of Kobayashi ISSA, translated by D.G. Lanoue
Two of the biggest lawyer groups in Massachusetts are “challenging a ruling that allows judges in Hampden County
to force attorneys to represent the poor in criminal cases.” This is one more episode in a consitutional crisis that began when assigned counsel for indigent criminal defendants (called “bar advocates”), started illegal group boycotts in July seeking higher fees. (AP/Boston Herald, Legal groups challenge judges’ right to force them to take cases, Nov. 29, 2004)
The Massachusetts bar advocates are continuing to put their own financial interests above the law, their ethical duties and the needs of their clientele: — click here to read this entire post and here for a summary of the Editor’s argument that the boycotts are illegal and unethical violations of the antitrust law –
the mountain moon
gives the blossom thief
light
in the misty day
no window can be seen…
a prison
- haiku of Kobayashi ISSA, translated by D.G. Lanoue
autumn day
the empty pillow
glows white
windowless office
a fly buzzes against
my glasses
autumn evening
also nowhere to go
skittering leaf
(Brooks Books, 2000)
a mostly-cloudy sampler
of blues, grays and whites
– driving alone
[Nov 29, 2004]
one-breath pundit
Patience Pays and Saves: NYT reports that prices for flat-panel TVs will fall greatly
throughout 2005. But, “We do not want to talk about predictions of price drops,”
said Lee Simonson, the director of Best Buy’s television division. “We want people to buy now.”
Carolyn Elefant has Commented thoughtfully on our disagreement over mandatory
pro bono and solos. At MyShingle today, however, we learn that — while opposing
mandatory pro bono — she favors forcing “each senior lawyer to train a fixed number of
junior lawyers” and paying the junior lawyers, to help them establish solo firms. Go figure.
selling case on antitrust law. We note that the Mass. Bar Advocates have been arguing
their group boycott can’t violate federal antitrust law because it has no impact on interstate
commerce. Raich could help settle that issue. And, see Kerr and Fed84 on NYT and federalism.
autumn day
the empty pillow
glows white
windowless office
a fly buzzes against
my glasses
autumn evening
also nowhere to go
skittering leaf
(Brooks Books, 2000)
a mostly-cloudy sampler
of blues, grays and whites
– driving alone
[Nov 29, 2004]
one-breath pundit
Patience Pays and Saves: NYT reports that prices for flat-panel TVs will fall greatly
throughout 2005. But, “We do not want to talk about predictions of price drops,”
said Lee Simonson, the director of Best Buy’s television division. “We want people to buy now.”
Carolyn Elefant has Commented thoughtfully on our disagreement over mandatory
pro bono and solos. At MyShingle today, however, we learn that — while opposing
mandatory pro bono — she favors forcing “each senior lawyer to train a fixed number of
junior lawyers” and paying the junior lawyers, to help them establish solo firms. Go figure.
selling case on antitrust law. We note that the Mass. Bar Advocates have been arguing
their group boycott can’t violate federal antitrust law because it has no impact on interstate
commerce. Raich could help settle that issue. And, see Kerr and Fed84 on NYT and federalism.
