Summer’s Almost Gone


Although Katrina’s aftermath and William Rehnquist’s death rightfully dominated the news cycle this long weekend, there’s still interesting real estate news out there.

The New York Times provides an update (2nd item) on a deal that The Real Estate reported in July, involving China’s most famous woman, Yue-Sai Kan. The Read More

The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers

May it please the court: What in the world are you doing to our democracy?

Forget the judicial robes and the judicious behavior. The events of early December have become a spectacle reminiscent of a three-ring circus. Lawsuits abound. A handful of jurists offers a handful of opinions, and nothing is clear. What, exactly, did Read More

Starr’s Abuses Show Flaws in Counsel Law

The past year’s carnival of national scandal-with all its noisy displays of lechery and hypocrisy, leaking and lying-left few public figures with their dignity intact. Particularly in the nation’s capital, there aren’t many who today seem wiser rather than more foolish. But now, as Congress considers what to do about the statute that created this Read More