Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
DEAN ALFRED C. AMAN: Good afternoon and welcome to part two of our Donahue Lecture Series. We are honored to have a very distinguished panel who will be commenting on Justice Kirby’s talk that you have just heard. I want to introduce all the members of the panel...
Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
DONAHUE LECTURE AND PANEL DISCUSSION A particular feature of the past fifty years has been the introduction of the post-war independence constitutions of many nations. The introduction of such constitutions in India, Pakistan, Ireland, Ceylon, and then many parts of...
Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
Poets and writers often work unseen, shuttered away in rooms and silences so wide and clear that to speak in this kind of silence one must have the courage to listen to oneself. Visual artists celebrate the light and solitude of their studios, the being alone with...
Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
The First Annual Symposium of the Masterman Institute on the First Amendment and the Fourth Estate It is a privilege for me to give the first Masterman Institute lecture. Edward Masterman has been an inspiring leader of the bar. He and his wife, Sydell, funded...
Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
I can never get this straight: Is it “grow or die” or “grow and die”? In late 2008, the Heller Ehrman and Thelen firms failed. Heller Ehrman, founded in 1890, had 730 lawyers spread across fifteen offices in the U.S. and abroad. Thelen, dating from 1924, had more...
Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
In May of 2007, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly that literally revolutionized the standard for determining the legal sufficiency of a complaint. In that decision, which Justice Souter wrote for the majority, the Court abandoned...