In the old days, and I mean old days, us kids lacked social media and video games. Evenings were devoted to homework, followed by reasonably predictable television fare with such staples as Gunsmoke, Andy Griffith, […]

California has an interesting process for its courts. Enshrined in the procedural court rules is Rule 8.1115(a) regarding precedent and stare decisis. The Common Law tradition upon which our American legal system is founded relies […]

The Florida OJCC returned to live programming with its annual free CLE program in Tallahassee on February 25, 2022. The program is co-sponsored by the Workers' Compensation Institute, for which we are grateful. It is […]

A recent article in the Washington Post caught my eye, it focuses on the "murky process of judicial bypass" in the realm of abortion. The article is highly critical of the law and those who are charged […]

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has been warning of increased rates of diabetes in America for sometime. It refers to this as "prevalence," and in 1958 the "prevalence of diagnosed diabetes" was less than one percent. […]

   This morning, I write to celebrate Judge Eduardo Almeyda. Next week in New Orleans, the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers will recognize him by inducting him as a fellow of the College. It is a proud […]

An interesting and troubling story from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) out of Great Britain that illustrates the potential for broader concerns from SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID it causes. This relates the circumstances of a death […]

The local ABC affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona recently published an expose of "astonishing and horrific conduct by judge." It is an interesting read, and reminded me of Victor Hugo and Les Miserables, which he wrote in 1862 depicting […]