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- Commentary: It's Time to Re-think Oral Argument
- Case Summaries
- Discipline
- Don't Deliver a Presentation Like Mr. Spock
| Commentary: It's Time to Re-think Oral Argument | Top |
| Today's appellate oral arguments are the miniaturized descendants of much heftier beasts, writes Martin J. Siegel. Yet as the time devoted to oral argument and even its basic reason for being have changed, its archaic format hasn't. Some experimenting may now be in order. Given the modern purpose of appellate argument, lawyers often are urged to be conversational, he says. | |
| Case Summaries | Top |
| The following state and federal court opinions were issued from May 13 to June 3. Practice areas addressed in these cases include arbitration, civil practice, appeals, contracts, family law, health law, insurance law and real property, among others. Subscribers have access to the full text of these opinions online and can receive Texas Lawyer's Daily Case Alert, which includes the very latest opinions issued by state and federal appellate courts in Texas. To sign up to receive the Daily Case Alert in your inbox each day, click here. | |
| Discipline | Top |
| One lawyer has been suspended for six months, another has been placed on probation, and two Houston lawyers have resigned in lieu of discipline. | |
| Don't Deliver a Presentation Like Mr. Spock | Top |
| Joey Asher says that, sometimes, when he's listening to a business presentation, he wants to shout "Dude! This isn't 'Star Trek.' And you are not Mr. Spock. So why don't we stop with the mind meld?" Many business presenters seem to think that they are capable of performing a mind meld with their audience. They seem to think that their job as a presenter is to stand in front of the room with 60 slides and download all their information onto their listeners' hard drives. | |
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