My brother lives in New Hampshire. He likes to remind me that he and his neighbors “live free or die” trying to do so. For example, he does not pay any income tax or sales tax. The state legislators, of ...

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I am often asked to help businesses analyze the cost of their products or services. Most of these inquiries end as quickly as they start. I always ask why the business owner wants to know this information. Often, it is ...

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In June the Supreme Court refused to accept an appeal of a decision of the Ninth Circuit that a San Francisco gun law did not violate the Second Amendment. Predictably, the NRA complained the courts were eviscerating the right to ...

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This past December, a college acquaintance gave an interview on New York public radio to discuss a cookbook that she edited for Saveur magazine. Within five minutes of wrapping the interview, she began receiving comments that, due to her “vocal ...

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Much has been made in recent weeks about the U.S. Treasury’s announcement that Alexander Hamilton’s days on the $10 bill are numbered. It’s time for a woman to grace paper money. Plenty of candidates have been discussed, and an online ...

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Some time ago we received a call from an attorney who was afraid he might be facing a lawsuit for causing a client to lose the $250,000 federal tax exemption on the sale of the client’s principal residence. It seemed ...

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As our industry enters into its busy season, thousands of students are graduating from high schools and colleges. At the same time, you cannot read headlines today without seeing something about the next generation of workers and the construction industry’s ...

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Summertime has finally arrived. It’s time for Arnold Palmers, walks around the lake, and for law students to try their hand at practicing the law. Tis’ the season of the summer law clerk. I had the good fortune to spend ...

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We’ve all heard the expression: “You only get one chance to make a first impression.” That first impression is so important because it dictates how a person evaluates information about you going forward. For example, if I get a positive ...

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Innocent the film “Innocence of Muslims” is not. Unfortunately, the harsh way the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals treated the film leaves a lot to be desired also. “Innocence of Muslims” portrays Mohammed as a murderer and child molester. It ...

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Eric Garner dies, literally, at the hands of the NYPD, yet a Staten Island grand jury declines to indict any of the officers involved. Many persons question the legitimacy of the outcome. What testimony did the grand jury hear and ...

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Improving cybersecurity is an admirable goal, right? We do not like it when unknown groups and rogue nations hack the computer systems of Target and Sony and hijack our confidential information. Therefore, who would oppose the Protecting Cyber Networks Act ...

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