Category: Law
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Mandatory arbitration is fairer and faster than the lawsuits it replaced
Mandatory arbitration has a bad reputation, but its actual outcomes for consumers and employees often beat the courts it bypassed. The data tells a fuller story.
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Trade secret law is being weaponized against worker mobility
Trade secret law was meant to protect formulas and code. It’s increasingly used to lock workers out of their own careers when noncompetes fail.
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Contract law assumes equal bargaining power that almost never exists
Contract law pretends both parties freely negotiate, but most agreements today are take-it-or-leave-it. The fiction protects whoever already has leverage.
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Why Technicalities Matter in Criminal Cases
Critics dismiss legal technicalities as loopholes, but those rules exist to protect everyone. Here’s why procedural rigor isn’t the enemy of justice.
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Alimony reform has gone too far and is leaving caregivers stranded
Reforming permanent alimony made sense. Eliminating it nearly everywhere did not. Long-term caregivers in long marriages are now landing in poverty after divorce.
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Copyright law has been hijacked by Disney and we keep extending it
Every time Mickey Mouse approaches public domain, Congress extends copyright. The 1998 extension distorted creative culture for generations, and the next push is coming.
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Corporate transparency laws like the CTA were doomed from the start
The Corporate Transparency Act tried to crack down on shell companies. The implementation was chaotic, the courts pushed back, and the basic design was flawed.
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Open family courts would expose how dysfunctional the system is
Family courts operate behind closed doors in most states, and the secrecy hides systemic failures. Sunlight would be uncomfortable, and that’s exactly why we need it.
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Frozen embryo disputes show family law isn’t ready for modern reproduction
Frozen embryos sit in a legal gray zone between property and personhood. Courts are improvising, and the rulings contradict each other from state to state.