The Secret Garden: Espy and Executive Privilege

Privileges should be narrowly construed; exceptions to the demand for every man’s evidence are not lightly created nor expansively construed, for they are in derogation of the search for truth. Espy a/k/a In Re Sealed Case, 121 F. 3d 729 (USCA DC 1997) In 1994, allegations of corruption swirled around the Secretary of the US Department of […]

June 1, 2018

Unintended Consequences of Pharma-Created Opioid Crisis: He hugged her for a long moment, outside the bathroom with the missing door, head full of anxiety. He knew what awaited him on the other side of the drive. Another impossibly difficult conversation with his provider, who, scared by the rising number of opioid prescribers facing criminal prosecution, […]

National Deaf Academy: A Song For the Deaf

Beautiful senses are gone Canary in a gilded cage Singin Queens of the Stone Age, A Song For The Deaf Last week, a friend sent me an article about a recent Supreme Court case involving what constitutes a “medical malpractice case” and asked what I thought about it. Unfortunately for him, I had a lot […]