But the truth is, we will never really ever be “finished”, because we’ll be adding new material all the time. It is really exciting but also a little taxing – for us, hopefully not for you.

This is directly analogous to lawyers with a no stone unturned policy in litigation.

Thank you.

The fall out from the financial crisis is only beginning. Note that one of the plaintiffs is a foundation set up by the plaintiffs law firm. Query if this case would have gone to trial (the newspapers say this is the first to go to trial because the others settled) but for that relationship?

And, braving the catcalls of nativists, Justice Kennedy also looked to international law to bolster his argument, noting that this form of sentencing had been rejected by countries the world over. Until Monday, the United States was the only country to impose such sentences on its teenagers; thanks to five justices on the court, the world now stands in unanimous agreement.

via Editorial – The Right to, and Need for, Counsel – NYTimes.com.