There are few legal phrases more fun to say than “ipse dixit.” The phrase is most commonly used in motions to exclude experts who base their opinions on nothing more than their own say so. As the ...

Sometimes, lawyers talk funny. Exactly, what is it about attorneys that engenders such prolixity? Ipse dixit is but one of seemly limitless examples. Years ago, I ran across this archaic term in a ...

Sorry I haven't blogged much lately. I've been emeshed in this PRC/PNM lawsuit against The New Mexican. As previously reported, the Public Regulation Commission apparently will be asking state ...

Preventive detention orders should be passed only on the basis of cogent materials from which an inference could be drawn of the possibility of the accused indulging in activities prejudicial to ...