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Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Sometimes little guys slay big guys. Take, for example, Conti Fenn & Lawrence LLC , a small litigation boutique in Baltimore. With the right mix of audacity and clever resourcefulness, it proved...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team In Casablanca , “they wait—and wait, and wait.” So the narrator intones darkly over the montage that opens the riveting 1942 film set in Morocco’s exotic and largest city—a...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Thomas Edison was an astute businessman. He is repeatedly credited for things he did not actually invent , which by itself attests to his capacity for improving on the impractical or undeveloped ideas...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team “Regulations cover life, death and everything in between,” the saying goes . That wry outlook is supported by another inescapable reality: virtually every segment of the U.S. economy—from...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team The uncertainty principle is a fundamental concept in quantum physics. It refers to a dynamic imbalance that occurs when properties of a particle are observed. For example, the more precisely the position...

Compiled by Korey Clark and the Real Law Editorial Team Last month was an extraordinary one for the U.S. Supreme Court. Rarely has the nation’s attention been so focused on the proceedings on Capitol Hill, and Justices indeed delivered three...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Marshall McLuhan’s profound observation that “the medium is the message” is often misunderstood. It is assumed the 20th-century communications theorist meant that channels of mass media...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Things happen in a picosecond . It’s one trillionth of a second, or 0.000,000,000,001 seconds . That’s faster than a nanosecond (a billionth of a second), but not as swift as another near...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Scandals, disasters and tragedies invariably make headlines. Some days, the coveted space “above the fold” in a newspaper or Web browser might report a special or unusual event (excluding...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Fortune tellers have a colorful variety of means at their disposal. Wikipedia ® , for example, lists several dozen common methods used for predicting the future. They range from alectromancy (observation...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Book and other titles sometimes find their way into everyday language . For example, it’s not surprising to hear references such as “catch-22” (originally “catch-18” but...

Brought to you by Pro Bono Net and the Real Law Editorial Team Almost nine million people are currently eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship. That figure might be encouraging to those who recognize the invaluable role that immigration plays in...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Haggling for goods and services is a lively tradition in parts of the world. In Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia, for example, it’s common to negotiate prices just about everywhere, from markets...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team The word “nightmare” has an interesting etymology. It derives from the Old English “mare,” an evil spirit, demon or goblin that rode on people’s chests while they slept...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team “Location, location, location.” That familiar mantra is usually associated with real estate agents, but those in the legal profession could just as easily claim it. Choice of venue, when...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Arguing over positions can lead to unwise agreements—or no agreement at all. That much is made clear early in Getting to YES: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In , the bestselling book based...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team In the 1970s, the expression “future shock” made its way into common use. It started, of course, with Alvin Toffler’s hugely successful book with that phrase as its title. Like others...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Those “Twelve Angry Men” should not have surprised anyone with their verdict. That observation is made while acknowledging that anything substantially different in their story would deprive...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Is there a different solution you would recommend? Be sure to add your comments at the end of the article . There are plenty of quirky laws in America. For example, in Maryland, you are not allowed...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Military leaders tend to avoid fighting real uphill battles. For reasons that are probably obvious, in such engagements the odds are usually stacked against the side that starts at the bottom and is...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team The School of the Seven Bells is a fabled academy for pickpockets and thieves that supposedly exists somewhere in Colombia. The mysterious educational institution gets its name from the final exam its...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team “ Quarter to three is the new ten to two. ” That mnemonic refers to where the American Automobile Association, the National Highway Traffic Safety Authority and many driving instructors now...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Negative visualization is a fundamental tenet of Stoic philosophy. It refers to the practice of imagining bad things that can happen to prepare for the possibility that they might actually unfold. ...

Brought to you by the Real Law Editorial Team Captain Corcoran was never, never sick at sea. Well, hardly ever —as audiences familiar with Gilbert and Sullivan’s beloved 1878 comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore know so well. Indeed, they eagerly...