Month in Review, April 2012
By:David A. Smith [Previous Month in Reviews available here: Mar 12, Feb 12, Jan 12] Among its many attributes, housing is a deeply personal asset – you are what you live in – That’s not what we...
View ArticleIt’s not the fee, it’s the split
By:David A. Smith Any time we do something infrequently that others do every day, we’re at an information disadvantage that the experts can exploit against us – that is, if they’re unscrupulous....
View ArticleThe wrong symbol, the wrong story: Part 1, From Mount Holly to St. Paul
By:David A. Smith For a case to reach the Supreme Court, it must involve a big principle of Constitutional law and there must be some jurisprudence along the litigation trail to suggest current...
View ArticleThe wrong symbol, the wrong story: Part 2, From St. Paul to Washington
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.] By:David A. Smith In yesterday’s Part 1, the story of Mount Holly Gardens, which ought to have been another in the line of important cases on the limitations...
View ArticleThe wrong symbol, the wrong story: Part 3, From Washington to Mount Holly
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 2 and the preceding Part 1.] By:David A. Smith As we saw in Part 2, after the Justice Department had Emily Litella-ed on defending its ‘disparate impact’ settlement...
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