“Ain’t No Sunshine”: Subpoenas, Cocktails, Crosby, and Poetry
Stay-at-home continues in the coronavirus pandemic, but much to cover here — subpoenas and search warrants, cocktails and Bing Crosby, a Turkish poet and a...
Internal Investigations: Cocktails, Coronavirus, Capability Brown
My Lightfoot colleague AmberHall and I were recently published in Law 360. We discussed “Anticipating COVID-19’s Effect On Internal Investigations”: The country and its legal...
White Collar Wire Christmas
The year winds down, with its joys and regrets. Here are a few options – books, booze, music – to get you in the Christmas...
Impeachment Cocktails, Mob Movies, Crime Music
In the midst of impeachment investigations, it is often best to turn to cocktails and music. Here are three leading cocktails for Democrats and Republicans,...
Cocktail Codex, Summertime Crime
Readers, writers, and drinkers are irretrievably linked. “I’m an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in...
Spring Drinks, Bill Barr, Bruce Lee
I loathe Cinco de Mayo cocktails. They are generally ill-conceived and ill-prepared. But, if you insist, here is a set of recipes from Cowboys and...
Spring Break Meditation
It is the end of Spring Break, at least where I write. The end of the week always puts one in mind of the spring-breaker...
2018 Crime Fiction, Booze and Music
A Christmas roundup of crime fiction, booze and music. BOOKS. A little late for Christmas, but why give them away? Read them yourself. From The...
Foreign Corruption, Pilot Program, Aviation Cocktail
The Republic is now a year out from DOJ’s announcement that its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act “pilot program” was to be made permanent. Some would say...
Thanksgiving Notebook: Bing, Booze, Book of Common Prayer
Unlike the music of Christmas or Easter, the music of Thanksgiving is harder to pinpoint. Shuffling leaves? The drum-brush strokes of a knife carving the...