The law offers a great many obvious scenarios for compelling fiction. Just think about the primal needs and fears that can be evoked in a story about child custody or adoption, or a dispute between relatives over the validity of a will, or a struggle against foreclosure -- not to mention serious criminal charges. Or a story could venture onto less familiar legal battlefields … [Read more...]
Linda Tancs – Understanding Patent Law
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My most recent book is the third in a series of books for the Law for the Layperson series of Oxford University Press. Understanding Patent Law: A Beginner's Guide (Oceana's Legal Almanac Series Law for the Layperson) explains for laypersons the mechanics of applying for a U.S patent. The reader will gain an … [Read more...]
Don’t Make Me Throw Your Book Across the Room: Top Ten Ways You Can Alienate the 1.1 Million Lawyers Who Are Also Readers
As an attorney who has practiced law 24 years, I have a hard time watching shows or reading books involving the law. Why? Because so many of them get so much of it wrong. It takes me right out of the story to sit there thinking, “That would never happen.” Most lawyers I know can’t read or watch stories about law because the factual errors are too frustrating. Gross … [Read more...]