Tim Eigo

It’s true, today is leap day in a leap year. For my money, the only competition for confusing calendar impositions is Daylight Savings Time—which I also cannot explain with any accuracy. But it’s worth pointing out that the existence of leap year and its maddening February 29 implicates certain legal considerations—beyond the faux sadness of our friends who happen to have been Leap Year Babies. (Waaaa!) But because you readers are ever focused on the work at hand, you ask, “Legal?

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery. But in the world of words and images, asking to reprint is right up there. That’s why I was pleased to hear from the folks at the very smart and often witty Lawyerist.com. Those talented people spotted out January issue and said, We gotta have some of that. OK, it was more office-appropriate than that. But you get the picture. Click here to see where the Lawyerist has featured the article by Melissa Kovacs.

An event that takes a global view occurs this Thursday evening, and Arizona lawyers (and others!) are invited. “Sinking or Swimming Together? United States and Europe in the 21st Century” is the title of the event that includes a distinguished judge from Arizona—and from the Hague.