Myron Moskovitz

She: You’re meeting my parents tomorrow night, so wear a suit. He: A suit? I lead a rock band. I don’t have a suit. She: Borrow one. My parents are old school. They want me to marry a banker or insurance executive. So look like one. He: I’ll just tell them I’m a banker. OK? She: Of course not. Lying is unethical! That’s pretty close to the scenario in Depp v. Heard, a trial that just ended in a Virginia state court. It’s a pop culture phenomenon.

Myron Moskovitz Legal Director, Moskovitz Appellate Team 90 Crocker Ave Piedmont , CA 94611-3823 Phone: (510) 384-0354 Email: myronmoskovitz@gmail.com UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal Myron is author of "Moskovitz on Appeal" (LexisNexis) and "Winning An Appeal" (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.

UNDER SUBMISSION To follow up on last month's column "Revelations," this column centers on, not centers around, opinion writing. All the views expressed herein, I mean here, are this writer's opinion, I mean my opinion. Why "centers on" and "not around"? The center of a circle is a point. One lands on, or makes a point. The boundary or circumference of the circle is what goes around. Writers who "center around" a point or argument write around the point.