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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 26, 2012 74 Comments

Elizabeth Warren and her supporters have mounted  an argument that what she did at her office in Cambridge for private litigants was not the practice of law. Warren herself, when confronted by a reporter after it was revealed she had no Massachusetts law license, claimed she...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 25, 2012 60 Comments

It's always interesting to see how an issue you are intimately involved in plays out when it makes it to national broadcasts. Because of the time pressure on major shows, everything has to get drilled down, and sometimes things get lost. The issue of Elizabeth Warren's license...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 25, 2012 95 Comments

In response to my post yesterday, Elizabeth Warren’s law license problem, Michael Fredrickson, General Counsel of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, gave an interview with Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW) which widely is being cited as exonerating Warren. League of Ordinary Gentlemen and Above The Law...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 25, 2012 30 Comments

I was on two radio shows yesterday, the Michael Graham Show and Howie Carr Show in Boston, talking about Elizabeth Warren. I addressed some of the misconceptions and misunderstandings, as well as some of the incorrect defenses being raised (more on that later). Here are the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 24, 2012 17 Comments

Via The Boston Globe, Scott Brown has launched his first ad regarding Elizabeth Warren's claim to be Native American: The 30-second spot, called “Who knows?” features television reporters talking about Warren “identifying herself as Native American to employers. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2012 21 Comments

There is no question that Scott Brown won the debate last night. It wasn't a knock out.  As Howie Carr correctly notes, a man can't get away with hitting a woman too hard in a debate: When he was pummeling her on the asbestos litigation, and her...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 20, 2012 52 Comments

I will add to this, and embed videos when available, but here's my quick take.  (Full video here) Very strong opening for Brown on fake Cherokee issue.  He didn't handle it the way I would have, but he picked an issue -- the release of her...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 20, 2012 13 Comments

Update - Brown-Warren Debate – LIVE ---------------------------- I'll be watching, and hopefully embedding a live video if I can find an embeddable version.  At a minimum, I'll have a link to the live feed.  Also, I may have a joint live blog feed with Red Mass Group blog. I'm...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 19, 2012 23 Comments

There have been several polls released recently, showing everything from a virtual dead heat to Elizabeth Warren ahead by low single digits. This was a contrast to pre-DNC polls, which showed Brown ahead by low single digits.  Clearly Warren received a convention bounce, almost entirely from increased...