Important Critical Note (You Must Read This!!):

I am providing below the text contained in certain of my class presentations  -- but I am doing so with great hesitation (and only because of increasing student demand).  Please understand that this text can be misleading, erroneous and unhelpful unless accompanied by my lectures.  Do not rely on these notes -- they are incomplete without the commentary, clarifications and other crucial statements that I add when lecturing. 

I make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information contained in this text.  These lecture notes merely represent the "bullets" contained in my PowerPoint presentations.  Sometimes these bullets even contain mistakes or are simply misleading -- only my accompanying lecture renders them true and accurate.

Obviously, the information contained in these texts is not legal advice nor conveyed in the course of any type of attorney-client relationship.  It is intended merely as general information which may or may not reflect the most current legal developments, and is provided as a service to you -- my students.