Jun. 24, 2026
Bench & Bar: June 24
The legal profession's reputation, a Shakespeare misquote and the hidden cost of a landmark deal -- all in this week's Bench & Bar.
Stories in this episode of Bench & Bar:
Inconceivable! Judges mangling famous lines from literature
Glendale Courthouse Judge Ashfaq G. Chowdhury traces the misused phrase "more honored in the breach than the observance" from Hamlet to its loose courtroom life, crediting Justice Van Dyke's precise 1899 use in Wright v. Eastlick.
We Came to Be Plaintiff Lawyers
Litigation law clerk Imdad Rahman argues the June 18 Uber-Consumer Attorneys deal that scrapped both rideshare ballot initiatives quietly traded away the medical liens that get uninsured clients treated.
The People v. The Bench and Bar
Stalwart Law Group's Edwin Hong examines eroding public trust in the profession -- 17% of Americans rate lawyers' honesty highly -- and argues it's rebuilt not in galas but in thousands of small, unseen courtroom decisions.
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