Insight: Marcos Breton / Pragmatic Approach to Ethics / Technology and Legal Services / Thomas McGuane

Should Sacramento be worried about the tens of millions of dollars it needs to get from the owners of the Kings if the team leaves town; One of America's top ethicists proposes three "unexpected solutions" to the debate over abortion; How technology is changing the way law is practiced; Author of "Driving to the Rim" about an eccentric outsider in a Western town


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Marcos Breton We talk about various issues in the news including the on-going Kings saga with Sacramento Bee columnist Marcos Breton.

Pragmatic Approach to Ethics A visiting ethics professor will discuss three unexpected "solutions" to the ongoing political and bioethical debate on abortion at Sac State. We'll talk with this and more with Dr. Anthony Weston, professor of philosophy and environmental studies and chair of the philosophy department at Elon University in North Carolina.

Technology and Legal Services UOP McGeorge School of Law Professor Paul Paton will be hosting a symposium this Friday on how technology is transforming the delivery of legal practice. His panelist will include the general counsel for LegalZoom and the CEO of a virtual law office. We'll talk with him about it.

"Globalization, Technology and Transforming the Practice of Law" is from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at in Room S-4/S-5, Northwest Hall, McGeorge School of Law, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento.

Thomas McGuane Author Thomas McGuane is speaking in Sacramento today in support of his latest book "Driving on the Rim." He was originally supposed to speak in November but due to a family emergency had to reschedule.

An Evening with Thomas McGuane begins at 7:30 p.m. today at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento. Information: (916) 442-7378.

 
Wednesday, April 6, 2011