Ken MacVey has been a litigator and trial lawyer in private practice for over three decades representing businesses and public entities. He started his legal career with the Federal Trade Commission where he did civil antitrust and consumer protection enforcement, including prosecuting industry wide antitrust cases involving the motion picture and record industries. He has published numerous articles for lawyers and other specialists and recently served as a professor of practice at the University of California Riverside for a course he created and taught entitled "Should Big Tech Be Broken Up, Regulated or Left Alone?" Ken is interested in all things legal. He also has an abiding interest in contemporary philosophy and its potential relevance to those outside the academic philosophy world. He graduated from Occidental College and UCLA School of Law. Email: [email protected].
by Ken MacVey As a lawyer I know too well that lawyers are infamous for looking for the dark lining in a silver cloud. That outlook goes with the territory of trying to look for legal pitfalls and hidden trap doors. That’s part of the job of what lawyers do—trying to protect their clients from…
by Ken MacVey After many years as a practicing lawyer, I remain proud of what I do. Putting aside lawyer jokes, stale references to ambulance chasing and analogies with other professions that charge by the hour, I have enjoyed doing what lawyers do and I am unapologetic about it. Sometimes to clients, colleagues, and classes…