Ken MacVey has been a litigator and trial lawyer in private practice for over four decades. He started his legal career with the Federal Trade Commission where he did civil antitrust and consumer protection enforcement, including industry wide antitrust cases involving the motion picture and record industries. He has published treatise chapters and numerous articles for lawyers and other specialists, and has served as a professor of practice at the university level. 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 is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and Occidental College. Email: [email protected].
by Ken MacVey Do corporations have free will? Do they have legal and moral responsibility for their actions? Many argue that legal and moral responsibility must rest on free will. If there is no free will there cannot be such a thing as legal or moral responsibility. But consider these two questions and their potential …
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…