Legal Practice Publications

Len Niehoff, “In Search of the First-Round Knockout: A Rule 12(b) Primer.” (K. Rogers, co-author) Litigation 50, no. 1 (2023).
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Len Niehoff, “How Not to Lie: A Don’t-Do-It-Yourself Guide for Litigators.” Litigation 49, no. 4 (2023).
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Len Niehoff, “Unprecedented Precedent and Original Originalism.” Comm. Lawyer 38, no. 3 (2023). https://www.americanbar.org/groups/communications_law/publications/communications_lawyer/2023-summer/unprecedented-precedent-and-original-originalism/

Len Niehoff, “When to Be Objectionable.” Litigation 49, no. 2 (2023).
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/publications/litigation_journal/2022-23/winter/when-be-objectionable-and-how-not-be-artless-claybrained-pignut/

Len Niehoff, “The Stoic Litigator.” Litigation 49, no. 1 (2022). https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/publications/litigation_journal/2022-23/fall/the-stoic-litigator-ancient-advice-finding-happiness-our-work/

Len Niehoff, “The Everyday First Amendment.” E. Thomas Sullivan, co-author. Comm. Law 38, 1 (July, 2022). https://www.americanbar.org/groups/communications_law/publications/communications_lawyer/2022-fall/the-everyday-first-amendment/

Len Niehoff, “Are We There Yet? Discovery for the New Litigator.” (E. Rhinehart, co-author) Litigation 48, no. 1 (2021). https://www.americanbar.org/groups/gpsolo/publications/gp_solo/2022/january-february/are-we-there-yet-discovery-new-litigator/

Len Niehoff, “Recollections Refreshed and Recorded.” Litigation 47, no. 3 (2021). https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3405&context=articles

Len Niehoff, “Race and the First Amendment: A Compendium of Resources,” Solomon Furious Worlds, co-author. Comm. Law 36, no. 1 (January 2021). https://www.americanbar.org/groups/communications_law/publications/communications_lawyer/fall2020/race-and-first-amendment-compendium-resources/

Len Niehoff, “Thoughts on the Retirement of Jim Stewart.” Comm. Law (August 2021). https://www.americanbar.org/groups/communications_law/publications/communications_lawyer/2021-summer/thoughts-the-retirement-jim-stewart/

Len Niehoff, “Proof at the Salem Witch Trials.” Litigation 47, no. 2 (2020). https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/publications/litigation_journal/2020-21/fall/proof-salem-witch-trials/

Len Niehoff, “What Litigators Can Learn from B Movies.” Litigation 46, no. 4 (2020): 37-41. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/publications/litigation_journal/2019-20/summer/what-litigators-can-learn-b-movies/

Len Niehoff, “There is No Work-Life Balance,” Hon. B. M. McCormack, co-author. Litigation 46, no. 1 (2019): 30-34. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/publications/litigation_journal/2019-20/fall/there-no-worklife-balance/

Len Niehoff, “Catch and Kill: Does the First Amendment Protect Buying Speech To Bury It?” Comm. Law. (Spring 2019) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xKAop1kXUoj3FFCc9ZYLBfpDOQiuLe9a/view?fbclid=IwAR3TtKnxgpwLV_zCoYRBuqsuWwW4EOlMCJOjctHOgBPe86YcVRRfR-ypf6I

Len Niehoff, co-author, “May it Displease the Court.” Hon. B. M. McCormack, co-author. Litigation 44, no. 2 (2018): 33-39 (selected for “The Best of the ABA Sections,” GPSolo magazine (2020)). https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/laba44&i=102

Len Niehoff, “Are Trump’s Attacks on the Media Adversely Affecting Public Opinion?” Comm. Law. 33, no. 2 (2017) https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/comlaw33&i=37

Len Niehoff, “Bankrupt Marketplace: First Amendment Theory and the 2016 Presidential Election.” Comm. Law. 32, no. 4 (2017). https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/communications_lawyer/cl_v32_4_spring17_v1.authcheckdam.pdf

Len Niehoff, “Ethics for Media Lawyers: The Lessons of Ferguson.” Comm. Law. 31, no. 3 (2015): 4-5, 19-20. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/comlaw31&i=76

Len Niehoff, co-author. “When Stereotypes Attack.” Hon. B. M. McCormack, co-author. Litigation 41, no. 4 (2015): 28-34. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/laba41&i=229

Len Niehoff, co-author. “Zombies among Us: Injunctions in Defamation Cases Come Back from the Dead.” J. Stewart, co-author. Comm. Law. 30, no. 4 (2014): 28-31. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/comlaw30&id=136

Len Niehoff, co-author. “Material Falsity in Defamation Cases: The Supreme Court’s Call for Contextual Analysis.” C. D. Tobin, co-author. Comm. Law. 30, no. 3 (2014). http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/comlaw30&id=81

Len Niehoff. “Training the New Litigator: Some Assembly Required.” Litigation 40, no. 4 (2014): 49-55. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/laba40&id=263

Len Niehoff. “Three Puzzling Things about New York Times v. Sullivan: Beginning the Anniversary Conversation.” Comm. Law. 29, no. 3 (2013): 10-4. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/comlaw29&id=117

Len Niehoff. “Opinions, Implications, and Confusions.” Comm. Law. 28, no. 3 (2011): 19-22. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/comlaw28&id=87

Len Niehoff. “Of Tweets and Trials.” Comm. Law. 27, no. 3 (2010): 10-4. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/comlaw27&id=74

Len Niehoff. “Soft-Core Perjury.” Litigation 36, no. 3 (2010): 8-12. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/laba36&id=146

Len Niehoff. “When the Supreme Court Came to Michigan.” The Court Legacy 17, no. 2 (2010): 1-7. https://federalcourthistoricaledmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Court.Legacy.2010.09.pdf

Len Niehoff. “Here Comes the Pro Se Plaintiff.” Litigation 32, no. 4 (2005-2006): 12-6. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/laba32&id=238

Len Niehoff. “The Lessons of Legal Ethics.” The Chronicle Review 52, no. 36 (2006): B5. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Lessons-of-Legal-Ethics/7252/

Len Niehoff. “The Lawyer for the Situation.” Mich. B. J. 81, no. 11 (2002) 50-1. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0081&id=1614

Len Niehoff. “Read All About It: Supreme Court Cracks Down on Soccer Moms.” Mich. B. J. 80, no. 8 (2001): 76-7. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0080&id=1530

Len Niehoff. “Bush v. Gore.” Mich. B. J. 80, no. 6 (2001): 62-4. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0080&id=1300

Len Niehoff. “Judicial Notice: The Deus Ex Machina of Evidence.” Litigation 27, no. 1 (2000): 31-63. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/laba27&id=35

Len Niehoff. “The New, Old Federalism.” Mich. B. J. 79, no. 5 (2000): 538. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0079&id=1452

Len Niehoff, co-author. “Leaving the Watchdog Outside.” L. Michelson, co-author. Mich. B. J. 78, no. 9 (1999): 996-7. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0078&id=1782

Len Niehoff. “The Contraband You Keep.” Mich. B. J. 78, no. 7 (1999): 720-1. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0078&id=1498

Len Niehoff. “Legal Education.” Mich. B. J. 77, no. 7 (1998): 648-9. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0077&id=1177

Len Niehoff. “Same-Sex Harassment.” Mich. B. J. 77, no. 5 (1998): 453. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0077&id=1177

Len Niehoff. “Have Smoking Gun, Will Travel.” Mich. B. J. 77, no. 3 (1998): 314. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0077&id=314

Len Niehoff. “Picking a Winner.” Litigation 23, no. 3 (1996-1997): 25-8. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/laba23&id=177

Len Niehoff. “Gilbert v. Homar: No Notice, No Hearing, No Salary – No Problem.” Mich. B. J. 76, no. 11 (1997): 1220. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0076&i=1968

Len Niehoff. “The President, the First Lady, and the Court.” Mich. B. J. 76, no. 9 (1997): 984-5. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0076&i=1724

Len Niehoff. “How Not to Lose.” Litigation 22, no. 3 (1995-1996): 27-9. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/laba22&id=187

Len Niehoff. “The Student’s Right to Freedom of Speech: How Much is Left at the Schoolhouse Gate.” Mich. B. J. 75, no. 11 (1996): 1150-2. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0075&i=1864

Len Niehoff. “Civil Rights in the Academy.” Mich. B. J. 75, no. 11 (1996): 1145. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0075&i=1859

Len Niehoff. “Remarkable Demise of the Gun-Free School Zones Act: Is it Possible that the Commerce Clause Actually Means Something.” Mich. B. J. 75, no. 11 (1996): 1196-7. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0075&i=1910

Len Niehoff. “The Supreme Court Clarifies the Commercial Speech Doctrine – Again.” Mich. B. J. 75, no. 8 (1996): 828-30. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0075&i=1530

Len Niehoff. “How to Become a Debt Collector Without Really Trying.” Mich. B. J. 74, no. 9 (1995): 951. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0074&i=1631

Len Niehoff, co-author. “Can Someone Trademark a Color – The Answer is Not Written in Black and White.” J. E. Stewart, co-author. Mich. B. J. 74, no. 6 (1995): 574-5. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0074&id=1234

Len Niehoff. “The Terminated Employee and After-Acquired Evidence.” L. Deitch, co-author. Mich. B. J. 74, no. 5 (1995): 443. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0074&id=1099

Len Niehoff. “Signs of the Times.” Mich. B. J. 73, no. 8 (1994): 836-7. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0073&i=1516

Len Niehoff. “Discrimination in Peremptory Challenges.” Mich. B. J. 73, no. 7 (1994): 702-3. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0073&i=1378

Len Niehoff. “Judicial Disqualification in the Federal Courts.” Mich. B. J. 73, no. 5 (1994): 439. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0073&id=1107

Len Niehoff, co-author. “Title VII and the ‘Hostile Work Environment.’“ A. R. Dickson, co-author. Mich. B. J. 73, no. 1 (1994): 76-7. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0073&id=78

Len Niehoff. “Expert Testimony and the Frye Standard.” Mich. B. J. 72, no. 10 (1993): 1081. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0072&i=1744

Len Niehoff. “Newsracks Without News: The Supreme Court Revisits Commercial Speech.” Mich. B. J. 72, no. 9 (1993): 942. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0072&i=1599

Len Niehoff. “The ‘Sham’ Exception to Noerr-Pennington.” Mich. B. J. 72, no. 7 (1993): 708. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0072&i=1364

Len Niehoff. “The Case Not Taken.” Mich. B. J. 72, no. 2 (1993): 214- http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0072&id=220

Len Niehoff. “Should Hate Speech Be Free Speech?” Mich. B. J. 71, no. 10 (1992): 1076-7. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0071&i=1740

Len Niehoff. “Dan Malone: Providing Hope to Troubled Children.” Mich. B. J. 71, no. 9 (1992): 894-5. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0071&i=1556

Len Niehoff. “Waste Disposal and the Commerce Clause: The Michigan Experiment.” Mich. B. J. 71, no. 9 (1992): 951-65. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0071&i=1613

Len Niehoff. “U.S. Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 71, no. 7 (1992): 690-703. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.barjournals/micbj0071&i=1332

Len Niehoff. “Cruel and Unusual Punishment.” Mich. B. J. 71, no. 6 (1992): 565. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0071&id=1204

Len Niehoff. “The Supreme Court and Economic Rights.” Mich. B. J. 71, no. 5 (1992): 432-3. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0071&id=1071

Len Niehoff. “42 U.S.C. § 1983: When is a Person a ‘Person’?.” Mich. B. J. 71, no. 2 (1992): 204. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0071&id=206

Len Niehoff. “Disproportionality and the Eighth Amendment.” Mich. B. J. 70, no. 12 (1991): 1334. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=2012

Len Niehoff, co-author. “United States Supreme Court Review.” C. A. McClenic, co-author. Mich. B. J. 70, no. 11 (1991): 1205. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=1853

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 70, no. 10 (1991): 1080-1. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=1726

Len Niehoff, co-author. “The Bill of Rights.” M. L. Proctor, co-author. Mich. B. J. 70, no. 10 (1991): 1019. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=1665

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 70, no. 9 (1991): 947. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=1591

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 70, no. 8 (1991): 835. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=1477

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 70, no. 7 (1991): 710-1. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=1342

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 70, no. 6 (1991): 578-9. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=1213

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 70, no. 2 (1991): 201. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0070&id=205

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 69, no. 11 (1990): 1200-1. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0069&id=1843

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 69, no. 10 (1990): 1074-5. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0069&id=1715

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 69, no. 8 (1990): 822-3. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0069&id=1459

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 69, no. 6 (1990): 563. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0069&id=1196

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 69, no. 5 (1990): 417. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0069&id=1036

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 69, no. 3 (1990): 315-7. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0069&id=333

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 69, no. 2 (1990): 195. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0069&id=199

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 68, no. 10 (1989): 1004. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0068&id=1630

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review – § 1983.” Mich. B. J. 68, no. 9 (1989): 884-5. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0068&id=1508

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 68, no. 8 (1989): 771. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0068&id=1393

Len Niehoff. “United States Supreme Court Review.” Mich. B. J. 68, no. 7 (632-3). http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0068&id=1240

Len Niehoff, co-author. “The Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988: An Overview.” J. E. Stewart, co-author. Mich. B. J. 68, no. 2 (1989): 162-77. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.barjournals/micbj0068&id=166