Juul and Altria settle teen vaping addiction claims in Minnesota lawsuit On Monday, Juul Labs Inc, an e-cigarette company, and its former largest investor, Altria Group Inc (MO.N), settled claims made by the state of Minnesota that accused them of contributing to teen vaping addiction. The settlement was announced by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Juul as a trial in the case was nearing its end. This settlement is the latest in a... (5 views)
Tips from Top Process Servers to Ensure You're Being Properly Served From the time he served his first document in the 1950s, Alan Crowe made it a point to be polite: he would dress nicely, knock on doors, never take a foot across a threshold, and always give his name. Now administrator of the National Association of Private Process Servers and owner of his own company, Crowe still believes that servers should remain professional. ''Act... (1332 views)
How to Take Advantage of the 'Court of Peeves' for Your Legal Practice The Court of Peeves, Crotchets & Irks opens its April assizes with a motion from Phyllis Urban of Bedford, Ind., to ban such grammatical insults as ''the fugitive went missing in March.'' The court has banned ''went missing'' before, to absolutely no effect, but willingly will ban it again. Into exterior darkness, go! (15 views)
How to Make Sure Your Employees Don't Have Conflicts of Interest: Expert Advice Whether they're due to a new client, new representation for an existing client, or a lateral hire, regular checks for conflicts of interest have become an essential part of a firm's operations. ''The idea is to be able to allow the firm to identify…a situation which gives rise to an actual conflict of interest, or could potentially rise to a conflict of interest down the... (2054 views)
Tricks of the Trade: Tips on Winning a Trial from America's Most Experienced Litigators The trial lawyers whose tips are offered here have all won multi-million-dollar lawsuits in the kinds of cases whose judgments (or lack thereof) are splashed across the national news. Identifying them was easy. Interviewing them proved more challenging. (330 views)
Kristen Comer + Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Legal Action Project: Profile of an Influential Legal Assistant Kristen Comer has been with the Brady Center since October. LawCrossing speaks with the legal assistant about her first legal job and her plans to become an attorney. (215 views)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: How to Contest False Accusations and Fight to Clear Your Name Better a guilty man remain free than an innocent man be imprisoned. That is the bedrock of the American judicial system. But a closer look would show the foundation of jurisprudence is not as incontrovertible as we would like to believe. (87 views)
How a 'Terminator'-Style Governance Model Could Impact the US Presidency Hollywood actor turned governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to make the big move across country from Sacramento to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Governor Schwarzenegger has made it no secret that he has his sights set on capturing the role of president in 2008, providing the Constitution is amended to allow foreign-born naturalized American citizens to run for the... (128 views)
The Impact of the Grutter vs. Bollinger Supreme Court Ruling - A Journal Analysis This past year, a Supreme Court decision about affirmative action in the admissions policies of higher education institutions put the University of Michigan Law School at the forefront of contemporary racial issues. But even before the decision, the Michigan Journal of Race & Law, an academic journal at the law school, had been manning that forefront for a while. (47 views)
How to Survive Billable Hours: A Lawyer's Guide to Working Smarter Alternative fee systems sought to improve quality of work, attorney lifestyles. (342 views)