Ask Mrs. Riches: Home Sweet Home Dear Mrs. Riches: Help! My husband is addicted to the hardware store, and it's getting ridiculous. Our garage is filled with expensive tools still in their original packaging, stacks of unopened boxes of nails and screws, and who knows what else. He's spent about $500 just in the last three months alone! Whenever I see him coming into the house with a new shopping bag of... (1 views)
Colorado Law Students Make a Successful Step into the Ring Law students across the nation should be encouraged by the recent news made by students at the University of Colorado Law School. (1 views)
Capital Punishment in the News For opponents of the death penalty, this was one of those good news, bad news weeks. In Illinois, the Governor signed into law a bill that bans capital punishment, while also commuting the sentences of all current death row inmates. Neighboring Ohio, however, became the second US state to execute someone with pentobarbital, a drug normally used in this country for... (1 views)
Wireless comes of age Back in the late 1990s, as the New Economy bacchanal raged, the wireless industry promised to set America free. (1 views)
LegalTech 2007 02/05/07That's right. It's that time again. Time for legal professionals from all over the country to gather in New York to soak up everything they can on the subject of legal technology and try to have a little fun on the side. (1 views)
Ohio's Youth Facilities Open Doors to Attorneys 02/12/07 In Ohio's youth incarceration facilities, young people have been awarded broader rights to attorneys and the justice system for filing claims and complaints against the youth facilities. These rights were discussed in a hearing on January 12 and are set to be confirmed in a hearing on March 6. (1 views)
Attorney Generals Warn Against Scams During National Consumer Protection Week 02/13/07 These days, residents of Maryland and Texas can rest easy under the assurance that their attorney generals are looking out for their best interests. As part of National Consumer Protection Week, which ran from February 4 to February 10, both attorney generals issued statements cautioning residents of their states to be wary of scams and con artists. (1 views)
MySpace to Block Unauthorized Copyrighted Material MySpace.com, the social-networking website owned by Fox Interactive Media, Inc., recently announced that it will test video-filtering technology that prohibits the use of unauthorized copyrighted materials. Audible Magic Corporation, a leader in the anti-piracy-services industry that provides technology to various corporations in numerous fields ranging from government to... (1 views)
Verizon Wins Infringement Suit, Vonage to Appeal On Thursday, March 8, an Alexandria, VA, jury found that Vonage was infringing upon three Verizon Communications, Inc., patents, forcing the voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephone provider to pay $58 million in damages as well as potential royalties to Verizon if it continues to utilize the corporation's technology. Vonage has said it will appeal the verdict. (1 views)
March 19 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Hi, everybody. Things are looking up at last, and the national scene is messy—just the way I like it. Trust this administration to do the right things for the wrong reasons and the wrong things for the right reasons; they'll never let you down. Now the FBI is red in the face after having been caught snooping. (1 views)
Presidential Race Could Gain Star Power 03/21/07The U.S. has had a celebrity president before (Ronald Reagan), but are the American people ready for another one? Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker and Rep. Zach Wamp think so, and they're doing all they can to convince Fred Thompson from NBC's Law & Order to take a stab at winning the GOP nomination. (1 views)
Salespeople Sue for Overtime Pay Reflecting a recent surge in class-action overtime litigation, another wave of lawsuits is being filed across the country by pharmaceutical representatives. Drug salespeople have filed suit against prominent drug companies seeking compensation for overtime they believe they should have received but were never paid. (1 views)
April 2 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Well, it's officially spring...and that's always good news, even if it's freezing outside today and we're all stuck inside. I tend to rationalize things this way: Even if it were nice outside, I'd still be stuck inside working. In fact, if it were nice outside, I'd be even bitterer about the fact that I'm stuck inside working. So it's better that the weather sucks…at... (1 views)
John Waters Joins Court TV 04/17/07 John Waters, famous for the films Pink Flamingos and Hairspray, is back in all his glory as part of Court TV's 'Til Death Do Us Part, a show all about husbands and wives and the things that drive them to murder each other. The network's first scripted show, 'Til Death Do Us Part is 30 minutes of true stories that seem completely unreal. So far, reviews are mixed. (1 views)
Two Murky cases at the High Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is capable of writing a clear, coherent opinion, but the gift escaped him last week in the great abortion case. Speaking for himself and four misguided colleagues on the Supreme Court, he delivered a load of semantic sludge — and low-grade sludge at that. (1 views)
Newsgroups Oppose Subpoena on Unreleased Outtakes of Rape Documentary On Wednesday, a group of news organizations filed an amicus brief opposing a request from New York City for unreleased outtakes of a documentary on the 1989 Central Park jogger rape. The movie by Ken Burns, named “Central Park Five,” covers the lives of five teenagers who were accused of the rape and imprisoned, but had their convictions overturned only after another... (1 views)
May 7 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Hi, everybody! My days have started to fit comfortably into their lazy summer pattern with only occasional breaks from the monotony. The Virginia Tech incident is still on impressionable minds, and the media's brimming with opinions and views on that subject. (1 views)
The Nation Celebrates Law Day 2007 05/07/07 Law Day, a holiday set aside to celebrate democracy, was established by President Eisenhower and was first celebrated in 1958. This year, it was celebrated on May 1, and the theme this year was ''Liberty Under Law: Empowering Youth, Assuring Democracy.'' (1 views)
May 14 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Hi, everybody. Spending two days away from my daily routine does wonders for my mind and spirit. This morning, I took my ritualistic cool shower, closed my eyes, and shooed away all those thoughts of law firms and law firm personnel that relentlessly clutter my mind. Feeling serene and revived, I opened up the Blog of Legal Times. The page announced an unmatched message of... (1 views)
May 21 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Hello, friends. Here's my weekly ramble:Inmates are proven innocent by new evidence and taken off death row all the time. A quick look at the Innocence Project's website will bear out this fact. No one is sure how many innocents have already been executed in this country before humanitarians have had opportunities to fight for them. (1 views)
Tour de France Champion Fights to Keep His Title 05/24/07 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis stands on trial in Malibu, CA, where he risks a two-year cycling ban and the loss of his title. Landis, who has been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs during the Tour, could be the first champion to lose his title in the 103-year history of the Tour. (1 views)
The Shield Law Bill 05/31/07 The shield law bill, which protects journalists from revealing their sources, was shot down on Monday, May 21, 2007 by the Texas House. Opponents fear that if the bill passes, gathering information in criminal cases would become too difficult. (1 views)
June 4 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Hi, folks. It's almost the middle of 2007 and time to start planning for 2008. The Internet is here to stay and is continuing to push other media out of the way, as far as the advertising industry is concerned. Lawyers have been using the Internet effectively to market themselves for some time now. (1 views)
Patents on Human Genes: Humanity vs. Progress? In a case that's getting a little too 'God Project' for some, and that many predict will end up before the Supreme Court, the question of whether or not it is legal to patent a human gene was posed to the judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington earlier this week. (1 views)
June 11 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Aspects of ethics rules governing the conduct of lawyers and law firms command perpetual interest, and Eric Turkewitz's May 29 update on the recent controversy over New York advertising rules puts forth some points that are quite relevant to situations in other parts of the country. Turkewitz quotes from the response memorandum from the lawsuit brought by Public Citizen: (1 views)
In Council Bluffs, the Bounding Main Before it closes up shop for the summer, the Supreme Court probably will let us know if it will hear the appeal of Amanda, Helen and Beverly. Mr. Justice Kilpatrick, meaning me, votes to set the case for argument next fall. The young ladies' plea involves a serious question of maritime law. (1 views)
June 25 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Hi, folks. While searching for a relevant topic to write on this week, I really hit pay dirt at David Stejkowski's Dirt Lawyer's Blog. His post entitled ''Avvo, you are wrong. Change your policy'' enticed me to learn what Avvo.com was all about. And believe it or not, what Avvo seems to be proposing, and doing, can affect the career of every single lawyer in this... (1 views)
July 16 2007 Legal Blog Roundup More than half of all U.S. presidents have been lawyers. On July 3, Peter Lattman, on the Wall Street Journal law blog, provided that interesting nugget of information. I've always suspected I had the makings of a president, but...well...I like giving others a chance. I hope that didn't give you a heart attack; however, according to the July 3 post on Eric Turkewitz's... (1 views)
July 30 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Hi, folks! On July 18, Eric Turkewitz's New York Personal Injury Law Blog unraveled the mystery of how Turkewitz finally passed his bar exam 22 years after passing his bar exam. Don't get it? Then read his post titled ''Your Bar Exam Answer Sheet Is Gone—Now What?'' What he describes is not an uncommon experience, I'm sure, and for some, Turkewitz's post may provide some... (1 views)
August 6 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Hi, folks. A federal judge in Syracuse has struck down several provisions of the new New York Lawyer Advertising Rules, stating that they infringe the Fifth Amendment. Bans on the use of nicknames, portrayals of judges, fictitious law firms, active client testimonials, and Internet pop-up ads were deemed unconstitutional. Peter Lattman, at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog,... (1 views)