Dodge Charger designed for police needs more power, better equipment Strap me into a 600-horsepower Dodge Viper SRT10 and I'd be less tempted to break the law than I was while testing the black-and-white Dodge Charger Police Package. (1681 views)
'Tea bagging' and the case of the case against school sports coach Having recently botched one opportunity to clarify the free speech rights of public employees, the Supreme Court now is looking at a second chance. The pending case stems from a nasty incident at a high school in upstate New York. It potentially affects public employees everywhere. (1680 views)
Downsized but upscale: Ford's Sport Trac can tow weekend toys, go to work or school We're all doing more with less, and so is Ford's 2007 Sport Trac, built from a stretched Explorer SUV. (1661 views)
Federal Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler Read Miranda Rights to Boston Marathon Bomber Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Marianne B. Bowler was born in Boston, MA, in 1947. She earned her A.B. degree from Regis College in 1967 and her J.D. from Suffolk Law School in 1976. Bowler also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Suffolk University in 1994. Prior to serving the court, she was an Assistant United States Attorney. Bowler previously served as prosecutor for the Middlesex... (1617 views)
Paul Bergrin, Once-Famous NJ Attorney, Receives Six Life Sentences On Monday, Paul Bergrin, a prominent former defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor of New Jersey, received six life sentences for murder, drug trafficking, racketeering and a multitude of other crimes. During the sentencing, U.S. District Judge Dennis Cavanaugh made it clear that Bergrin was going to spend the rest of his life and without parole behind the bars. (1614 views)
Daugherty Lordan Faces Further Departures Following Controversial Founding Incident In the wake of the unsettling revelations of bigoted emails penned by its former founding partners, the U.S. law firm that was once known as Barber Ranen is now grappling with more departures. Now rebranded as Daugherty Lordan, the firm continues to witness a steady stream of partners leaving, the latest of which includes a notable move to Cincinnati-founded Dinsmore &... (1613 views)
Brooklyn Immigration Lawyer Charged with Visa Fraud A criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday in Brooklyn federal court described how a Brooklyn immigration attorney and her paralegal assistant had filed false documents and lied to help clients obtain H-1B visas. (1605 views)
General Counsel Working Without Active Law License 08/13/07When general counsel Horace Nalle was discovered working without an active law license, not everyone complained. The State Bar of Georgia didn't. Nor did the GC's company. However ''legal ethics professors and the national professional association for corporate counsel sound troubled by the situation,'' says an article on www.law.com. (1575 views)
Spots at Yosemite's High Sierra Camps don't come easy There's a California lottery you've probably never heard of. And what's surprising is that those who win get to pay money instead of receive it - and they're thrilled! (1546 views)
Millennial Attorneys Look for Quality of Life, Not Billable Hours Grueling hours, networking, racking up billable hours: Is this the life that young law students set themselves up for? (1460 views)
Layoffs Announced at Katen, Muchin Rosenman LLP CHICAGO—Yesterday the Chicago-based firm of Katen, Muchen Rosenman LLP announced the layoffs of 21 associates across multiple US offices and practices. (1449 views)
Simply sensational: Subaru tones down Impreza WRX TR without stripping quality Subaru's Impreza WRX TR is an unpretentious sport sedan. It has speed, safety and simplicity for an all-you-can-drive price of $24,620. (1367 views)
Employment Attorney Nina Stillman Leaves Morgan Lewis to Join Scharf Banks Marmor Summary: Nina G. Stillman, most recently senior counsel for the Chicago office of Morgan Lewis where she specialized in Labor and Employment has joined Scharf Banks Marmor LLC as a partner in its Chicago office. Stillman has joined the law firm’s Occupational Safety and Health Admnistration (OSHA) practices. A very small 13-lawyer law firm, Scharf Banks Marmor, also... (1357 views)
Monroe County DA’s Office Disqualified in Matter Where Local Judge Was Complainant On Thursday, the Court of Appeals, New York held that the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office was disqualified from prosecuting a case where a local judge complained against a man for sending vulgar texts to her. The man, Keith Adams, had had a romantic relationship with the Rochester City Court Judge Maija Dixon. Adams was convicted in 2010 of harassment. (1356 views)
Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Weeks Commutes Three Death Sentences Judge Gregory A. Weeks serves the Fourth Division of the Superior Court of North Carolina. He has been a judge since January 1989 and will retire on December 31, 2012. Weeks earned his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law. After law school, Weeks worked in the private practice of law. He also served as an Assistant Cumberland County public defender. (1351 views)
Can someone be convicted for mere possession of porn materials Unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, Morton R. Berger will spend the rest of his life in an Arizona prison. Maybe he deserves it. Then again, maybe not. These are the facts. (1330 views)
Barber Ranen Spinoff Attracts 110 Lawyers from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith According to one of the founders of a newly-formed spinoff firm, approximately 110 lawyers from U.S. law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith have signed agreements to leave the firm and join the spinoff. The new firm, Barber Ranen, may eventually see up to 140 lawyers join, with around 60 Lewis Brisbois lawyers becoming partners. The firm will be led by John Barber,... (1297 views)
Former Fresno Attorney Goes to Prison over DUI Crash A former Fresno attorney who once had run for the office of the Fresno County District Attorney has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for fleeing the scene after a DUI collision in June 2012. The downfall of Colin Jon Kooyumjian is a classic example of how, losing emotional control can result in the destruction of a good professional. (1231 views)
In-House Costs Surpassing Fees Associated with Outside Counsel According to the 2007 Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey, compensation for in-house attorneys in the United States is outpacing spending on outside counsel. The survey, published by LexisNexis and Martindale-Hubbell, found that companies who generated a minimum of $5 billion in revenue saw their internal legal costs rise by 7%. In contrast,... (1221 views)
Teen Passes Bar Exam Unlike most 18-year-olds, Kathleen Holtz has finished high school, graduated from college, and passed the California bar exam — an even more impressive feat when the latter is known to be the toughest in the nation. (1193 views)
The Internet and Entrepreneurs: A Special Niche is Developing With a global reach of more than a billion people, Internet entrepreneurs continue to look for ways to bring traditional promotions and competitive entertainment to a broader global audience. Recent federal regulations have cracked down on Internet gambling involving games of chance. As a result, companies are seeking new ways to capitalize on the Internet gaming industry,... (1187 views)
Long after mines shut down, Alaska outpost braves the elements Nobody mentioned a morning wake-up call when I checked in at Ma Johnson's Hotel in McCarthy, Alaska, but I got one anyway. Instead of a cheery voice from a bedside phone (there wasn't one), however, it was a 6 a.m. shotgun blast outside my second-floor window. (1155 views)
What Caused This Year's Layoffs at Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft? As the economic meltdown continues, it isn't just industry in general that's worried. In fact, the oldest law firm in the country is laying off workers in order to save money and ensure profitability. (1106 views)
Well-Known Texan Attorney Arrested for Assaulting Boyfriend Summary: Rebecca Hendricks Brewer, a McKinney attorney known for representing and counseling several Texoma cities, and ex-wife of a former judge of the 366th District Court, was arrested last Thursday on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. (1087 views)
Charleston: High Point of the Low Country CHARLESTON, South Carolina - ''We are now at the highest ridge in Charleston,'' our driver-guide announced as our 16-passenger carriage, pulled by two mules, moved along Horlbeck Alley onto King Street. ''It's 12 feet above sea level here.'' (1069 views)
Sprinter van from Dodge is a working-class Mercedes that handles well A 10-foot-tall, silver bread-loaf of a van gets a lot of looks on the road. Stunned, appalled looks. (1053 views)
The repurcussions of ill handling of layoffs affecting Legal Firm of Paul Hastings Sometimes the practice of law is more a business than a profession. And sometimes that business side, or the side chasing the almighty dollar, gets in the way of common decency. (1026 views)
Cheating Could Mean Jail Time 06/26/07 ''Winners never cheat and cheaters never win...but sometimes they find themselves in court pleading guilty,'' said Prosecutor Gary Gambardella about the New Jersey man who tried cheating on the LSAT. (987 views)