Former Federal Prosecutor Christopher Clark Forms New Law Firm with Mentor, Patrick Smith Christopher Clark, a former federal prosecutor with high-profile clients like Mark Cuban and Elon Musk, and who currently represents President Joe Biden's son Hunter in a U.S. tax investigation, has left the international law firm Latham & Watkins. He has joined forces with Patrick Smith, his former mentor from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, to form a new... (976 views)
Twenty Six Defendants Including Six Lawyers Indicted in Immigration Fraud On Tuesday, 26 defendants including 6 lawyers, their staff including paralegals and translators from 10 immigration law firms and a Chinese Deacon were indicted in a massive immigration fraud involving hundreds of Chinese immigrants. The nine federal indictments unsealed in the Manhattan federal court showed that most of the law firms worked in New York’s Chinatown area. (975 views)
Treading into new territory Kevin Arima reads tire treads much like a palm reader. The Toyo Tires engineer sees long life in multiwave siping. He sees saved lives in an asymmetrical, nondirectional tread. And he sees periods of quiet and comfort with reduced ''pipe resonance'' and a ''groove wall.'' (968 views)
More Attorney Layoffs in Chicago Located on the picturesque edge of Lake Michigan, Chicago is one of America's best known and most beloved cities. With a population of roughly 3 million people, Chicago is home to a thriving community of legal professionals and today, it took another hit with layoffs at Jenner & Block’s largest office. (961 views)
NJ Attorney Charged with Stealing $1 Million from Clients Summary: Louis A. Capazzi JR., 49, an attorney from Harrington Park, New Jersey has been charged of stealing more than $1 million from former clients. Apparently, he used to take legal fees, but never did the work. He had built up the process to the level of a scam. The attorney, who was arrested on deception charges, had a client list ranging from football players to... (956 views)
Kaplan Found Guilty in Sub–Prime Mortgage Scam Alexander M. Kaplan, a Brooklyn, N.Y. attorney, has seen his last courtroom for awhile. The lawyer, formerly of Lerner & Kaplan, has been found guilty on 18 counts from an indictment charging him with bank, mail, and wire fraud and conspiracy. The attorney had built a successful and profitable business involving title insurance earning high fees in real estate closings. On... (945 views)
Texas Announces Jacob's Law The state of Texas has answered the call for the safe transportation of children in daycare thanks to Jacob's Law. The new law was named after 4 year-old Jacob Adams who died of heatstroke after he was accidentally left inside a daycare van in July 2006. Jacob was left in the daycare van and upon his death, employees were instructed by daycare owner, Blynithia Washington,... (919 views)
Nicaragua: A hidden gem in Central America tempts tourists GRANADA, Nicaragua - Tucked away in the tropics of Central America, Nicaragua is suggestive of a gifted diva patiently waiting offstage to be discovered by the world, like a dazzling diamond in the rough, simply overlooked by the masses, sometimes trampled on, but surviving with pride and honor. (917 views)
Attorney Suicide Pact 03/28/07According to the Louisiana State Bar Association, reports from various lawyers' assistance programs across the nation state that ''suicide among male lawyers is approximately two times more likely than among men in the general population.'' (906 views)
FDR Set Precedent for Presidential Libraries Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the nation's first presidential library because he believed history could offer insight for the future. Robert Clark, Supervisory Archivist for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, considers Roosevelt ''foresighted'' for creating a library that serves as ''a place to study and search and learn about the history of... (867 views)
On Getting Bounced at Boeing WASHINGTON — In the months that followed the terrorist attacks of 9/11, bad things happened to good people. In Tulsa, Okla., the Boeing Co. riffed Valentino Zuniga. Now he's in the Supreme Court on an appeal testing the legal rights that go with advancing age. The case is a close one. (854 views)
Buy Diamonds & Discover Why They Make the Perfect Gift for Everyone No one can resist the sparkle. No one can deny the beauty. No one is immune to the hypnotic radiance. LawCrossing is bling blingin' this weekend with diamonds, diamonds, diamonds. (847 views)
U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster Sentences Amish Beard Cutters Dan A. Polster was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1951. He graduated with an A.B. from Harvard College in 1972 and earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976. From 1976 until 1982, he served as a trial lawyer in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice. From 1982 until 1998, Dan worked as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of... (844 views)
Female Attorneys in TV Land In a day and age when many people form opinions of others based on television characters, it's interesting to take a look at the media's representations of female attorneys and to examine what types of opinions are being formed from the ways women lawyers are portrayed on television. (839 views)
For chocolate lovers, Hershey is the place to be HERSHEY, Pa. - When it comes to the ideal vacation, roller coaster aficionados head to Cedar Point in Ohio. Skiers hit the slopes in Colorado. And wine lovers often venture to California's wine country. I went to Hershey, Pa. (837 views)
Swedish designer glass blends artistry, craftsmanship KINGDOM OF CRYSTAL, Sweden - ''I love that red plate!'' I called out to my husband Carl. ''And want to buy it!'' (813 views)
Paralegals Report High Job Satisfaction, Room for Improvement In recent months, national and regional survey results have shown paralegals to have uncommonly high levels of satisfaction with their careers. (803 views)
Evidence hidden from court. Make use of Brady Rule More than 40 years have passed since Justice William O. Douglas wrote the Supreme Court's opinion in Brady v. Maryland , but its value as a check against overzealous prosecutors remains undiminished. We had a reminder of this protection in a little-noticed order from the court a week ago. (796 views)
Class-Action Lawsuit May Cost Sharper Image $900 Million 08/24/07 Sharper Image may go bankrupt if it loses a $900 million class-action lawsuit for selling an ineffective product, the Ionic Breeze Purifier. (765 views)
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon Said U.S. Can Keep Secrets On Killings of Terrorists Overseas Colleen McMahon was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1951. In 1973, McMahon graduated with a B.A. from Ohio State University and in 1976, she earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School. From 1976 until 1995, she was in private practice in New York. However, from 1979 until 1980, McMahon took time off from private practice and became a speechwriter and special assistant to the... (758 views)
Goodyear recipe for SUV tires features dash of Kevlar, volcanic ash Carbon fiber, volcanic ash and Kevlar might seem odd ingredients for a tire, but Goodyear has called on that recipe to improve grip and handling in some of its tires. (753 views)
Mercedes GL450 SUV a tad too serious to be fun The American-bred sport utility vehicle is a constant frustration to the import imitators.Those brands - the Europeans mostly - tend to take carmaking seriously and want to overthink and overengineer their versions of the SUV. (750 views)
Exclusively Bugatti: Only select few buyers qualify for million-dollar Veyron The first time Pierre-Henri Raphanel settled into the driver's seat of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, it was to be for a brief test with an engineer. He stayed for seven hours. (743 views)
When to Draw the Line: Navigating Ethics in IT Law | LawCrossing Oral argument in the Supreme Court had barely begun on March 2 when Justice Sandra Day O'Connor interrupted with a question. The case was Van Orden v. Perry , No. 03-1500. At issue was the power of Texas to sanction a display of the Ten Commandments on the Capitol grounds in Austin. Erwin Chemerinsky, of Durham, N.C., spoke for the plaintiff, Thomas Van Orden. (743 views)
Foreclosure King David J. Stern Disbarred by Florida Supreme Court The flamboyant Florida attorney once called the King of Foreclosures, David J. Stern, who had as many as 100,000 foreclosure cases and grossed $260 million in 2009 has finally been disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court. Stern was disbarred for allegedly failing to supervise employees accused of improperly processing thousands of foreclosures for lenders. (741 views)
How to retire gracefully Won't retirement be great? No more need to update your knowledge and improve your skills. No more colleagues to interact with. No more contributing to the nation's gross domestic product. No more reason to get out of bed in the morning... for two decades! Then you die. (738 views)
Switzerland's yodelfest the biggest hoot of summer festivals ZURICH, Switzerland - In June, art festivals of all sorts blossom like spring flowers across Switzerland in almost every one of the 26 cantons, from Art Basal in the north, a gigantic weeklong art market that brings 50,000 art collectors, dealers and artists in from all over the world, to the annual Montreux Jazz Festival on Lake Geneva in the south, one of the world's... (729 views)
The Gaucho Is the Essence of Argentina LOS PATOS, Argentina - Except for the fact that some call them Argentina's cowboys and there are restaurants around Los Angeles serving up succulent barbecue that are named after them, I knew little about the Argentine gauchos. That is, until I visited my daughter Jacqueline in Buenos Aires last spring. (728 views)
Abundant Options in Alternative Compensation While nearly every investor has heard of stock options, few are likely aware of their close cousins, restricted shares and stock appreciation rights. Even if investors have heard of them, fewer still probably understand how they work. (719 views)
Paralegal Regulation Ask almost any paralegal what the biggest issue facing the paralegal workforce today is, and he or she will most likely say two words: paralegal regulation. A trend that seems to be catching on in the U.S. and Canada, paralegal regulation has its pluses, as well as its minuses. (719 views)