Largest Law School in Nation Sues Scam Bloggers and Attorneys The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, the largest law school in the United States accredited by the American Bar Association, in recent days filed suit against four anonymous individuals; so called 'scam bloggers', as well as the attorneys who have begun an investigation into Cooley's job placement rates. (580 views)
LawCash helps Clients Turn down Low Settlements and Gives Attorneys Time to Litigate for a Better Resolution This article talks about LawCash, which is owned by Dennis Shields and Harvey Hirschfel. , Their finance firm makes a commitment to attorneys and their plaintiffs by lending money for lawsuits. They back up structured settlements, the cost of the case, and financing for law firms. LawCash is a reputable finance company and they have been featured in the national media... (579 views)
Should Capital Punishment be given to anyone under 18? Suppose we talk today about the murder of Melissa Mills and the trial of Renaldo Adams. An ugly crime has led to a troublesome sentence. (578 views)
Sidley Austin Partner and Nephew Charged with Sexual Assault of Teen Male An 18-year old male told authorities that Stanley Stallworth, partner at Sidley Austin, and his nephew, Therrie Miller, had sexually assaulted the teenager at Stallworth’s home. Stallworth is a member of the Sidley Austin’s diversity committee and involved in selecting law student interns. He has taken a leave of absence from the firm. (578 views)
Heads of Law Firm Winters & Yonker Suspended for ‘Stealing Clients’ The television advertisements of Winters & Yonker were pulled off the air after the heads of the law firm, William Winters and Marc Yonker, were suspended for 91 days and 60 days respectively, by the Florida Supreme Court, earlier this month. (575 views)
Couples, Sex, and Money Let's face it: Most couples do not enjoy talking about budgeting or saving. It's not great party conversation, animated water cooler talk, or even the controversial stuff that makes for a good joke. It is decidedly unsexy. (566 views)
A rail devotee finds famed British steam train is a jolly good way to spend a day EAST GRINSTEAD, England - Sitting in a vintage dining car on the Golden Arrow Pullman, I found it hard to detest a man to whom I owe my life's passion. (556 views)
Remembrance of things past: Coco, Hem and Me PARIS - Rue Cambon is a short, narrow, nondescript street in the historic heart of Paris, just three blocks long between Rue de Rivoli and Boulevard Madeleine. Much of the time it's constricted to a single lane by construction or parking barriers. (550 views)
Sweeping New Limits on How Attorneys Market Their Services: New York is Latest State to Restrict Attorney Advertising Once deemed unseemly and not in keeping with the dignity of the legal profession, advertising by attorneys was specifically prohibited by the American Bar Association for decades. That prohibition was lifted in 1977 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that attorneys had a First Amendment right to advertise their services. (550 views)
Four Final Takes on Timothy McVeigh: Last Words On the eve of Timothy McVeigh's execution, Jungle spoke to the man who convicted him, the man who defended him, and the parents of two of the people he killed. Read their reflections on death and justice. (549 views)
Will Tulane's Grade Reform Give Students An Edge? Recently law students have complained about the seemingly sparse job market for law grads, but Tulane's Law School may have figured out a way of giving their students an edge after graduation. (546 views)
U.S. District Judge Harry Daniel Leinenweber Sentences David Coleman Headley to Thirty-Five Years in Prison Harry Daniel Leinenweber was born in 1937 in Joliet, Illinois. In 1959, Leinenweber graduated from the University of Notre Dame. In 1962, he earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. From 1962 until 1986, Leinenweber worked in private practice in Joliet. From 1963 until 1967, he served as a city attorney of Joliet and was a Special prosecutor for Will... (542 views)
Rome's influence still lingers in southern France BEZIERS, France - ''Beziers is an up-and-coming place, with loads and loads of history,'' exclaimed Marielle Durand from the tourism office as we enjoyed a leisurely lunch at Les Deux Lombard. (537 views)
Ram-Rod: Viper-powered Dodge pickup has 500-hp bragging rights but needs more technical finesse When it comes to the grandstand play of stuffing a Dodge Viper V-10 in a Ram pickup, any enthusiast can step back and say, ''More power to ya, Dodge.'' (537 views)
Fenwick & West Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Aiding FTX Founder’s Fraud Fenwick & West, the law firm representing failed crypto exchange FTX, is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that it aided founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud. According to the suit, Fenwick is accused of helping to develop procedures designed to conceal FTX's noncompliance with regulatory obligations. The law firm is also the subject of a federal subpoena, which has yet... (535 views)
Smart Fortwo May Look Like a Toy, but the Engineering Behind It Isn't Kid Stuff ''Mark - You should be ashamed of yourself for taking that little thing away from its mother! Please tell me you aren't driving that on the freeway. Not 'Smart'!,'' wrote a female colleague in an e-mail the day the Smart Fortwo test car was delivered. (533 views)
News Corp's Legal Department in Shambles; Search is on for General Counsel Amid Company's Mounting Legal Problems News Corporation, a diversified global media company with operations in various industry segments, has made sordid headlines in recent weeks amid allegations of employees 'phone hacking' to obtain stories. (533 views)
Newspaper Heirs Win Battle 08/30/07 Heirs of the Gannett newspaper fortune won a $1 million lawsuit against law firm Gunster Yoakley & Stewart when the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled in their favor. (532 views)
U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore Rules for Education K. Michael Moore is a United States District Judge who serves the Southern District of Florida. He was born to Thomas and Janet Moore in Coral Gables, Florida, and he is one of seven children. Moore attended Florida State University, where he received a B.A. degree. He also earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. (531 views)
Case of the Dirty Pictures Without a murmur of comment or dissent, the Supreme Court last week effectively affirmed a sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon an Arizona man for possession of 20 dirty pictures. The court's indifference to the Constitution is arguably a more serious offense than the crime of Morton Berger. (526 views)
ABA Opines Lawyers Can Share Fees with Non-Lawyers in Alternative Business Structures This Monday, the ABA gave a historic ethics opinion: Formal Opinion 464: Division of Legal Fees With Other lawyers Who May Lawfully Share Fees With Nonlawyers. The opinion states that lawyers in the US may share legal fees under certain circumstances with ABS firms or law firms with alternative business structures, as in the UK. The UK model of ABS is new and paves a way... (524 views)
President Barack Obama has Nominated Iowa Federal Public Defender Jane Kelly to the United States 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Jane Kelly was born and raised in Greencastle, Indiana. In 1987, she graduated summa cum laude from Duke University and earned her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991. Jane began her legal career by clerking for the Honorable David R. Hansen on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She also clerked for the Honorable Donald J. Porter of the... (521 views)
Las Vegas Attorney Indicted in $300 Million Market Manipulation Scheme Kyleen Cane, 59, an attorney from Las Vegas, Nevada was indicted with six other persons last week in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York. The ten-count indictment involved orchestration of a $300 million scheme to manipulate the market with the stocks of four publicly-traded companies. The FBI said in a press release that the defendants made profits by selling to elderly... (518 views)
Houston Ambulance Operator Sentenced to Eight Years for $2.4 Million Health Care Fraud Gwendolyn Climmons-Johnson, 54, owner and operator of a Houston area ambulance company was sentenced on Friday to 97 months in prison for her role in a $2.4 million Medicare fraud scheme. She had been convicted by a federal jury in Houston last year of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud. In addition to her prison... (516 views)
Exhibit will convey Maori culture through intricate weavings WAIWHETU, New Zealand - Erenora Puketapu-Hetet gathers flax and other grasses among her family's homes in the Waiwhetu tribal community, near Wellington, New Zealand. She uses her finds to weave baskets, cloaks and wall hangings in the traditions of her people, the native Maori. (497 views)
Class Action Lawsuit against Sun Mar Health Care On January 10 a class action lawsuit was filed against Sun Mar Health Care Inc., Sun Mar Management, and 18 of Sun Mar’s Californian skilled nursing homes by Warren Richardson on behalf of him and ''all California citizens who resided in, or are residing in, one of the company's California facilities from Jan. 8, 2005, through Jan. 5, 2008,'' says a press release. (494 views)
Live the life of a dolphin trainer, at least for a day LAS VEGAS - Next to the pool area at the Mirage Hotel is a dolphin habitat, where visitors can escape the traditional Vegas atmosphere - blinking lights, noisy slots - for a leisurely day watching the trainers interact with the majestic Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. The habitat's interlocking pools, with shimmering blue water and the ever-smiling dolphins, are as inviting... (491 views)
Back To The 10th Amendment in the case of Oregon's Right to Assisted Suicide Act The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision last week in the case of Oregon's Death with Dignity act was a double disappointment. Justice Anthony Kennedy's opinion for the majority was unpersuasive. Justice Antonin Scalia's opinion for the dissenters was unconvincing. And no one even mentioned the 10th Amendment! It makes you wonder what the world is coming to. (486 views)
U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell Rejects Lawsuits Against Corps of Engineers Todd J. Campbell was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1956. He graduated with a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1978 and earned his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of law in 1982. From 1982 to 1993, Campbell worked in private practice in Nashville, TN. From 1987 to 1988, he served as the deputy campaign manager for legal affairs and treasurer of Al Gore's... (486 views)
Blenheim Palace: Britain's Versailles and Churchill's birthplace WOODSTOCK, England - ''This is the finest view in England!'' (485 views)