The Lawyer's Guide to Personal Finance: Legal Tender Expert advice on where to stash (and how to grow) your nest egg. (1399 views)
Ty Warner's Luxe Penthouse Suite What do interior designer Peter Marino, architect I.M. Pei, and artist Thomas Struth have in common? They all contributed to the remodeling of the Ty Warner-owned penthouse in which you will be staying this weekend. Considering the venture took six years and $50 million to complete, paying $30,000 per night is a true bargain. (1394 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)
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. (1357 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)
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)
Should You Really Be a Lawyer? The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During & After Law School Prospective and current law students, as well as practicing attorneys who are questioning whether a legal career is the right career choice for them, will find answers and helpful solutions in Should You Really Be a Lawyer? The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During & After Law School by Deborah Schneider and Gary Belsky. (1316 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,... (1298 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,... (1225 views)
What It is Like Practicing Law in Seattle The coffee's fresh, the computers are humming, and it doesn't rain as much as you think. Here's what it's like practicing law in Seattle. (1220 views)
The King of Torts The most recent book from best-selling author and lawyer John Grisham tackles the controversial issue of tort reform. Does he make his case for or against it? (1202 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)
20 Motivational Quotes to Get You through a Tough Week at Work Summary: Save these quotes to help you with your next tough work week. (1161 views)
Rapper 50 Cent's $10 Million Connecticut Mansion I was thinking about moving to Connecticut a few years ago. I'm glad I waited, because now the perfect house is up for sale in the town of Farmington. And it has a Hollywood history. (1160 views)
Teen Pregnancy: What Are the Real Costs? The reproductive tendencies of Americans have been in the spotlight in recent weeks in light of a new report which claims that abortion rates have fallen in the United States to their lowest levels since 1976. The report from the nonprofit Alan Guttmacher Institute also mentions something which might startle casual observers of the abortion debate: one in five American... (1159 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. (1088 views)
Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money in the Music Business Fredric Dannen's Hit Men reads more like a ready-for-the-big-screen novel than a non-fiction account of the rise of the billion-dollar record industry. Dannen, a former writer for Institutional Investor and editor for Vanity Fair, tells the intriguing story of how a number of colorful characters in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s turned rock 'n' roll into the money-making... (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)
A Real-Life Witch School Every week on our website we feature short articles about law schools and law students. It is our objective to inform our readers about prestigious facilities and to tell the stories of successful law students around the country. This week, just for fun, we decided to feature a Halloween-inspired story about a different kind of school and student body. Students at this... (979 views)
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... (977 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)