Traveling for Business or Pleasure? Tips for Staying Healthy On the Go More and more people are heading to destinations across the globe. Whether for work or play, people are finding it easier than ever to take that flight to Europe or that road trip to the mountains or that train ride to meet with a client. (2 views)
NY Bar Proposes Reforms in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure On Thursday, the New York Bar Association released a 125-page report calling for optimizing and streamlining the discovery process and proposed suitable amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The amendments are targeted at preservation of documents including pretrial conferences and electronically stored data. According to the NY Bar Association, the proposals... (2 views)
Parole Possibilities for Teen Murderers Serving Life without Parole On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for people under the age of 18 years when they committed murder were unconstitutional. The ruling can affect more than 2,500 young prisoners in the country. In a narrow win, a 5-4 majority contended that the Constitution forbids such mandatory sentencing... (2 views)
How to Maximize Your Publishing Opportunities: Tips for Telling - and Selling - Your Story Getting published is one of the best business development tactics for lawyers. It offers direct and indirect benefits ranging from expanding your network to building name recognition. More important, however, is the impact that writing for publication has on enhancing your reputation, establishing your expertise, and spotlighting key issues that affect your target... (2 views)
November 5 2007 Legal Blog Roundup As the holidays approach and you become increasingly desperate in your attempts to find excuses to avoid family reunions, try reading. Robert Reich (remember him — Clinton's uber-smart but vertically challenged secretary of labor?) recently wrote what Lessig Blog calls ''a fantastic book by an extremely smart and experienced liberal'' about corporations and capitalism,... (2 views)
DU Law School Clinic Files Lawsuit DU Law School Clinic Files LawsuitStetson to Host Arbitration Competition$7 Million Given to North Carolina Law and Medical Students (2 views)
December 10 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Ever wonder what it's like for all those other ultra-competitive lawyer wannabes in law school as they cram for the all-important bar exam? The Bar Exam Is Crazy answers your curiosity, giving insight into the weekly exam mania of a law student who describes herself as ''a mom of two and a wife of one.'' She also happens to be a small business owner, a real estate agent,... (2 views)
Law School Workshops Pay Off Law School Workshops Pay OffLaw Student Takes on Universal HealthcareFormer Starbucks CEO Gives University $200,000 in Honor of Law Professor (2 views)
December 17 2007 Legal Blog Roundup Okay, so the hell that is law school finals is probably over for you, and while you're thinking you'd rather read torts than have to sit through another family viewing of Miracle on 34th Street, I've got a suggestion for you: change your holiday viewing for a few hours by getting a copy of a new documentary called The Trials of Law School. As noted on December 5th at... (2 views)
January 7 2008 Legal Blog Roundup Ringing in the new year is always a joyous occasion, but it does not come without its own familiar taint: drunk driving. We all know better, and yet we've all done it, hopefully without tragic results. When it does happen and when the perpetrator is caught, the rules are not always the same and punishments can vary widely depending on the state in which the driver is... (2 views)
Indiana's Voter ID Law Challenged With the primary elections creeping closer, Indiana's voter ID law could face changes once more. (2 views)
January 21 2008 Legal Blog Roundup Well, maybe (just maybe) there's some hope for citizen privacy rights after all. It turns out that our malfunctioning, Constitution-shredding government is more stupid than evil. (I can hear you saying, ''What, this is news?). The FBI, which has been eagerly trampling basic First Amendment freedoms with what is widely considered illegal wiretapping, recently saw its... (2 views)
Law: The Institution for All Seasons The comments, directives, admonitions (“Outline this way!” “Brief that way!”) that you’ve worked through may strike some of you as overly mechanical—as too much the tough trial lawyer’s approach: apply the rules, push hard, win. (2 views)
Criminal Justice Bills Made Law in Florida Fill Rotting Loopholes It’s natural for attorneys and state bureaucracy to find and use loopholes in laws to defend their clients or their actions, even though such loopholes create self-defeating situations for both the law and the constitution. On Friday, Florida Governor Rick Perry signed into law a few bills on criminal justice with two aimed to close such loopholes left long in the words... (2 views)
Law School Applications Fall By 11.5% Back in 2009, the American Bar Association released a report that said, ''The rising cost of a legal education and the realities of the legal job market mean that going to law school may not pay off.'' (2 views)
New Hairstyles You Should Try Summary: I wanted to share several new hairstyles that I want to try. Why don’t you give them a try as well? (2 views)
Companies Ask of Government: What’s Up with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? In recent days, trade groups and businesses around the country have demanded clearer answers from the government regarding the interpretation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, a 1970s era piece of legislation, but which is still relevant today. (2 views)
Will the Federal Government Finally Endorse Same-Sex Marriage? Same-sex marriage and the legalities and/or illegalities surrounding the issue have made headlines time after time in recent years. (2 views)
BLIP: Innovating Law and Technology for Students, Entrepreneurs, and the Future While technology has advanced at warp speed, the legal industry has, by many standards, failed to keep pace. That often spells trouble for technology start-up companies, which need legal advice and guidance, but have a hard time finding a lawyer who understands law and technology, and just how each influences and affects the other - a tall order in many regards. (2 views)
Two Big Cases Decided as Supreme Court's Term Ends What a week for the judiciary! And what a week for the bloggers! Yes, the past week was filled with pontifications of all kinds — primarily about the Supreme Court. (2 views)
Woman Needs A Great Defense Lawyer There are hard cases for many lawyers. There are tough, hopeless cases. But you can only imagine how much aspirin the poor soul who defends Lynne Rice of Norwalk, CA, will need. (2 views)
FISA Passes, Trial Lawyers Mourn On July 9, 2008, the United States Senate passed the FISA bill, or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Actually, the Senate passed a renewal of the act, joining the House of Representatives. (2 views)
Attorneys and “Financial Reform” – Something Wicked This Way Comes According to the November 11th theatlantic.com article, ''Lawyers Cashing In on Banks' Misdeeds and New Regulation'', it's observed that, essentially, the mortgage crisis and the resulting financial reform ad nauseam has, and will continue to throw a wealth of business attorneys our way. (2 views)
Poll: Obama Supporters Don't Want Constitution Used in Supreme Court Cases This is a rather shocking result. It's rare that the Supreme Court is a question of polling, but with recent political rhetoric along the lines of ''Bush has destroyed the Constitution'' and ''we are all living in a fascist state,'' it occurred to polling company Rasmussen to poll Americans on their current attitudes about the Supreme Court — and break the results down... (2 views)
President Obama Nominates FCC Commissioners On Monday, President Obama nominated two Washington lawyers to serve as commissioners to the Federal Communications Commission. Ajit Varadaraj Pai, a partner at Jenner & Block, and Jessica Rosenworcel, senior counsel to Senator John Rockefeller IV, both have experience working at the FCC and on Capitol Hill. (2 views)
Role of Courts Too Large, Per Clarence Thomas Recently, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke to University of Nebraska-Lincoln law students and faculty members, in collaboration with the Roman L. Hruska Institute for the Administration of Justice. (2 views)
Potential Legal Eagles to Fill Spots in Obama Administration Approximately 48 hours ago, the United States of America chose Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to lead the country. Already, those ''in the know'' are speculating which leaders, mentors, friends, and advisors, might join the ranks in Obama's new administration and other federal offices and agencies. (2 views)
Diversity and Bar Passage Rates - Catch-22? For the second time in four years, the American Bar Association is struggling to find a balance with promoting diversity in the legal profession and raising minimum bar-passage rate requirements, two issues that are proving to be at odds with one another. (2 views)
Illegal Same Sex Spouses and the Deportation Crisis The matter of the nation's estimated 11 million illegal residents continues to be at the forefront of heated debates. According to the July 14th latimes.com article, ''Gay couples in legal limbo with immigration'', the Obama administration ''released new guidelines to provide flexibility in individual cases without conflicting with other federal laws.'' In other words, the... (2 views)
ReduceMail Pro Prevents E-Discovery from Being a Tiger by the Tail A major issue facing firms today is electronic discovery, which refers to ''any process in which electronic data is sought, located, secured, and searched with the intent of using it as evidence in a civil or criminal legal case'', according to searchfinancialsecurity.techtarget.com. (2 views)