Playboy a Casualty of the Markets? You know the financial and political worlds are going topsy-turvy when not even naked women can stay afloat. (1 views)
Confidence in UK Legal Sector Falls In a study published on October 27 by Smith & Williamson, a renowned UK accounting firm, independent research performed by Randolph Watson, a research firm, shows (1 views)
Attorney Puts Man's Best Friend in the Doghouse For over twenty years, ''dogs have been used to comfort victims and witnesses...in and out of the courtroom,'' and in particular, children, according to the September 12th whtc.com article, ''U.S. courtroom dogs spark legal debate''. (1 views)
University Policy Questioned in Wake of Murder In the aftermath of Katy Benoit's murder, one of the most prevalent questions seemed to center around whether the University of Idaho did everything in its power to protect the student from one of its own professors. The university first garnered criticism when it refused to release information from student and employee records, citing a legal ''obligation to protect... (1 views)
President Obama's War In recent days, President Obama rejected the views of Jeh C. Johnson, the Pentagon general counsel, and Caroline D. Krass, the acting head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, regarding the NATO led air war in Libya. Essentially, Johnson and Krass advised the President they believed that the United States military's activities amounted to ''hostilities.'' (1 views)
State and Local Funding Flexibility Act - The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? In the July 14th press release issued by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) - America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice - the organization denounced the recent approval of the ''State and Local Funding Flexibility Act'' (H.R. 2445), which was approved yesterday on a party-line vote of the House Education and Workforce Committee, as a... (1 views)
Verdict Spurs Calls for Caylee's Law In the wake of last week's not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony trial many were left to wonder if there would ever be justice for Caylee. While some have responded with picketing, many others have turned their anger into a more direct call for legal reform. (1 views)
Attorneys General Take Nation's Five Largest Banks to Task Over Foreclosure Crisis This week in Chicago, a group of attorneys general from all over the country are meeting with the five biggest U.S. mortgage servicers to discuss setting standards for the way banks service loans, proceed with foreclosures, and to attempt to secure monetary relief for homeowners affected by the foreclosure crisis. (1 views)
Federal Government Launches Initiative Targeting Immigration Legal Aid Scams The federal government is cracking down on people posing as attorneys offering services to immigrants to help them through the immigration application process. (1 views)
Top Attorneys Decry Civil Unions The op-ed piece, ''The civil union bait-and-switch: Compromise is far from true marriage equality'', penned recently by top notch New York state attorney general Eric Schneiderman and American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) attorney Ted Olson decries civil unions, versus marriages, in the state of New York. (1 views)
SB 1070 - Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants, or Catch 22? In spite of the passage of SB 1070 nearly a year ago, the toughest anti-illegal immigration measure in decades, as well as the most highly controversial, the state of Arizona claims it's under invasion. (1 views)
Schneiderman Axed from Mortgage Investigation by Iowa AG This week, Eric T. Schneiderman, New York’s Attorney General, was axed from a committee of state attorneys general who are investigating the foreclosure and mortgage abuses that greatly contributed to the economic crisis in 2008. (1 views)
Tweety Bird Singing a Different Tune A group of men associated with the drug cartel believed to be responsible for killing Federal ICE Agent Jaime Zapata have been arrested and at least one of them is talking. Julian Zapata Espinoza, known in his drug cartel as ''Tweety Bird'' was captured on Wednesday and it didn't take long for him to start singing the details about the murder of one American Immigration... (1 views)
Connecticut Proposes an End to LPOs Connecticut state representative, Patricia Dillon, has proposed a bill that, if passed, would put an end to law firms outsourcing the drafting, reviewing and analyzing of legal documents to overseas agencies. Under the proposed law, ''unlicensed'' offshore workers would be subject to charges of unauthorized practice of law. (1 views)
Charter Schools The battle over education is being fought along two major fronts. The first is the fight over school vouchers and the second is the power of the teacher's union. Conservatives have very real grievances with the teachers union. (1 views)
Wikileaks and the Justice Department It seems that the government will be conducting a criminal investigation of Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange in relation to the disclosure of classified documents released via the whistleblower website. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the investigation last month, and we have finally seen the first public evidence of the investigation: a subpoena for... (1 views)
Lawyers Profiting from Financial Fallout The financial crisis may have resulted in a bank bailout, but the real winners of those bailouts may have been the lawyers representing the three largest banks. (1 views)
The Year in Review - The 2010 Legalities Part 2 As we're gearing up to bid adieu to 2010 and usher in 2011, we thought this would be an ideal time to rewind and see what the big legal news stories were that will forever be equated to the year 2010. Take a look; does our list mirror yours? Here's the second half of our annual list. (1 views)
Who Will Prosecute the Prosecutors? According to recent reports from various news outlets, revealing and startling truths about federal prosecutors and their conduct in the courtroom are now coming to light. (1 views)
Legal Jobs Fall Again In March According to a preliminary draft of the monthly employment report out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Legal Sector saw yet another decline in jobs, after February’s whopping loss of 2,900 jobs. (1 views)
Judicial Independence Any regular reader of this page knows that I have strong feelings about judicial elections and the threat they pose to judicial independence. America's chief advocate for appointing judges is no less a person than former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor who has spoken and written extensively on the subject. (1 views)
Legal Staff Stays Steady While In-House Legal Spending Takes a Dip According to a new survey conducted by Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, for the first time in a decade, in-house legal departments in the U.S. are cutting back spending. (1 views)
Reid v. Angle, Part 4 This is part four of commentary on the recent debate between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and challenger Sharron Angle. The next set of questions focuses squarely on the economy. (1 views)
The Search Continues for Zahra Baker The search for a ten year old cancer survivor is now focused on a tree service company her father is employed with. Ten year old Zahra Baker had to wear hearing aids and a prosthetic leg due to a bone cancer diagnosis she had awhile back. The girl and her father are originally from Australia and relocated to the states after Adam Baker, Zahra's father met his current wife... (1 views)
United States Attorney General Eric Holder So many times, we're not aware of a high profile political leader's past experience. We're focused on what he is doing in the here and now and whether or not he can play a role in the betterment of the country. Such as the case with Eric Holder, the 82nd Attorney General of the United States. Keep reading for a look back to the journey that led him to one of the most... (1 views)
Finding Jobs in Legal Firms There are countless jobs in legal that individuals can choose from, as this is a diverse industry with many open positions. If you wish to find jobs in law, you must first choose the type of job in which you have interest. While many of these jobs require years of schooling, there are some jobs available that only require a training course, making them very attractive to a... (1 views)
Is free speech really free if it carries a price? In 1965, writing for the majority in the landmark free speech case Lamont v Postmaster General (381 US 301), Justice Brennan used the term ''chilling effect'' for the first time in a Supreme Court decision, although the phrase had been floating around for over a decade prior. (1 views)
Clients Unwilling to Fund On The Job Training Recently we talked about the declining size of summer classes. In what may become a rapid downward spiral, another trend is emerging. Clients of large law firms are increasingly unwilling to pay for work done by summer associates or are renegotiating lower rates. This is hardly surprising given the number of clients that have begun including provisions in their contracts... (1 views)
Assange Extradition Stands Looks as though Julian Assange will be on a Sweden bound plane before long, pending any appeals his legal team might file. A judge in the UK issued a 28 page ruling this week after nearly three days of testimony. Among his findings, Judge Howard Riddle said not only was it highly unlikely Sweden would turn him over to American authorities, but there existed no reason to... (1 views)
''A Bright Future?'' I've got a job waiting for my graduation Fifty thou a year - buys a lot of beer Things are going great, and they're only getting better I'm doing all right, getting good grades The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades I gotta wear shades -The Future's so Bright I Gotta Wear Shades, by Timbuk 3 (1 views)