The Florida Flood in Housing Crisis-Related Attorney Misconduct Cases
The recent flood of attorney misconduct cases in Florida serves as an ideal example of a situation where...
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Arizona Immigration Law Debate Puts Fed v State Jurisdiction Center-stage
The U.S. Supreme Court is going to sit in judgment this week over Arizona v. United States, No. 11-182, and...
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Call to Nullify Jury outside Courthouse not Criminal Offense
On Thursday, a retired Chemistry professor narrowly escaped trial when the criminal case against him was...
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$15-Million Fraud Caught in Litigation Funding
On Wednesday, according to a complaint filed in a Brooklyn federal court, three men were charged with bilking...
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Supreme Court: Private Attorney Hired by a City Can Claim Legal Immunity
On Tuesday, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that private attorneys and other experts temporarily hired by a city...
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Supreme Court to Determine True Length of the Long Arm of Copyright
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case on an issue it failed to determine in...
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Lying to the Court, Valerie, and People V. Bergin
Recently this month, the backroom tables at bar associations often witnessed discussions on the case of...
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Fired SEC Lawyer Reverses Penalty by Submitting Post-penalty Evidence
The case of Norris v. SEC, U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 2011-3129 has established a new...
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Florida Bar Stuck Over Admission of Undocumented Immigrant
In a case that has been flagged as 'high profile' by the U.S. Supreme Court, Florida, The Florida Board of Bar...
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NY Appeals Court Protects Whistleblower Nurse
When, in 2007, Joyce Villarin notified a state agency of an elementary school student at the Ramaz School had...
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Legal Services Sold in Online Packages: Hargrove Madden Beats All
The 2012 American Bar Association eLawyering Award was recently won by Lexington-based Hargrove Madden. The...
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Scope of Computer Fraud Law Limited by the 9th Circuit
In a major 9-2 decision on Tuesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco held that the...
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Commission on Judicial Conduct Faces Historical Challenge from a Sitting Judge
For the first time in its 34-year history, the Commission on Judicial Conduct faces a challenge to its...
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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...
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Newt’s Gingrich Group LLC Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
The Gingrich Group LLC, incorporated from The Center for Health Transformation launched by Gingrich in 2003,...
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Court Rules Litigation Funding to Law Firm not Usury
The U.S. Supreme Court of the State of New York has held that litigation funding to lawyers of a plaintiff at...
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Appellate Court Bows to Criticism, Promises to Improve Hiring Practices
Chief Administrative Judge Gail Prudenti has said that the court will now ensure that job openings are filled...
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Supreme Court Grants Strip Searches for Any and All
Cops can now strip-search anybody before putting that person in jail, be it for any offense. The Supreme Court...
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Absconders Cannot Claim Refuge of Legal Reform Passed During their Flight
Application of Drug Law Reform Act on sentencing delayed by absconding of accused.
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Demystifying 'Class of One' and the application of the 14th Amendment
A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Appeals Court has thrown out a case where a man claimed that him...
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Barbara Carpenter – Professional Performance over Political Difference
Barbara Carpenter, chief deputy district clerk of Douglas County, has retired after 30 years of service. She...
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Sex v. Money in Attorney Ethics – Two Recent Cases
Two cases of discipline and suspension involving professional misconduct of attorneys were decided within the...
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Section 7, National Labor Relations Act and Employer's Social Media Policy
Violation of Section 7 of NLRA, union sues employer over social media policy.
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Attorney Convicted in Insider Trading Case Disbarred
The appeals court in New York has ruled that attorney Michael Kimelman will not be allowed to practice law in...
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Only Judges Can, Prosecutors Cannot Withdraw Grand Jury Indictments
On Tuesday, the New York Court of Appeals ordered a new trial of a criminal case when they found prosecutors...
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FTC Wants Internet Data Trading Regulated for Transparency
The Federal Trade Commission has requested Congress to make laws on Internet privacy that will make it...
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Broker Avoids Prison after Stealing Corporate Secrets from Wife
Matthew Devlin, a former Lehman Brothers broker, has pleaded guilty to charges of having stolen corporate...
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The Case of Mehta and Application of the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine
The case of Mahendra R. Mehta v. Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of Supreme Court of...
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Sandusky Feels Violated: Asks Judge to Dismiss All 52 Child Abuse Charges
Sandusky's lawyer asks judge to dismiss all 52 child abuse cases for lack of acceptable evidence.
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Court Dismisses Law Students’ Suit over Law School Job Data
Court dismisses law students’ suit against New York Law School over misleading job data.
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