Disbarred Former Baker & McKenzie Partner Sentenced 2 Years for Money Laundering and Conspiring Securities Fraud
Martin Weisberg, former partner at Baker & McKenzie was found guilty and sentenced two years for conspiring to commit…
Oh Hey!
Psssst. Anyone there? I’m baaaaaaaack! So my “break” from blogging extended a little further than I’d anticipated, mostly because my…
Bankrupt Detroit Faces Water and Sewer Bond Restructure
Detroit’s $3.7 trillion dollar muni-bond market is facing trouble. Detroit’s emergency manager Kevyn Orr is battling insurers, individual investors and…
Publishers in Apple E-Book Price-Fixing Case Object to Restrictions on Apple
On Wednesday, the five largest book publishers in the US filed a motion in the US District Court in Manhattan,…
Judge Rules Bitcoin Scam is at Par with Scam Involving Traditional Money
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Texas ruled that a Ponzi-like scheme involving Bitcoin (the digital currency) is to be…
JPMorgan Being Investigated Over MBS
JPMorgan Chase &Co, the largest bank by assets, is being criminally investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice over its…
LSAT Not to Blame for Few Minorities
As the legal profession seeks to diversity itself and have representation from different ethnicities and races, certain advocates for that…
Fewer Summer Hires for Big Law Firms
This year’s batch of summer interns had fewer opportunities to choose from at large law firms. This year’s positions were…
David Letterman Spouts “Facts” about Fracking
As the public and media arena turns like a carousel, the live streaming celebrity theatre picks its legislative and political…
Anthony Weiner’s Mistress, Sydney Leathers, Makes Porno, Advises on How to Seduce Politicians in 10 Points
Anthony Weiner’s latest mistress, Sydney Leathers, has been playing it up, loving all the Monica Lewinsky fervor, even making a…
EverQuest’s New Destructible World the Latest Great Escape for Gamers
For homebodies who lack interest in camping, traveling, and traversing this mundane world, there is an online alternative – the…
Yemen Claims to Foil al-Qaeda Plot
Yemen security officials claim to have foiled at least one plot, if not many, including al-Qaeda’s attempt to take a…