Departing Lawyer Accuses Former Firm of Discrimination
Stories of metaphorical bridge burnings are rare in the legal industry, not only because the industry is tight knit, but…
One Word Wednesday
About a month and a half ago, when I was in Colorado, I did a One Word Wednesday inspired by…
NY Court of Appeals Lowers Burden of Proof in Cases of Severe Child Abuse
On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals dealt with the matter of burden of proof in cases of severe…
Woman Arrested for Planting Poisoned Juice in Starbucks Store
Ramineh Behbehanian, 50, a woman living in northern California was arrested on Monday night from her home in San Jose…
Information on Benghazi Attacks to Congress
Fox News reported several officials at the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency have obtained attorneys or are in…
Background Checks for Guns
According to The Huffington Post, there are senators in several states who voted in early April 2013 to not increase…
Bank of America’s Use of Fraud Statute Challenged
Thomson Reuters reported U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff challenged a fraud statute the United States government applied against Bank of…
ABA Can’t Decide Whether Law Schools Need Tenure or Not
The ABA is setting some policies that will possibly change the structure of most law schools; they have a 14…
Boston Bomber Assigned Same Lawyer Who Defended Unabomber and Olympics Bomber
With a case like Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving brother of the two who set off bombs at the end of…
Judge Rules that Lesbian Couple Should Have Same Rights as Heterosexual Marriages, Undermines Democratic Process
Do votes count at all in the United States? Can the public vote for what defines their institutions, or can…
NBA’s Jason Collins Comes Out
Gay culture could be viewed as a map with explored and unexplored territory. The first people to admit they were…
Potter Anderson Expands Transactional Practice with Three New Partners
Delaware law firm Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP announced today the addition of three highly regarded attorneys as firm partners.…