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Toys R Us Appeals $20M Award for Killer Pool Slide

29 year-old Robin Aleo slid to her death in July 2006 when she used a 6-foot inflatable pool slide on…

Spring Preview: Supreme Court Expected to Make Momentous Decisions

It’s that wonderful time of year again! Flowers are blooming, young love is burgeoning, and the United States Supreme Court…

Patriot Coal Workers Threaten Strike

On Friday, a lawyer representing the United Mine Workers of America told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in St. Louis that…

Obama Comes Out in Support of Same-Sex Partnership in Immigration Reform

On Friday, President Barack Obama came out in support of a proposal to include same-sex partnership in immigration and said…

Rhode Island Now the 10th State to Legalize Same-sex Marriage

On May 1, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. The…

April Hires 2,100 in Legal Sector

This year we got hit with one of the hardest “spring swoons” in a long time – that time of…

Legal Industry Sheds Secretaries

Several prominent and successful law firms across the country are reducing the size of their secretarial staff. This trend is…

Wynn Resorts and Okada Must Freeze Their Legal Battle to Let the Feds Pursue Okada’s Alleged Casino Bribery

Two casinos have been at each other’s throats, Wynn Resorts Ltd and those owned by Kazuo Okada; the owners used…

Force-Feeding Prison Inmate on Hunger Strike Does Not Violate His Rights

On Thursday, the Court of appeals in New York found that a court order authorizing force feeding of a prison…

NY State Mandates Reporting of Pro Bono Work

New York State recently approved new requirements mandating that attorneys report their annual pro bono work in order to register…

New IRS Healthcare Rules Hits Employers Hard

The tentacles of Obamacare are starting to coil around employers now that the Internal Revenue Service has released its proposed…

Former Judge Calls on Congress to Question U.S. Attorney’s Brooklyn Office

After being taken for millions of dollars by a fraudulent investor, is it reasonable to assume that the victims of…