It’s not exactly a great look when judges get arrested on DUI charges but DUI law has taken a new turn with not one, not two but three Broward County judges haveing been arrested in the past seven months on DUI charges. Is there something wrong with “judicial culture”, the county’s leading public defender has […]
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You might think that a trial lawyer might be just a tad more careful than was the case when Miami-Dade trial lawyer chief Andrew Moss took a swipe at a camera at an event featuring Charlie Crist. The report – and the video – was duly made and posted for all to see, as Marc
Facebook for lawyers is fine and dandy, unless you do what one US lawyer has done and tell your client’s husband that you have him “in your sights” in a message laced with profanity. Nah, not good. The Facebook message from 41 year old Jim Hanson of Fort Wayne, Indiana resulted in charges from prosecutors
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Of all the challenges faced by lawyers today, pricing and what their services are worth and – more importantly – how to actually value them, is a key issue keeping some lawyers awake at night. And so things are changing. The Washington Post reports that Crowell & Moring for instance has a director of client
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Well, its a job someone has to do and it looks like New York lawyer Tom Mullaney scored the gig. Representing beautiful women is just par for the course for the attorney who has built a practice around representing some of the world’s most notable beauties in their diesputes – a story we came upon
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For the second time in three years, Davis Polk received the “Award for Excellence” in “Securities Regulation (including Advisory, Enforcement and FSR)” at the Chambers USA annual awards dinner, which took place on May 22, 2014. “Awards for Excellence” recognize achievements over the past year and are based on research for the 2014 edition of
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Florida personal injury attorney Spencer Aronfeld is an author and civil rights activist who writes in the Huffington Post that the Florida “Stand Your Ground” law is both volatile and controversial Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law is probably one of the most controversial and volatile pieces of legislation I have seen in my 25 years
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Mandatory retirement age restrictions have been a bugbear for employers – and employees – for as long as there has ben retirement. But for a Vancouver law firm, the issue has been taken to the Supreme Court of Canada, which has ruled that law firms and other partnershps can force partners to retire. Why? Because
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Could Led Zeppelin have stolen the intro for the now-standard “Stairway to Heaven?” A lawyer representing deceased Spirit guitarist Randy California is making the claim and seeking to prevent the release of their reissue “Led Zeppelin IV” album according to Bloomberg Business. “Stairway to Heaven” was recorded in 1971 and the claim from lawyer Francis
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The problem or issue of the rain-making, king-hitting “gorilla” lawyer, the ones that are the big billers and big earners, is something that most firms value of necessity. But is that a correct standpoint. Legal consultant Tony Williams is a princpal of London-based Jomati Consultants and has worked internationally as a worldwide managing partner of
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