The truck accident involving comedian Tracy Morgan has seen Walmart offer to take full responsibility as the precise circumstances of the accident, which killed one man and critically injured three others, including Morgan, continue to unfold. The truck driver Kevin Roper, 35, has been charged with one count of death by auto and four counts […]
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It’s as if the obsession with 79 year old Charles Manson can never die. The latest has been the viral news of his parole, coming from a satirical “news site”, Empire News. But it does nevertheless display a degree of interest in the notorious killer that America won’t let go of. The suggestion that Manson
Three men have been arrested in Los Angeles in respect of a $22 million movie scam involving a company called Gigapix and the “Oz3D” movie. The release from the LA US Attorney’s office reported: LOS ANGELES – Three men were arrested today for their roles in a scheme involving a company called Gigapix that allegedly
Courtroom outbursts go with the territory in terms of testy exchanges between attorney and Judge, but when Las Vegas lawyer Jacob Hafter was denied a motion to alter a trial date due to a conflicting Jewish holiday, he took to Facebook to call the Judge both a “racist” and an anti-Semite it didn’t go down
President Obama broke the law with his deal over Bowe Bergdahl’s release. That’s the clear sentiment – confidently expressed in multiple corners of the media over the Obama administration’s failure to notify Congress of the release of five Guantanamo Bay detainees when making their deal for the exchange of American soldier Bowe Bergdahl. One such
The issue of fees and who is entitled to them is central to just about any law firm’s identity and life. But in the case of some of the largest-ever law firm failures – Coudert Brothers, Thelen LLP and Dewey & LeBoeuf, the issue has reached the highest court in New York. So who deserves
Steve Ballmer’s purchase of the LA Clippers for $2 billion is the biggest NBA deal ever and a big deal for the former Microsoft Chief Executive who is used to big deals. The Clippers sale was negotiated by Shelly Sterling who co-owns the team with her husband Donald, who in now embroiled in litigation with
The rarity of African-American partners in the Am Law 100 law firms is such that they can be counted on one hand and the crisis of diversity in the white, male dominated law business raises its ugly head yet again. For lawyers like Grace Speights at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, a labor and litigation partner,
The AmLaw 200 survey results show a small but significant percentage of the second tier firms were in the “super rich” category. When the Am Law 100 rankings came out in late April, the key takeaway was that the super rich were continuing to get richer. When it comes to the Am Law 200, flat
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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