A Chicago University employee has been awarded $2.5 million in back pay and damages in an employment law dispute that could see the employee, fired for whistleblowing, receive even more money. The whistleblowing verdict is the first filed under the ethics act enacted in 2003 which set out guidelines for behaviour by state employees and […]
What does a famed immigration attorney do when he wants to educate his wide audience on his area of special interest? He “does a Grisham” and writes a book. Shah Peerally is a well known legal commentator and immigration attorney, but he is also a humanitarian and activist keen to educate people on immigration and
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The issue of gender equality among lawyers and the slowness with which women reach the top ranks of law firms has raised a rather nasty head, again. It appears that not only are there only 17 per cent of equity partners women in the US, but lawyers were reluctant to discuss the gender difference regarding
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CHICAGO, ILL. (February 27, 2014) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Paul L. Langer has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Insurance Coverage Litigation Team. “We are delighted to welcome Paul to the firm,” said Jeff Davis, chair of the Insurance Recovery litigation subgroup, which specializes in
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Life is full of everyday heroes. They don’t get medals or prizes and sometimes they don’t even get noticed. However, good Samaritans save lives all over the country by intervening in the aftermath of accidents, alerting authorities, moving injured people out of the wreckage, and administering first aid. Sometimes even offering a cell phone to
Kristina Long was a former UK beauty queen, crowned Miss Bolton and winning a Miss World University competition. But she has now been given a one year jail term for driving while twice the over alcohol limit, hitting a pedestrian and flinging him 80 feet. Miss Long, 26, now has her legal career and life
Lawyers on television are a dime a dozen. You can find excellent lawyers like Perry Mason, unethical but effective lawyers like Saul Goodman, or eloquent lawyers like Jackie Chiles. But none of them are as astoundingly bad at their job as Arrested Development’s Barry Zuckercorn, played brilliantly by Henry Winkler. Here are five things
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A catalog of sexual discrimination that lead to appalling discrimination against sex abuse victims has lead to a federal investigation into the Missoula County Attorney’s prosecutors and the way they treated often grossly serious sex abuse cases. “Boys will be boys” was one alleged response provided to the mother of a five year old rape
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The rise of the Alternative Business Structures (ABS) in the UK has lead to a commodisation of legal services, but the issue for many judges and lawyers now is to ensure lawyers adhere to their professional obligations rather than pursuing penal orders for pure financial reward. David Corker, a London white collar criminal defence lawyer
A Missouri lawyer who is accused of starting a law firm with his father using his former law firm’s credit card has been ordered to serve a period of community service and was placed on four years’ probation. James A. Clampitt, a disbarred lawyer, was put on probation last Thursday, Missouri Lawyers Weekly (sub. req.)
