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How the Department of Justice Intends Fighting Medical Marijuana

US Law / August 19, 2015

The US Department of Justice has released a memo indicating how the US attorneys should prosecute defendants in medical marijuana cases, showing it does not regard the 2014 Cromnibus as preventing prosecutions under state laws. The memo was written in February but just released. President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations […]

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Baker + McKenzie’s Lessons for Lawyers On The Use Of Social Media

Law Marketing / August 18, 2015

How does Big Law deal with social media? Let’s make that more personal? How many of AmLaw 100 managing partners actually use social media at all? Have the answer? Five. That comes out of a Bloomberg article from Baker + McKenzie global chairman Eduardo C Leite who notes that using social media permits the

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4 Things That Give Lawyers Sleepless Nights

Lawyers / August 13, 2015

They may seem like they’re high-powered, no-nonsense professionals with the world at their feet, but at the end of the day, lawyers are human beings too. Just like all of us, they experience their share of bad days and sleepless nights as well. It’s no secret that being a lawyer is one of the

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The Games of Thrones Mortal Combat Legal Fight

Law Firms / August 12, 2015

It’s an odd claim, to be sure, but then “Game of Thrones” is the sort of cult TV that prompts even lawyers to do some odd things. In this case it is a New York lawyer, who is demanding that a trial by combat resulting in nothing less than death. Luthmann is involved in a

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Should Lawyers REALLY Keep Secrets?

Featured / August 11, 2015

Thomas Ehrlich and Ernestine Fu* From Forbes When should lawyers be required to reveal information that will hurt their clients’ chances in court? The following story is a variation on a tale told by a good friend when she was head of the Public Defender’s office in a major U.S. city. We challenge you to

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Could Amal Clooney Be Trump’s “Apprentice” Replacement?

LawStars / August 11, 2015

Could Amal Alamuddin, Mrs George Clooney, be the one to replace Donald Trump on “The Apprentice?” Newspaper reports indicate that NBC has Mrs Clooney in their sights as Trump’s replacement, given ‘The Donald’s’ new role as GOP contender for the US president. One presumes that even someone of Donald Trump’s endless self-belief could not contemplate

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Harper Lee’s Sale of the Atticus Finch Law Office

LawStars / August 9, 2015

Author Harper Lee’s father, an Alabama lawyer, was the inspiration behind her character Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Now his former law office, itself a former bank, is up for sale. Harper Lee’s latest novel “Go Set a Watchman” has created a major fuss that has both delighted and angered critics. Her fans

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Brooklyn Couple’s “Smorgasbord of Fraud”

Law Firms / August 7, 2015

Defendants Used Stolen Identities and Hundreds of Stolen Credit Card Numbers to Fraudulently Obtain over $1 Million in Goods, Services, and Cash Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RANA KHANDAKAR, and USAWAN SAELIM were sentenced today to 56 and 36 months in prison, respectively, for engaging

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Trump, His Lawyer and The Beauty Queen Brouhaha

Lawyers / August 3, 2015

Donald Trump’s lawyer – well, one of them anyway – is in the line of fire for a comment he made about the legality of marital rape, as well as comments relating to destroying a beauty queen. Not a great look for the Trump Camp, but for Michael Cohen, who was interviewed by the Daily

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Gerry Spence on Guns, Police, Juries and Other Things

Lawyers / August 3, 2015

Wyoming attorney Gerry Spence is one of the most celebrated lawyers in America. In fact one of the most celebrated lawyers anywhere for his prowess in Court. The latest debate over police shootings in the US have seen comments from all quarters and now the NYPost Page Six columnist Cindy Adams has written about Mr

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