Not surprisingly, the family of the man killed in a stampede of shoppers at Wal-Mart on the day after Thanksgiving filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., reports Reuters. What is surprising, or even troubling to some, is…
Source: Carolyn Elefant
In just a few months, the U.K.’s Legal Services Act will take effect, opening the door for non-lawyer professionals like accountants to become partners in law firms, according to Accountancy Age. Under the new law, up to 25 percent of…
Source: Carolyn Elefant
The presidential election may be over, but the lawsuits continue. (H/T court-o-rama). As you may recall, early on in the election cycle, some challenged McCain’s eligibility because he was born on a naval base outside of the United States. Those…
Source: Carolyn Elefant
OK, what kind of reality show would you have if it didn’t include at least a handful of lawyers? Probably a more interesting one … but that’s beside the point. These days, lawyers are infiltrating virtually every genre of reality…
Source: Carolyn Elefant
Here is a lawsuit sure to tug at the heartstrings of even the most callous among us — with the possible exception of the lawyers for the RIAA. In the latest of its battery of lawsuits targeting illegal music downloads,…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
Here is a sketchy decision if ever there was one. When longtime courtroom sketch artist William J. Hennessy Jr. showed up last week at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, supplies in hand, to capture oral arguments in a high-profile…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
At the age of 60, Stephen J. Davidson had only recently left his law firm of 35 years to start his own information technology law practice when he died suddenly on Dec. 2. The Minnesota lawyer was recognized internationally as…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius is best remembered today for The Analects, a compilation of his teachings in the form of concise aphorisms. Confucius said, for example, “Have no friends not equal to yourself” and “When you have faults, do…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
The American Bar Association has jumped on the social-networking bandwagon with a networking site of its own, Legally Minded. The ABA hopes to separate its site from the professional-networking pack by combining the best features of the top social networking…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
Yesterday was the last day on the bench for Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice John Greaney, who stepped down just four months shy of the state’s mandatory retirement age of 70. After more than three decades as a judge, he…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
