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Small firm lawyers also need a vacation

Small firm lawyers also need a vacation

Going on vacation at least once a year is very important for all of us but small firm lawyers find it more difficult to allot time for a vacation in…

Sotomayor talks about her diabetes with kids

Sotomayor talks about her diabetes with kids

ustice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Supreme Court justice known to have diabetes explains to a group of diabetic children that their goals are still within their reach. Telling the story of her diagnosis…

Case against Strauss-Kahn may be dropped

This article from Bloomberg video report shows comments made by Jilali Maazouz, partner with Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP on sexual assault case against former IMF MD Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Watch the…

Libyan rebels are now Patton Boggs clients

Libyan rebels are now Patton Boggs clients

Interim Transitional National Council of Libya (TNC) hired the famous Patton Boggs lobbying firm to deny Muammar Qaddafi his traditional place as leader. They wish to get recognized as a…

Google hires top lobbying firms in response to FTC probe

Google hires top lobbying firms in response to FTC probe

The Federal Trade Commission takes a stab at Google resulting in a new addition to Google’s massive legal team. Initially, they did not provide names of their lawyers until demands…

Professor plans to sue Catholic university over single-sex dorms

Professor plans to sue Catholic university over single-sex dorms

A George Washington University law professor threatens to sue the Catholic University of America after the university began eliminating co-ed dorms in order to “reduce binge drinking and hooking up.”…

Michigan court says a squatter has no 4th Amendment Rights

Michigan court says a squatter has no 4th Amendment Rights

This article is about the claim of Lonnell Antwine in the Michigan Court of Appeals, regarding the warrantless search that was conducted in his house, for he was continuously living…

Amtrak Crash Lawsuit Filed in Nevada

Amtrak Crash Lawsuit Filed in Nevada

Five days after a tractor trailer rig slammed into the side of a passenger train north of Fallon, an AMTRAK employee has filed the first lawsuit related to the crash.…

BART Settles with Oscar Grant’s Mom for $1.3 Million

BART Settles with Oscar Grant’s Mom for $1.3 Million

Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant, has settle for 1.3 million dollars in her son’s 2009 death. He was killed in San Francisco on a train platform by an officer…

“SlutWalk” targets rape perceptions

“SlutWalk” targets rape perceptions

The organizers of SlutWalk Denver hoped the event’s attention-grabbing name did just that — make people pay attention to sexual-assault issues. More than 400 people attended the event in Civic…