Motion to Unseal Settlement between Mt. Pleasant Township Couple and Gas Drilling Companies
In mid-December 2012, according to the Observer-Reporter, a Pennsylvania publication, a request to unseal a legal settlement between a Mt.…
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Get Tough on Fake Testimonials
In December 2012, the California Lawyer reported the anti-SLAPP statute can be used to prevent retaliatory litigation and protect free…
Beauty Queen Defamation
In mid-December 2012, a beauty queen who claimed on Facebook that 2012's Miss USA contest was fixed was ordered by…
Popular Bar Prep Resources
As law school students return to school after the holiday break, studying for the bar exam may be what third…
Hit the High Score on the MBE
The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) is developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). The NCBE has recently published…
Commission Compensation
Effective January 1, 2013, California Labor Code 2751 requires any employment contract that involves commission compensation to be in writing,…
Practice for the Bar Exam Like an Olympic Diver
The 2012 London Olympics seem so long ago, but this year’s Olympics turned athletes into overnight celebrities. Just as an…
Interfaith Medical Center Financially Troubled
Interfaith Medical Center, a financially troubled hospital, serving a African-American and Caribbean community, in central Brooklyn, NY filed for Chapter…
Law Firms Marking Up Fees
Susan Hackett recently wrote a piece for Corporate Counsel magazine that recommended law firms to think again when sending out…
Katie Holmes Wins Best Revenge Body
Actress Katie Holmes' figure has been voted 'best revenge body' of 2012, in a yearly list created by Fitness magazine.…
Motion in Limine Strategies for an Appeal
In the December 2012 publication of Plaintiff, a magazine for Northern California plaintiffs’ attorneys, an article entitled “How not to…
Naked Man in London
A naked man went on top of a large equestrian statue in London's Whitehall government district on November 23, 2012,…