Opponents of the plaintiffs' bar stepped up their rhetoric today with the release of a report trying to detail the lawyers' influence in Washington. The report is part of a series called Trial Lawyers Inc., produced by the New York-based...

Supreme Court Justice David Souter will speak at Harvard University’s spring commencement ceremony. Souter is scheduled to speak on May 27 2010 (the school’s 359th commencement) in the Tercentenary Theatre of Harvard Yard. He was a Rhodes Scholar and earned his law degree from Harvard Law in 1966. S ...

Now, having gotten that out of the way (unbidden), on to a few brief, and probably socially unacceptable, words about a Congressman and Ex-Marine who passed away yesterday: John Murtha. In the interest of time, space, and not prolonging nausea, I won’t delve into this corrupt late Congressman& ...

A few weeks ago, a client who will be opening a factory in China within a couple of months told me how much he has been learning about China by following people on Twitter and following their news links. He then asked me who if I had a list of "China people" he should be following. I said abou ...

In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Tuesday, February 09, 2010  #2     1. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Umar Delgado, Defendant-Ap ...

David Payne Law is being recognized in the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Top Verdicts 2009 with the $2 Million settlement of a complex premises liability case involving traumatic head injuries. David Payne Law & Strong-Garner-Bauer represented the Plaintiff. This case settled for policy limits within 5 ...

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When the President of the United States, allegedly possessed of the best bully pulpit in the free world, needs to go on the Super Bowl pre-game show to attract a big audience, you know that something has gone horribly, horribly wrong. We can't solve that problem here at HealthBlawg, but perhaps ...

In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: Majority Leader Hoyer Statement on House Floor Schedule WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight on the schedule for the U.S. House of Representatives: "Due to the weathe ...

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