Why is this family smiling? They just received political asylum. From Germany. No, it isn’t 1933. Meet Uwe and Hannelore Romeike and their five children. They are evangelical Christians and they did not like the cultural lessons being taught in public schools in Germany (::shudder). ...

That's the title of Bob Herbert's op-ed piece in the New York Times: The New York City Police Department needs to be restrained. The nonstop humiliation of young black and Hispanic New Yorkers, including children, by police officers who feel...

This whole "the New Orleans Saints are in the Super Bowl" thing is starting to get a little out of hand. First of all, that picture to the right is of a man in a dress. Not just any man, that's Bobby Hebert, former Saints quarterback and current Saints broadcaster, in a dress. It's a tribute to bats ...

APRIL 7: FEDERAL DAY TRAININGTHURSDAY, APRIL 88:30 - 9:00 am NDIA OPENING REMARKSWelcome, Local Defender and NDIA Conference Committee9:00 - 10:15 am PLENARY SESSIONNational Academy Science Report: Litigation Strategies, Christopher McKee10:30 - 11:45 am CONCURRENT SESSIONSChallenging Crime Labs and ...

APRIL 7: FEDERAL DAY TRAININGTHURSDAY, APRIL 88:30 - 9:00 am NDIA OPENING REMARKSWelcome, Local Defender and NDIA Conference Committee9:00 - 10:15 am PLENARY SESSIONNational Academy Science Report: Litigation Strategies, Christopher McKee10:30 - 11:45 am CONCURRENT SESSIONSChallenging Crime Labs and ...

William Davidson and Melvin Simon had a lot in common. Both were billionaires and both were Jewish. Simon built his fortune through the country's biggest shopping mall company, Simon Property Group, and Forbes estimated his net worth at $1.3 billion. Davidson led Guardian Industries Corp., one of th ...

Two important Utah "State of..." addresses have already been delivered during this first week of the legislative session. Tonight, President Obama delivers the State of the Union address to the nation. If you missed either Utah "State of..." speeches, you can read them in their entirety online. ...

Our Chicago consumer fraud attorneys were interested to see a split decision from earlier this year in a case involving a dispute over faulty home repairs. In Kunkel v. P.K. Dependable Construction, No. 5-07-0684 (Ill. 5th Feb. 13, 2009), Herbert and Jeral Dean Kunkel sued P.K. Dependable Construc ...

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama seemingly could do nothing wrong. The media and his supporters denounced his reporters as "more of the same." Whenever he received new endorsements, they denounced his competitors. And he won the election with record voter turnout.Those days seem like a ...

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) hosts an event titled “Private International Law – Challenges for Today’s Markets“ as part of the Herbert Smith Private International Law Seminar Series at the BIICL. What is this event about? This conference shall offe ...