Governor Rendell has nominated Lewis Wood Wetzel, Esquire of Dallas and Joseph Van Jura, Esquire of Kingston to fill the open judgeships on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. It is hoped that these nominees will be whisked through the nomination process quickly so they can assist with the bac ...

CNN Money.com has posted an article about how you might still be pursued by mortgage lenders even after your home has been foreclosed. If a foreclosed home sells at auction for less than what the mortgage is worth, the former homeowners are responsible for the difference. These "deficiency judgmen ...

CNN Money.com has posted an article about how you might still be pursued by mortgage lenders even after your home has been foreclosed. If a foreclosed home sells at auction for less than what the mortgage is worth, the former homeowners are responsible for the difference. These "deficiency judgmen ...

Apparently not many do - including me - according to Joe Hodnicki at the Law Librarian Blog. Joe suggests that West may be reluctant to distribute free passwords to academy until their paying customers upgrade. You can read the rest...

ResQNet.com, Inc. v. Lansa, Inc., No. 08-1365 (Fed. Cir., February 5, 2010)Lansa appealed an award of damages for patent infringement from the Southern District of New York, arguing that the evidence and expert testimony relating to damages was erroneous, leading to an inflated 12.5% royalty rate on ...

In a post on my political blog, I discussed the president's plan to hold a bipartisan session on health insurance reform, which at face value seems to represent an offer to mediate or negotiate a compromise, or at least to invite the Republicans back into the process. The Republican leadership has ...

This is a basic summary of what happens in my Statutory Interpretation class, populated mostly by gunners, assholes, idiots, and me (on any given day, I am some combination of the 3):Child Genius: So, like, the law is ambiguous. And that's like, weird or something. What should we do?That Kid Who Is ...

Congrats to my Alma Mater!   PRESS RELEASE February 9, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact David N. Hefner Office of Communications and Marketing Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University 478.301.5000 hefner_dn@law.mercer.edu www.law.mercer.edu   ...

The Government continued to build its insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam and Danielle Chielsi, filing a superseding indictment yesterday. U.S. v. Rajaratnam, Case No. 09 mg 2306 (S.D.N.Y.). While the basic contours of the case remain the same, discussed here, the new indictment adds, deta ...

UK Supreme Court Rules Market Value of Managing Director's Securties Did Not Have to Account for Special Employment-Related PriceGiving an objective meaning to the term market valuation, the UK Supreme Court ruled that a managing director who sold his employment-related securities at a special price ...