Amy Alanis and Joshua Molina are living every parent’s nightmare – the death of a child. On the evening of February 1, 2010, Ms. Alanis, Mr. Molina, and their 13-month old son, Joshua (J.J.), together with two friends, were heading home on the northwest side of Chicago when Putiporn Kaewmooka smash ...

The lateral market for 2010 is expected to be brisk and we’ve already seen some big moves in the first month and a half of the year.  This is following a record high for lateral moves in 2009, although some of that can be attributed to mergers or failing firms. Big moves so far this year [...] ...

In Building Overrun Cases on the Rise, journalist Ed Hammond at the Financial Times reports that late completion disputes are already rising this year in the UK.  He also mentions: With projects started in better times now yielding lower occupancy and returns, owners are more inclined to p ...

Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles and has assembled a team of lawyers for his defense.  Leading the defense team is Ed Chernoff, who will be joined by his partners Matthew Alford and William Stradley, of the Houston ...

Judge Vaughn Walker, the presiding judge in the trial over California’s Prop 8, has been outed by the San Francisco Chronicle.  “The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S ...

Good Morning!  Today is Tuesday, February 9, and here’s your daily round up… A Senate report says that attorney-client accounts are being used to circumvent money laundering laws… King & Spalding picked up three litigators from Orrick… Winston & Strawn added three in ...

One of the big “buzzwords” that has picked up steam in the e-discovery universe is early case assessment or “ECA.”  It was also all the rage the LegalTech, just as “e-discovery” was in 2006 when the new rules came into effect.  That being said, Josh Kubicki has h ...

I know, at least at my law school, students are afraid of trial advocacy.  Maybe they’ve heard that it’s a ton of work, or maybe they’re just reluctant to speak in public in front of ... Related posts:7 Common Mock Trial Errors I have a long history with mock trials.  I was... 1L ...

I know, at least at my law school, students are afraid of trial advocacy.  Maybe they’ve heard that it’s a ton of work, or maybe they’re just reluctant to speak in public in front of ... Related posts:7 Common Mock Trial Errors I have a long history with mock trials.  I was... 1L ...

Good morning everyone!  Today is Monday, February 8, and it’s time to look back at Friday’s news… Clyde & Co opened its third US office in New Jersey… January was another bad month for the legal sector, with another 1,100 jobs lost… Bernstein Liebhard abandoned its ...