According to a feature article in this month's InsideCounsel one consultant who helps clients structure alternative fee arrangements "estimates that only about 2% of total legal billings currently are being done on alternative basis - but he contends it’s an increasing trend." That c ...

In todays culture of pink ribbons, yellow bracelets, and fundraising walks, it is not hard to imagine the multitude of ways an employer might learn about the genetic test or manifestation of a disease by a family member. Loved ones often become involved with organizations specific to the disease of ...

Tax Prof speakers at the recently concluded 44th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning: Christopher R. Hoyt (Missouri-Kansas City), How to Do Your Roth IRA Conversion in 2010 and Current Issues in Charitable Planning Jeffrey N. Pennell (Emory), Recent Estate Planning Developments Randall W. ...

From today's WSJ: Senator Prodded Fed to Aid Ailing Bank From Home State.  And from last Tuesday: Wealthy Face Tax Increase. For this I read the paper?  At least America's Finest New Source offers breaking news: Supreme Court Allows Corporations To Run For Political Office.  My favorite: "This ...

One would be shocked by the number of telephone calls I get every year from individuals arrested for illegal weapon possession at or on their way to a NJ casino. The scenarios go on and on. There is the guy who is charged when a pistol is discovered by police as a result of a domestic even ...

In October, we mentioned that the giant department store, Macy's, was having some trouble disposing of its sensitive documents. Reports surfaced that internal documents, some of which included the Social Security numbers of Macy's customers, were being disposed of on the streets of St. Louis, in lid ...

Tennessee lawmakers are trying to figure out how best to protect youth from sexual abuse at a state juvenile center. Their action is in response to a federal report released naming Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Nashville as having one of the highest rates of sexual abuse in the country ...

Touro Law Center has established a new Mortgage Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Clinic that will serve members of the local community and offer students the opportunity to learn about New York foreclosure law and federal bankruptcy practice. To celebrate the establishment of the clinic, Touro Law is host ...

By –       Kurt R. Karst Two recent rulings out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania stemming from allegations about antitrust violations from the submission of citizen petitions have once again raised the issue of so-called “sham” citizen petitions and, insofa ...

Rajiv Goel, a former Intel Capital director who was arrested in San Jose, California, last October, pleaded guilty on Monday to fraud in the Galleon insider trading case. He told a New York court that hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam...