Yesterday the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) announced in a press release that it would be operating a morning duty advice scheme at the London offices of the LVT from 21 September 2010. This news follows hot foot on the announcement that from 16 September 2010, LEASE’s phone advice line w ...

: Non-lawyers may no longer act as prosecutors on behalf of businesses in misdemeanor (magistrate) court.  Hey, I had no idea that could do that. South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog lawyers : in this Minnesota case, the plaintiff's legal mal case was tossed for want of a proper ex ...

Okay, here we go: 42% of folks think you can't get a job. 42% think you can. And 16% don't know. So what do you think? I actually know the answer, because I'm a bankruptcy lawyer in Arizona, and I keep track of some of my clients, when I'm not pulling new ones out of the undertow. It ...

Plaintiff Trade Associates, Inc., sued defendant Fusion Technologies Inc. in the Western District on various patent issues and for breaching an alleged royalty agreement. Fusion filed a counterclaim asserting an ownership interest in Trade Associates’ DURA-BLOCK mark in connection with sa ...

Massachusetts has enacted a new law making it harder for employers to learn whether job applicants have criminal records. On August 6, Governor Deval Patrick signed the new Criminal Offender Records Information Act (CORI), which goes into effect in stages. The law makes Massachusetts the only st ...

POLITICO: Barbara Boxer aide charged with possession of pot. “A senior aide for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was arrested Tuesday for attempting to bring marijuana into the Hart Senate Office Building, according to U.S. Capitol Police reports.”

STUART SCHNEIDERMAN: “In the end the American people bought an illusion, an illusion of competence and eptitude. They were wrong, and thus, they are getting screwed.”

A federal jury has awarded Karen Bartlett $21 million for serious injuries she sustained from taking Sulindac, an anti-inflammatory medication. The defendant of this dangerous drug lawsuit is Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. Bartlett began taking the drug in January 2005 for shoulder pain. She was hospita ...

Terry Jones, the controversial pastor of Evangelical Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, has been making news all week for his plans to burn copies of the Koran. It’s his little protest to mark the anniversary of 9/11. He has the support of his entire church – all 50 members or so ...

Personal injury offers a lot of opportunity for the development of a niche practice. And, although it is sometimes a bit scary to start off narrowing your focus, it is more comforting in the long run. This is because law is not the only thing at play in personal injury cases. The knowledge of variou ...