Reflecting the new political reality, the controversial nomination of Craig Becker for the NLRB failed this afternoon. Because of the procedural rules of the Senate, 60 votes were required to cut off debate and so the majority vote that would be sufficient for his confirmation was not enough. Given ...

Today we bring you Part II of my conversation with Wayne Burton and Cyndy Nayer of the Center for Health Innovation, where we get into some specific examples of successful programs.  The Center represents over 40 million lives, and brings together employers and providers to focus on a limited number ...

The Illinois Review Board has recommended a 30 day suspension of an elected state's attorney for litigation misconduct. The board's synopsis of the case: [The prosecutor], the State's Attorney of Wayne County, was charged with misconduct arising out of his...

Last week it was announced that the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board would invest  $400 Million in a “fund of funds” concept.  That is, it looks like they are proposing to deploy $400 Million to existing private equity and venture capital firms so that they may, in turn, deploy that ...

Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blawgosphere. 1) Question: Please settle this quickly-escalating dispute between me and my fiancée. She calls it a "sleazy lap dance at a strip club." I call it "humanitarian aid." Who is right? Answer: Did the ev ...

http://www.abanow.org/wordpress/wp-content/themes/ABANow/wp-content/uploads/resolution-pdfs/MY2010/summaries/104-adopted.pdfThe accompanying 21-page full report on the reasons for the recommendations is available at: http://www.abanow.org/wordpress/wp-content/themes/ABANow/wp-content/uploads/resolut ...

Opponents of the plaintiffs' bar stepped up their rhetoric today with the release of a report trying to detail the lawyers' influence in Washington. The report is part of a series called Trial Lawyers Inc., produced by the New York-based...

The American Bar Association's House of Delegates today voted to ask Congress to make it easier for federal judges to receive cost-of-living pay increases when other federal employees get them. Passage of the change would remove a continuing source of...

In light of our is fit to practice law, this caught my eye.  It describes the remarkable transformation of a bank robber into a highly skilled author of legal briefs.  He is now applying to law school, and I wondered whether he will have trouble getting past the state bar's character and fi ...

A friend and client, India born, was telling me about the different prior art search firms he had used. "The Indians are cheap, and you get what you pay for. They find something and they quit. They know nothing about litigation, or U.S. patent laws. They have no concept of story art. They just t ...