San Francisco - Today a federal appeals court rejected a government claim of "lobbyist privacy" to hide the identities of individuals who pressured Congress to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the government's warrantless electronic surveillance of millions of ordi ...

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 ...

"Senate finally approves judge": The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey has a news update that begins, "The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a Newark federal judge's promotion to the nation's second-highest court Tuesday, five months after the Judiciary Committee decided unanimously to support his ...

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 [...] ...

With the weather forecast predicting record-setting snowfall in the Northeast, many employers are preparing to close operations again tomorrow. But how to handle snow days when it comes to calculating payroll? Here's the run-down. Let's start with exempt employees. The Fair Labor Standards Act ...

An 86-year-old woman was arrested in Fort Meyers, Florida for missing a court date stemming from a charge of leaving the scene of an accident with property damage. Jeanne Marie Owens-Libby had a warrant for her arrest issued after missing her court date for the alleged hit and run. She was booked in ...

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is designed to ensure public access to government records. But should inmate FOIA requests be honored to the same extent? Connecticut is at the center of a heated debate around whether state law should allow prison inmates to access to personal information, whi ...

Yesterday, four entities affiliated with major San Francisco landlord CitiApartments and its owners, the Lembi family, filed for chapter 11 protection in the Northern District of California. The four entities are Hermann Street DE, LLC; LRL Citi Properties I DE, LLC; Trophy Properties I DE, LLC; a ...

Why I'm Quitting Facebook - Newsweek.com.  My name is Futurelawyer, and I was addicted to Facebook. Which is why I quit. Family, friends, friends of friends, people who wouldn't be my friends in any other version of reality, and spies who wanted to become my friend to check up on me for some nefario ...

Legal Project Management – Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks and Maintain Sanity by Steven Levy published by Daypack Books, Seattle WA, 2009 price: US$29.95 ISBN: 1449928641 “Steven Levy’s book marries project management with legal practice. This is a useful practical guide on how l ...