Now, having gotten that out of the way (unbidden), on to a few brief, and probably socially unacceptable, words about a Congressman and Ex-Marine who passed away yesterday: John Murtha. In the interest of time, space, and not prolonging nausea, I won’t delve into this corrupt late Congressman& ...

A few months back, the Student Bar Association at Northwestern University School of Law got its panties in a bunch over inappropriate language and the "unthinking use of stereotypes." Saying that you were "raped" by an exam, for example, was offensive to some on campus, said the SBA. (They preferred ...

Here are selected January 2010 rulings of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on civil law and related laws: Civil Code Agency; principle of undisclosed principal. It is a general rule in the law of agency that, in order to bind the principal by a mortgage on real property executed by an agent, it ...

But in a move that had long been rumored, discussed and debated; debated, discussed and rumored, the Los Angeles district attorney finally took action against Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray.

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 ...

NO-FAULT – DEFAMATION – QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE – MALICE Hame v. Lawson (2nd Dept., decided 2/2/2010) Can an insurer be sued for defamation in relation to statements it makes about the insured or claimant while it is investigating whether or after it has concluded that the claim is fraudulent?&nbs ...

Sam_Shaulson_wrong_on_KingCast_professionalism Citibank claims they lawfully refused to open a bank account for me while they opened one for my Caucasian girlfriend because I became boisterous when they refused to cash Derrick Gillenwater's check. But I didn't, and that's the real reason Citibank r ...

In her Law of the Land blog, Patty Salkin (Albany) reviews a recent Maryland case in "Burden of Proof Remains with Subdivision Applicant Before the Board of Appeals". Frizz-King Enterprises ... initiated the process to build a subdivision .... Grasslands...

Houston lawyer Ed Chernoff (pictured, left) represents Dr. Conrad Murray, one of deceased pop star Michael Jackson’s doctors. Miranda Sevcik, a spokeswoman for Chernoff, says Chernoff, Murray and Matt Alford (pictured, right), Chernoff's partner in Stradley Chernoff & Alford, arrived...

By Linda Deutsch, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star’s stunning death last summer and setting up the prospect of another sensational celebrity co ...