Lawyers continue to fall victim to check fraud.  Smart lawyers.  Dont be one of them.   My peers from various U.S. state bars and Canadian provinces are reporting that their members are regularly receiving invitations to become the next victim.  Right now collaborative law attorneys are targeted.  B ...

Please see the message below and follow the sites for more information - caionline.org and caiclac.org to stay informed! From The Community Associations Institute and the CAI-California Legislative Action Committee: "ALERT - FHFA SEEKS BAN ON PRIVATE TRANSFER FEES By now, many of you may have ...

I like how the Jewish calendar is synchronized with the academic calendar. Rosh Hashana is always a good time to make resolutions, define goals, make plans, spread goodwill, and make amends. That's basically what we all want to do at the beginning of the school year, thinking about our new research ...

Hi folks! Well, I'm not completely AWOL, just rocked off my socks with work. That's a good thing, right? But I do truly miss popping by the blog and sharing my thoughts with you. The urge to blog is strong, it is. Some quick musings tonight:I love that the Special Libraries Association has its candi ...

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 ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just published their latest evaluation of booster seats. Booster seats are designed for children ages of 4 to 8 and their purpose is to insure that lap belts and shoulder harnesses fit across a child's torso so that the belts can do their job in the ...

Slate.com presents a nice set of charts on the issue of growing income inequality. It seems there is a reasonable debate to be had about whether this is a good or bad thing. The political debate goes something like this. Republicans either disclaim the growing gap (e.g., the data, as seen below, exc ...

US PIRG, the federation of state public interest groups, released a report today on outbreaks and illnesses since the House's passage of HR 2749, a/k/a the Food Safety Enhancement Act, known in its current iteration before the Senate as the Food Safety Modernization Act.  The report, stamp ...

As detailed in , a state judge "expressing concerns about how Kentucky's execution procedures handle issues of mental retardation and insanity."  Here are more details: this AP article Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said during a hearing that Kentucky's execution r ...