At a recent continuing legal education program in Wisconsin members of the plaintiff and defense civil trial bar raised their concerns over the Rules governing CMS set-aside arrangements. While both sides recognized the need to reimburse Medicare, the methods being utilized by CMS to obtain reimburs ...

This installment of the New Jersey Legal Update podcast is an interview with Adam J. Siegelheim, member of Stark & Stark's Franchise group, and Paul Rocchio, Director of Development & Member Services for the International Franchise Association, at the International Franchise Association's 20 ...

According to the BBC, the signs warn drivers to be more aware of motorcyclists and follow a campaign by friends and relatives of motorcyclist David Loudon who died in a crash in February 2008. Campaigners said that some drivers perform dangerous U-turns, without thinking about motorbikes. Steve Mear ...

Shielding jurors from the outside influences so that they can maintain their independence and impartiality has always been a challenge.  But the rise of electronic media and social networking has added new hurdles.  Jurors have been unable to resist the temptation to Google, tweet and blog about the ...

I have a confession to make: Im incredibly lazy. If you follow me around the intertubes this may surprise you: I post daily on my website, contribute robustly on three forums, and twitter all the live long day. So how do I do it? My key to action: no-ones too lazy to do something fun. So how do you ...

Via The FCPA Professor comes word of a new GAO report on deferred and non-prosecution agreements.  Professor Koehler notes: Why would a company agree to enter into an NPA/DPA if factual evidence did not exist to support the essential elements of the crime “alleged” or if valid and legiti ...

THE WAGES OF SOCIALISM: Chavez declares “electricity emergency” in Venezuela. “President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a folksy new radio talk-show on Monday by declaring an ‘electricity emergency’ in oil-rich Venezuela.”

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . It's the Weekly Law School Roundup #211 from Thanks, But No Thanks. A new installment will appear here soon.

lawyer-slash-artist.  Charlie Fincher is a very talented guy. I love his editorial cartoons about the practice of law, which I have highlighted here before. Now, he is , for a time, concentrating on his painting, and I am not surprised. These artsy types are flighty, and tend to move from whim to wh ...

IMPORTANT NOTE: To anyone who was planning on attending MI's live event on Capitol Hill this afternoon, at which we were to unveil the newest Trial Lawyers, Inc. report, Trial Lawyers, Inc.: K Street--A Report on the Litigation Lobby 2010,...