William Faulkner's speech upon his acceptance of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Stockholm City Hall, December 10, 1950 (audio via YouTube):I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for ...

  FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 8, 2010 – A bust of Justice William E. McAnulty Jr. will be unveiled Thursday, Feb. 11, as part of a tribute to the late justice during the Black History Month program at the Capitol in Frankfort. The event will take place at noon in the Capitol Rotunda and is open to the pu ...

Congrats to my Alma Mater!   PRESS RELEASE February 9, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact David N. Hefner Office of Communications and Marketing Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University 478.301.5000 hefner_dn@law.mercer.edu www.law.mercer.edu   ...

This blog has a recurring theme of urging patients to be careful about the alleged wonders of minimally invasive surgery, and also to check a surgeon's credentials and experience carefully. These themes both come out in a new story about a legal case. An arbitration panel headed by a retired chief ...

Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles and has assembled a team of lawyers for his defense.  Leading the defense team is Ed Chernoff, who will be joined by his partners Matthew Alford and William Stradley, of the Houston ...

Richard Faulk. "The Queer Case of the Quarelsome Convocation: Allies, Adversaries, Indifference and Exaggeration in Copenhagen" Andrews Litigation Reporter 30.11 (2009). They have been at a great feast of languages, and stol’n the scraps. ... O, they have liv’d long on the alm ...

A few weeks ago, a client who will be opening a factory in China within a couple of months told me how much he has been learning about China by following people on Twitter and following their news links. He then asked me who if I had a list of "China people" he should be following. I said abou ...

Source: NLJ.com, February 8, 2010. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Snow Covers Washington Courts "Scenes from around Judiciary Square in downtown Washington today -- in case you are at home and wondering what it looks like." ...

Most lawyers that are versed in the H1B visa process, are getting busier and busier these days. As we are nearing the April 1, 2010 filing deadline for the H1B visa. Many speculations out there as to when will the Cap be reached this year. The economy is still in recovery mode, and employers are car ...

The Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion today denying Martin Edward Grossman's third successive motion for postconviction relief.  The opinion can be viewed HERE.  A Miami Herald article about the decision can be viewed HERE and an article in the Tampa Tribune HERE.  The exec ...