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Lawyers Pivotal In Bin Laden’s Assassination

Four federal lawyers, working in intense secrecy, developed rationales to overcome any legal obstacles to killing Osama Bin Laden in […]

Justice Kennedy Advises Law Clerks To Enforce The Law

“As a public official, in performing your legal duties you are bound to enforce the law,” said Supreme Court Justice […]

Industry Unnerved By Pending Prop 65 Rewrite

The agency that implements California’s Proposition 65, which requires product labels to include information about the presence of potentially dangerous ingredients, wants to tweak the requirements.

Mother Of All Legalese Screeds

The Lawyerist challenged three attorneys to combine their skills to write the worst piece of legal writing imaginable. The result […]

Man Bites Man

Even in New York, a person is ten times more likely to get bitten by another person than by a rodent, and in terms of…

Cosby Switches Lawyers

Alleged serial rapist Bill Cosby has replaced Martin D. Singer, an attorney noted for representing celebrities, in two civil suits […]

Mistrial In Dewey Case

The lawsuit against former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives ended in a mistrial, with the jury saying they were “hopelessly deadlocked” […]

Did Ernst & Young Fail To Spot Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme?

Investment firm FutureSelect Portfolio Management Inc is seeking nearly $200 million in damages from Ernst & Young, alleging the accounting […]

Risk Managers Confront Climate Change

The number of people arguing about whether the earth’s climate is changing is shrinking rapidly in most of the world, […]

Judge Fired For Lying About Where He Lived

A Minnesota district judge must be dismissed from office immediately, ruled the Minnesota Supreme Court. In 2013, Anoka County District […]

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