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SCOTUS: Employers Lax On 401K Fees Can Be Sued

May 19, 2015

The Supreme Court has ruled that employers have a continuing duty to monitor fees being charged for products in employees’ […]

Use Of Social Media For Class Notification

May 19, 2015

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require that class notice must be “the best notice that is practicable under the […]

Judge Dismisses 100+ Jurors For Lack Of Diversity

May 14, 2015

An Iowa judge dismissed the entire 112-person jury pool in a case charging a black man with murder, after only […]

Managing Partner And Wife Attacked By Husband Of Fired Lawyer

May 14, 2015

In a harrowing account, Leo Fisher and his wife Susan Duncan recounted an incident last year when a man forced […]

GOP 2016 Hopeful: POTUS Doesn’t Have To Listen To SCOTUS

May 14, 2015

Ben Carson, a candidate running for the GOP 2016 Presidential candidate nomination, overstepped his bounds in a recent interview when […]

Lawyer Pleads Guilty For Using Golf Buddy’s Tip In Insider Trading Deal

May 14, 2015

Lawyer Douglas Parigian has pled guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud based on information shared by a golfing friend. The […]

In-House Lawyer Needn’t Be Naysayer-in-Chief

May 14, 2015

“Lawyers are trained and expected to be the counterbalance and identify risks so everyone understands what potential ramifications are,” says […]

Lawyers Threatening Client With Arrest Over Fee Dispute Are Convicted of Extortion

May 13, 2015

Two Tennessee lawyers who threatened a client, saying they would have her arrested unless she paid $50,000 in legal fees, […]

Sotomayor: SCOTUS Justices ‘Can Be Nasty’

May 13, 2015

That the Supreme Court Justices can be “nasty” to one another is no secret to those reading the Court’s decisions, […]

Small-Time Lawyers Happier, Survey Finds

May 13, 2015

Money can’t buy happiness, a survey of 6,200 lawyers has shown: according to researchers, public defenders, Legal Aid attorneys, and […]

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