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Big Law Firms “Pay-To-Play” In Oregon

January 22, 2020

A report from Oregon Public Broadcasting finds that several national law firms are contributing big bucks to the political campaigns […]

The Unlikely Resume Of Jay Sekulow

January 21, 2020

To mark the start of President Trump’s impeachment trial, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reprints its 2017 profile of attorney Jay […]

Privilege Caution When In-House Attorney Is 30(b)(6) Witness

January 6, 2020

In the Northern District of Illinois, a court ruled that a company must produce privileged documents that an in-house attorney […]

New Ransomware Threat: We’ll Broadcast Data You Won’t Buy Back

December 30, 2019

Purveyors of a strain of malware called Maze Ransomware have added another term to their extortion deal. Not only will […]

Plaintiff Lawyer Accused Of Extortion In Roundup Case

December 30, 2019

A Virginia plaintiff attorney has been arrested and accused of attempting to extort $200 million from manufacturers of a component […]

Have Algorithms Gotten A Bad Rap?

December 19, 2019

Sendhil Mullainathan, a professor of behavioral and computational science at the University of Chicago, is the co-author of two studies […]

Prison Internet: Reading Moby Dick At Three Cents A Minute

December 13, 2019

Inmates in West Virginia prisons are receiving free tablet computers, but if they want to read e-books it will cost […]

Nine Law Firms Sued For Alleged Role In $1.3B Ponzi Scheme

December 12, 2019

Following the conviction of Robert Shapiro for engineering a $1.3 billion Ponzi scheme, nine law firms have been sued for […]

Low-Tech Public Defenders Just Barely In The Game

December 8, 2019

It’s possible to extract supposedly secure information from all manner of devices, almost without exception, but the ability to do […]

Years of ADA Shakedowns Alleged, And A Law Firm Settles

December 6, 2019

A Silicon Valley law firm has settled a lawsuit alleging that it was shaking down small businesses by filing lawsuits for minor and in some cases bogus ADA violations and then extracting settlements.

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