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Criminal Cases Also Need A Level Playing Field
A Texas District Attorney reportedly hides evidence and secures a murder conviction. Twenty-five years later DNA evidence exonerates an innocent man, and a Texas judge issues an arrest warrant for the former DA, who is now a judge himself. Sounds … Continue reading
Posted in Reform
Tagged Attorney Misconduct, Awareness, Judge Louis Sturns, Judges, Justice, Ken Anderson, Law & Order, Legal Reform, Michael Morton, News
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Mark Zuckerburg Buys Instagram Without Lawyers
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg reportedly negotiated Facebook’s $1 billion purchase of Instagram with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom in Zuckerberg’s home, according to The Wall Street Journal’s April 18, 2013 article In Facebook Deal, Board Was All But Out of Picture. The WSJ … Continue reading
Posted in Vetting
Tagged Advice, Facebook, Instagram, Kevin Systrom, Legal Consumer, Mark Zuckerberg, News, Wall Street Journal
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Clichés Lawyers Love? Read On . . .
It’s hard to imagine that there are clichés about lawyers that lawyers love, but Vivia Chen, a former corporate lawyer who is now chief blogger for The Careerist, posted Top 10 Annoying Clichés Lawyers Love on April 15, 2013. LPR’s favorites: 5. “You … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged Attorneys, Awareness, Client-Side Manner, Legal Consumer, Legal Practices, The Careerist, Vivia Chen
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Cameras in the Courtroom!
Transparency and accountability – two essential outcomes that are attainable if every courtroom across the country had cameras. Filming court proceedings, including the judges presiding and the lawyers arguing, and posting the videos online would reveal each judge’s and many … Continue reading
Posted in Reform
Tagged Judges, Legal Consumer, Litigation, Maureen O'Connor, Ohio Supreme Court, Transparency, US Supreme Court
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A Boilerplate Lawsuit Costs How Much???
In Brooklyn, a boilerplate American With Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit can cost your targeted business $15,000. The good news, federal Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr. issued an opinion on March 28, 2013 denying a $15,000 request for attorney fees by two … Continue reading
“Churn That Bill, Baby!”
So wrote a lawyer from DLA Piper, a prominent international law firm, in an email to another firm lawyer celebrating the assignment of “random people working full time on random research projects in standard ‘churn that bill, baby!’ mode . . .” … Continue reading
Steubenville Rape Case: A Conflict of Interest Handled Properly
The guilty verdict is in, handed down by Judge Thomas Lipps in the Ohio teen rape case that gripped so many: Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl. “Arrogance” was the hauntingly descriptive word used by … Continue reading
Surviving An Attorney/Client Relationship Breakdown
There you are all alone, your lawyer has turned against you, treating you like the enemy. Perhaps you questioned his/her strategy, competence, or billings, and s/he reacted like a cornered cat. What do you do? Jim Moorhead, Harvard College and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversarial Attorney, Advice, Attorney Misconduct, Books, Jim Moorhead, Relationship Breakdown, The Instant Survivor
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