Tag Archives: Lawsuit

Anna Alaburda’s Case Against Her Law School

Posted on March 24, 2016 by The Legal Reformer

There has been quite a lot of buzz about Anna Alaburda’s case against her former law school, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, for publishing fraudulent post-graduation employment statistics to entice perspective law students to apply.  There are many opinions about … Continue reading →

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If It Can Happen To Erin Andrews . . . It Can Happen To You

Posted on March 10, 2016 by The Legal Reformer

This week, Erin Andrews was awarded $55 million by a Tennessee jury in her peeping tom lawsuit.  The lawsuit was against the owner of the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University where she was staying, as well as against Michael David Barrett, … Continue reading →

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If It Can Happen To 50 Cent . . . It Can Happen To You

Posted on December 6, 2015 by The Legal Reformer

Rapper 50 Cent’s legal bills are under scrutiny by a Connecticut bankruptcy court.  50 Cent filed for bankruptcy after losing an invasion of privacy case for posting a woman’s sex tape online, in which the jury awarded her $7 million.  Now, … Continue reading →

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Want To Be Persuasive? Try Storytelling

Posted on September 28, 2015 by The Legal Reformer

Whether you’re writing or arguing a brief, or arguing your case to a judge or jury, how successful you will be depends, in large part, on how persuasive you are.  And how persuasive you are can depend on how well you … Continue reading →

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If It Can Happen To Tom Brady . . . It Can Happen To You

Posted on August 2, 2015 by The Legal Reformer

Tom Brady learned a hard lesson about forum shopping this week.  He and the NFL Players Association (“NFLPA”) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota over his four game suspension for his alleged … Continue reading →

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If It Can Happen To Bill Cosby . . . It Can Happen To You

Posted on July 26, 2015 by The Legal Reformer

Last week, The New York Times obtained a copy of Bill Cosby’s deposition from a 2005 sexual assault and defamation case that was reportedly subject to a confidentiality agreement.  According to a July 22, 2015 abajournal.com article titled Cosby lawyers … Continue reading →

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Observing Jury Verdict Grief

Posted on July 5, 2015 by The Legal Reformer

Our favorite blogging judge, Judge Richard G. Kopf of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, has written yet another blog post that caught our attention titled, A grief observed, posted on July 1, 2015 on Herculesandtheumpire.com.  Referencing C.S. Lewis’ book A Grief Observed, … Continue reading →

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If It Can Happen To Ellen Pao . . . It Can Happen To You

Posted on June 28, 2015 by The Legal Reformer

Ellen Pao, the former BigLaw associate who sued her venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, for sex-discrimination, now owes the firm its litigation costs and possibly its attorney fees according to the abajournal.com June 19, 2015 article titled … Continue reading →

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Watch What You Say . . . The Little Blue Man Might Be Listening

Posted on June 21, 2015 by The Legal Reformer

Have you ever noticed while watching TV or movie courtroom scenes when the attorneys sitting at either the plaintiff or defense table covers the microphone with their hands when talking with their clients?  That’s because in most courtrooms there is an audio recording … Continue reading →

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Best Practices? Look Across The Pond

Posted on June 14, 2015 by The Legal Reformer

This weekend, the ABA hosted the 2015 London Sessions commemorating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, with a series of presentations including a panel discussion titled “What can US and UK lawyers learn from each other about best practices?“ There were … Continue reading →

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