Latest Stories
Small-town sheriff helps Mo. inmate win freedom
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. AP - When Sheriff Rick Walter was a reserve deputy, he discovered slain college student Angela Mischelle Lawless in her idling car along a rural southeastern Missouri highway and was sure at least two people had attacked her.He raised that and other suspicions, both during the initial investigation and after Joshua Kezer's 1994 conviction on second-degree murder in the 19-year-old woman's shooting death.
Maintaining client confidences
Attorneys must maintain client confidences and secrets. While obvious, this is one of the most often overlooked obligations attorneys have. Yet the consequences for violating this obligation are no less serious.Subprime mess produces unqualified victims
THE STORY LINE of the newest American financial debacle is clear: President Bill Clinton eased lending standards to encourage the rich people who run the mortgage market to embrace poor people with bad credit. Then these horrible rich people-these unfeeling sharks-went to work exploiting the poor. First, they talked poor people into borrowing money they should never have borrowed.Coke looking to get a piece of ready-to-drink coffee market
EVEN IN THE caffeine-soaked city of Seattle, there are times Tommy Key can't make it to a Starbucks for his favorite pick-me-up.On those grim mornings, Key's preferred stand-in is Starbucks' bottled Frappuccino, a cold milk-and-coffee concoction that he grabs on his way out the door."It's a quick fix, is what it is," Key, 43, said as he loaded a 12-pack into his cart at a local Costco warehouse.
What Employers Need To Know About Heat-Related Illness
With record heat hitting large swaths of the U.S. this summer, we're revisiting an earlier CorpCounsel.com article about the law surrounding heat-related illness and injury in the workplace.AGG beefs up business development
Arnall Golden Gregory is making a big investment in business development. The firm created the position of practice development chairman for Bruce N. Hawthorne, who joined as a partner in September. Hawthorne, 62, spent 21 years at King Spalding, rising to senior partner in its mergers and acquisitions practice, before leaving in 2003.Judge in N.Y. closes court to mull U.S. request to seal records
Judge rejects final bids to delay Nichols trial
Attorneys for accused Fulton County Courthouse shooter Brian G. Nichols tried a couple of last-ditch efforts to put off his long-delayed trial on Tuesday, only to be assured that neither a new location for the trial nor their pending motion to have the Fulton County prosecutors booted from the case will postpone jury selection set to begin Thursday.Atlanta lawyer wins defense verdict in 'get rich quick' plan
An Atlanta lawyer recently won a defense verdict in federal court in Idaho, where jurors took less than two hours to decide that real estate investors weren't entitled to recover anything from the developer they said defrauded them.Trending Stories
- 1Unit Owners Sued Board For Failure To Maintain Adequate Fire Insurance: This Week In Scott Mollen’s Realty Law Digest
- 2NY Judge Resigns After Avoiding Jury Duty by Telling Court He Couldn't Be Impartial
- 3'Serious Legal Errors'?: Rival League May Appeal Following Dismissal of Soccer Antitrust Case
- 4Longtime Purdue GC Accused of Drunken Driving Hires Big-Name Defense Attorney
- 5Eight Years On, A&O Shearman’s Fuse Legal Tech Incubator Is Still Evolving
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
