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July 22, 2008 | Legaltech News

Social Networking Puts the Bite on Defendants

Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have helped detectives solve crimes. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who use damaging Internet photos of defendants to cast doubt on their character during sentencing hearings and argue for harsher punishment.
5 minute read
May 31, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

Top Court Gets a New Counsel

The Supreme Court gets a new counsel, one of the least visible but arguably most interesting and varied in-house counsel jobs in Washington.
10 minute read
September 03, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Former Prosecutor and Regulator Sees Office as the 'Great Leveler'

This week, the Law Journal takes an in-depth look at the personalities and platforms of the five Democrats running for attorney general, today concentrating on Eric R. Dinallo. In a new feature on NYLJ.com, videos of the Law Journal's interviews with the candidates appear below. Profiles of Eric T. Schneiderman, Kathleen Rice, Sean Coffey and Richard L. Brodsky appeared earlier this week.
12 minute read
June 07, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Pro Bono Skills Are Transferable

James A. Grayer, co-hiring partner with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, writes: I am sometimes asked if I get nervous running a board meeting, asking an important client a difficult question or disagreeing with a more senior partner. My response is, not really. I have been practicing law now for almost 20 years, but when I stop to think about what really got me over my nervousness, it's the pro bono work I have done, particularly the year I spent assisting low income individuals living with HIV.
10 minute read
August 19, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Dog Days of Summer -- and Lawyers

August is usually the heart of the dog days of summer in Philadelphia -- those sultry days when the air is soupy and most lawyers hide out in air conditioning or head to the shore. Not this year. We've had a summer of dog days already, with record-breaking temperatures, scorched lawns and fried green tomatoes -- fried by the sun while still on the vine!
9 minute read
October 01, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Counsel Not Ineffective Despite Calling Client a Liar During Trial

In a 2-1 decision, the 1st Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of Archie Doyle Martin Jr. for felony driving while intoxicated, overruling Martin's contention that he received ineffective assistance from his trial counsel. But the dissenting justice wrote that the defense attorney "effectively became a second prosecutor in the case."
11 minute read
August 12, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Dog Days of Lawyers

August is usually the heart of the dog days of summer in Philadelphia, sultry days when the air is soupy and most lawyers hide out in air conditioning or head to the shore.
9 minute read
September 21, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Love in a Virtual World (Without Infringement)

Intellectual property and the (mis)adventures of online dating
10 minute read
February 03, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Learn From Listening

For an advocate, the ability to speak well in front of an audience is essential. Mastering the written word is fundamental. But the most important quality in a lawyer is the ability to listen, and this is particularly true for in-house counsel.
6 minute read
May 12, 2008 | National Law Journal

2007 trademark applications reveal appeal of 'green'

Companies may be seeing red ink as the economy slumps downward in early 2008, but 2007 was all green as far as trademarks were concerned. It was the busiest year ever for trademarks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, with new applications at a record high, and environmentally conscious "green" branding leading the surge.
12 minute read

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