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February 25, 2002 | National Law Journal

The Blues in Lobbyland

A look at blues singer and lobby shop worker Janine Wilson and the world where music and politics collide.
7 minute read
March 14, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Funding Crunched for Federal Criminal-Defense Appointments

The dispute over funding the U.S. government is affecting the federal court system, and its first victims are lawyers who take criminal-defense appointments in U.S. district courts. Sidney Fitzwater (pictured), chief judge of the Northern District of Texas, says that the notices mean "that the courts do not have sufficient funds to pay the vouchers.
4 minute read
June 03, 2013 | National Law Journal

Brief Argues That Precedent Was Based on Research Error

After arguing in a 2005 Harvard Law Review article that 93-year-old treaty power case Missouri v. Holland was wrongly decided, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz hoped the U.S. Supreme Court would consider the issue. But he wasn't holding his breath.
4 minute read
November 20, 2002 | Law.com

Philadelphia Lawyer Secures $10.5M Verdict for Delaware Farmer

A Philadelphia lawyer has secured a $10.5 million damage award for a Delaware farmer who suffered burns over nearly 40 percent of his body when one of the chicken houses where he worked erupted in flames. One of the main factors considered to play a role in the verdict was the amount of control a poultry company exercised over plaintiff Thomas Pardee's raising of chickens for the company.
7 minute read
July 15, 2004 | Law.com

Edwards' Trial Lawyer Past Takes Center Stage

6 minute read
January 21, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Commentary: Practicing Law in the Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.

On Jan. 17, we celebrated the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. As you may be aware, King was shot down in cold blood on April 4, 1968, at the tender age of 39, and honored with a national holiday on Nov. 2, 1983.
8 minute read
February 27, 2004 | Law.com

Suing Uncle Sam for Drugs

Suing Uncle Sam for drugs ... Moonlighting legislators look to AG ... Fired-up dads disrupt firm ... Law school shooting suspect expected to take plea ... Til death do us part
2 minute read
August 29, 2000 | Law.com

Why a Clam Is Not a Deer

Legally speaking, a clam is different from a deer -- a lesson learned by Tacoma, Wash., attorney Stephen G. Johnson. Johnson's client was charged with stealing 340 pounds of clams from a natural clam bed on a private beach. Johnson argued that clams, like deer, are wildlife and belong to no one. But while a deer roams, a clam does not. And the sedentary way of the mollusk doomed Johnson's client.
3 minute read
March 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

State Environmental Regulation

Charlotte A. Biblow, a partner at Farrell Fritz, analyzes a Court of Appeals ruling that is likely to result in more individuals and organizations challenging agency conclusions under SEQRA in court than has happened in the past.
9 minute read
January 28, 2010 | Law.com

What to Say When Friends Ask About Law School

In these economic times, many people are going back to school for more education, and some will undoubtedly ask you if law school is a good idea. The Snark discusses the illusion that a J.D. guarantees a high-salaried job, saying that many recent law grads are bartending, cleaning houses, living with their in-laws or teaching LSAT prep courses. Still, The Snark says there are benefits to a legal education, and runs down lists of the top three -- and bottom three -- reasons to go to law school.
6 minute read

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