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Incorporation of Arbitration Clauses
David Elsberg, a member of Miller & Wrubel, asks: If a contract has no arbitration clause, but refers to a separate document that does include such a clause, may one party compel the other to arbitrate? The answer depends on which legal standard should be applied, and a diligent litigant will gain an advantage by selecting the forum.Killer's Ineffective Counsel Try Rejected
Despite the efforts of a pro bono group from Atlanta's Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an ineffective counsel claim on behalf of a man sentenced to death after his conviction on murder and rape charges. A split three-judge panel ruled Alexander E. Williams IV should have told his attorney of beatings he suffered as a child and that the attorney was not remiss in his failure to present evidence of the mitigating abuse during the sentencing hearing.Race, Age Bias Suit Against Prison Gets Green Light
A federal judge in Scranton has applied equitable tolling to a case brought by a 62-year-old black pastor alleging that the prison in Lackawanna County fired him because of his race and age.Advice From a Wannabe Rainmaker
The concept of business development is yet another one of those things people don't learn in law school or while being summer associates. But even a dimwitted or somewhat lazy lawyer who squeezed into the law firm based on a recommendation from a relative can shoot to the upper echelons with this one skill set. Humor columnist The Snark says he has no idea how to develop business. But he's willing to share what he has witnessed over the years and offer some insight into the elusive rainmaking game.Tax Shelter Defense Seeks New Trial Over Juror's Hidden Identity
Counsel for former Jenkens & Gilchrist partners Paul Daugerdas and Donna Guerin and their co-defendants have charged that a juror at their trial for a massive illegal tax shelter scheme hid the fact that she had practiced law, had been suspended from practice for alcohol dependency and professional misconduct, that the Appellate Division had refused to reinstate her because of mental illness and that there was an outstanding warrant for her arrest.View more book results for the query "*"
Prosecutor Gets 6 Months in Drug Case
Former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Robert Roland will still have a chance to keep his Bar card after he gets out of Lompoc.Former House speaker Hastert to join Dickstein Shapiro
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives J. Dennis Hastert will join Washington.'s Dickstein Shapiro LLP as senior advisor in the firm's government law & strategy group. Hastert will focus his practice on legislative and regulatory counseling.Trending Stories
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