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Now, a Killer is Incompetent for Execution

On Friday, an Ohio state court judge ruled that a man sentenced to death for the murder of his estranged…

The Growth Story of a Small Law Firm When the Dinos are Dying

Firms like Dewey are the Dinosaurs of law firm practice, ever-hungry and heedless of consequences, and they are dying. In…

Swearing in Public Outlawed in Massachusetts Town

The town of Middleborough in Massachusetts has made publicly swearing and lobbing F-words across streets, an offense punishable by a…

Facebook Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Charity to Settle Lawsuit over User’s Rights

Though the settlement over the proposed class-action lawsuit was reached last month, it was made public this weekend. According to…

Law Firms Have at Each Other over 9/11 Lawyers’ Fees

Who gets what from the 9/11 litigation has law firms up in arms against each other. A lawsuit filed against…

Health Insurer WellPoint Settling Class-Action Suit for $90 Million

According to industry sources, Health insurer WellPoint Inc has decided to settle the class-action lawsuit against its Anthem unit by…

Immigration Law Relaxed by President’s Order

In a key move for the November elections, and a very smart move at that, on the 30th anniversary of…

Kenneth Branagh Granted Knighthood, Kate Winslet – Commander of the British Empire

Kenneth Branagh, soon to be Sir Kenneth Branagh would be granted knighthood in U.K. in the British Queen’s birthday honors.…

Victim Recounts Screaming in Vain While Sandusky Abused Him as a Boy

The latest witness in the Sandusky trial, now aged 18 years, held his head down and kept answering timidly as…

20,000 Pages of Boy Scouts ‘Perversion’ Files Released by Oregon Court

On Thursday, the Oregon Supreme Court ordered the release of 20,000 pages of confidential Boy Scouts of America records known…

Facebook Filing Motion to Consolidate Claims Stemming from IPO

On Thursday, it was reported that Facebook is thinking of filing a motion to consolidate all shareholder lawsuits against it…

Dewey Officially Terminates Employee Pensions

On Wednesday, Dewey & LeBoeuf officially agreed to allow the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to step in as trustee,…