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September 07, 2012 |

The Penn-State Shakedown: The NCAA Piles On

In the aftermath of revelations of Jerry Sandusky's predatory child molestations, the NCAA swiftly entered into a stunning agreement in which it extracted a $60 million fine from Penn State, imposed a ban on its football program from bowl games and post-season play for four years, a reduction in scholarships from 25 to 15 per year for four years, vacated all of the team's wins from 1998 to 2011, and put it on a five-year probationary period. News reports are unclear about the exact destination of the $60 million fine, but suggest that an endowment will be established to serve victims of child abuse.
5 minute read
October 21, 2013 |

AT&T Sells Cell Towers To Crown Castle For $4.85 Billion

AT&T, the latest carrier to offload towers to independent operators, can now focus on growth areas or more profitable parts of the business.
4 minute read
December 21, 2011 |

AT&T's Bid for T-Mobile Officially Dead

What would have been a landmark U.S. telecommunications merger finally succumbed to litigation and regulatory pressure as AT&T officially abandoned its $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA.
5 minute read
October 19, 2012 |

Judges As Fund-Raising Tools

In my Sept. 28 column ("Judicial Award Raises Ethical Issues"), I addressed the propriety of Superior Court Judge Lynda B. Munro's agreeing to accept an award from the Connecticut Women's Legal and Educational Fund and to appear as an honoree at its annual dinner, which took place on Oct. 2. After that, and on the eve of the event, Judge Munro notified CWEALF that she could not accept the award.
5 minute read
October 15, 2007 |

Michael v. State

Rebuttal evidence showing the alleged victim's character for truthfulness is admissible only if a reasonable juror would believe that her the victim's character for truthfulness had been attacked by cross-examination, evidence from other witnesses or statements by counsel.
4 minute read
August 30, 2007 |

What Every Lawyer Should Know About the Economics of a Law Practice

Because law school education often doesn't address the business aspects of practicing law, many lawyers join firms with little understanding of how they operate and without a clue as to what it takes to make a practice successful and profitable. Consultant Melchior Morrione explains the issues of law firm economics facing large- and small-firm attorneys as well as how they can learn to work at their highest-ability level in order to deliver better value to clients and increased profitability to the firm.
9 minute read
May 09, 2012 |

Spread Too Thin

Often viewed as a shortcut to success, wide disparities in partner pay are instead destabilizing firms.
9 minute read
October 04, 2007 |

Patent Attorneys Bemoan Recent Federal Court Rulings

The latest decision on patent law from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that limited business-methods patents was seen as the most minor of what some intellectual property attorneys call attacks on the nation's patent system.
5 minute read
June 07, 1999 |

Soon-to-be-Released ABA Report Certain to Heighten Debate

In a move that could make the rivalry between law firms and the Big Five accounting giants even more ferocious, a closely watched ABA commission may recommend today that attorneys be allowed to share fees with nonlawyers. Geoffrey Hazard Jr., a University of Pennsylvania law professor and legal ethics expert who serves on the 10-member ABA commission, said the panel will propose eliminating the long-standing prohibition against fee sharing because it's no longer relevant to law practice.
7 minute read

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