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December 20, 2007 |

Attorney Whose Blog Post Blasted Controversial Judge Fights Bar Investigation

Do lawyers check their free speech rights at the courthouse? That's what some wonder now that a defense attorney faces charges for blog comments he made about a Florida judge. Constitutional experts say attorneys give up the full force of the First Amendment when they join the Bar, but some lawyers say they have every right to speak their minds. The debate resurfaced after the State Bar found probable cause against the attorney for calling the judge an "evil, unfair witch" who is "seemingly mentally ill."
7 minute read
November 30, 2010 |

Lawyer says tribe gave up its sovereign immunity

A wrongful death suit against the Miccosukee Tribe and its business enterprises seeks to revisit key details in a fatal 2009 crash that left a family without answers.
4 minute read
July 05, 2006 |

Computer Glitch Blamed for 'Secret Dockets'

Top Florida court officials in Broward and Palm Beach counties, which came under criticism this spring for maintaining "secret dockets," now say computer problems were responsible for the removal of many civil court cases from the public record.
7 minute read
October 30, 2006 |

The D.C. Metro Area's 52 Largest Home-Grown Law Firms

Though the D.C. legal market is populated by firms that got their start in other cities, firms founded in the District and Northern Virginia still dominate.
8 minute read
May 24, 2010 |

Lawyers' research includes social-networking sites

Investigators and jury-selection consultants consider social-networking sites a treasure trove, and the content of such sites has been litigated on claims of defamation, copyright infringement and free speech violations.
6 minute read
July 08, 2013 |

Report: Law Firm Mergers Poised for Record Year in 2013

A quarterly report by legal consultancy Altman Weil states that the 39 total mergers through the first six months of 2013 are putting the year on a potentially record-setting pace for U.S. law firm tie-ups.
4 minute read
March 22, 2004 |

Collateral Consequences

For an executive who works in the financial services industry, a criminal or civil trial resulting from allegations of corporate wrongdoing can have uniquely damaging and far-reaching consequences. These include consequences that reach beyond spending time in jail and a large fine if found guilty. Even if the executive is acquitted, there is still public humiliation, and the executive's reputation may be damaged in such a way that he or she may not be able to get hired by another financial services company.
8 minute read
February 16, 2011 |

Feds Promise Next Step in Probe of Scott Rothstein

There's little doubt Scott Rothstein thought he was the center of the universe. But he had plenty of satellites in his $1.2 billion Ponzi solar system.
5 minute read
May 04, 2011 |

Local Firms Hiring Again as Recession Winds Down

All around Connecticut, the signs of spring are in the air. Birds are chirping earlier and the sun is shining into the early evening hours. Buds are beginning to bloom.
6 minute read
November 06, 2003 |

Press Group Sides With Ex-9/11 Detainee in Court Secrecy Fight

Dan [email protected] LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Calling it the most egregious recent example of an alarming trend toward excessive secrecy in the federal courts, a national journalism group has filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to open the sealed records of the habeas corpus case of Mohamed K.
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