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Ginsburg leaves legacy of fighting for equality

In the days after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, her opinions, dissents and phrases, from eloquent writings to chuckled one-liners, are cementing her as a ferocious defender of the underrepresented, especially women.

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 25 Sep 2020

Ginsburg leaves legacy of fighting for equality

Attorney Mistakes That Could Turn Into Legal Malpractice

Nobody’s perfect, but at the same time, when you hire a lawyer, you hope the lawyer is trustworthy, knowledgeable and diligent in the matters of the law. Lawyers often make it a practice to incorporate the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct into…

By Christopher T. Nace

/ 24 Sep 2020

Attorney Mistakes That Could Turn Into Legal Malpractice

Golf injuries are big business for lawyers

Golf is an $84 billion business that generates an additional $59 billion in wages. Where that much money is involved, there are inevitable lawsuits seeking redress for injuries, some fatal. As a result, collateral specialties involving golf injuries among legal firms and global insurance agencies ar

By Sheila Mullane Estrada

/ 24 Sep 2020

Golf injuries are big business for lawyers

Are parental leave policies unfair? Trial will decide.

The question of whether fathers deserve as much parental leave as mothers when a new child comes into the home is in the hands of a Washington, D.C. district judge.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 23 Sep 2020

Are parental leave policies unfair? Trial will decide.

Living will: Create it before you need it

Creating a living will is something everyone agrees is a prudent move, but also something nobody wants to think or talk about. End of life conversations are extremely hard, more so perhaps, when the end seems a long way off. But that’s the time to get one’s wishes documented.

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 22 Sep 2020

Living will: Create it before you need it

CARES act fraud not easy to define

While Congress is working to root out CARES Act fraud connected to billions in business loans awarded during the COVID-19 crisis, small business owners are concerned about whether they followed the rules or will face the feds’ wrath if they didn’t.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 21 Sep 2020

Legal services unaffordable? New model seeks a change.

Can the average American afford legal services from an attorney? Many can't. A new program seeksd to change that.

By Michael Candelaria

/ 21 Sep 2020

Legal services unaffordable? New model seeks a change.

Whistleblowers cash in, thanks to decade-old law

Prior to the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was hard-pressed to get corporate whistleblowers to come forward. But just last week, the SEC awarded $2.5 million to whistleblowers who aided in an investigation.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 18 Sep 2020

Whistleblowers cash in, thanks to decade-old law

High profile whistleblower cases, according to the National Whistleblower Center

High profile whistleblower cases

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 18 Sep 2020

Can the police search your smartphone, or force you to unlock it?

Smartphones are a goldmine of personal data for criminal investigators, from credit card information to compromising photos. But can law enforcement search a smartphone’s contents without a warrant, or force someone to give them access to a passcode-protected phone?

By Elizabeth Anne Brown

/ 18 Sep 2020

Can the police search your smartphone, or force you to unlock it?

Judge in Diocese of Buffalo Bankruptcy Sets Bar Date

Chief Judge Carl L. Bucki of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Western District of New York ruled Friday that the bar date for abuse victims to submit claims should be the same day that the extended Child Victims Act expires – Aug. 14, 2021.…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 17 Sep 2020

Judge in Diocese of Buffalo Bankruptcy Sets Bar Date

Jury consultant: Dress can be a key to a courtroom win

Dr. Noelle Nelson, a California-based jury consultant, recalls the time she was helping a law firm prepare witnesses for trial and asked a woman to come to her prep session dressed as she would in court. "I used to say, ‘your Sunday best.’ So this gal came in fishnet hose.'' Nelson travels the count

By Philip Morgan

/ 17 Sep 2020

Jury consultant: Dress can be a key to a courtroom win