In my many years of practicing family law, I have always advocated to my clients that court should be the last resort.
Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 05.27.2012
Almost everyone involved in divorce becomes frustrated by the legal process. Both mothers and fathers feel like the system works against them.
Dennis M. Kelleher | Posted 04.10.2012
The banks engaged in a years' long pattern of what can only be described as fraudulent if not criminal conduct that would put anyone else in prison for years if not decades, yet banks get to buy off the cops with some money to help just a few of the victims they created.
Mollie Reilly | Posted 01.05.2012
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) slammed GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in a Wednesday op-ed, criticizing the former House speaker's campaign pled...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.04.2012
The bad news continues to pile up for Bank of America, with a New York state court issuing a ruling Tuesday that will make it easier for a major bond ...
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 01.21.2012
As police start using violence to quell the OWS protests, the real question becomes: Can the government control itself? What does it mean?
Saul Segan | Posted 01.04.2012
The practice of law is an absolute honor and a privilege. When anyone is fortunate enough to be able to earn their livelihood by helping others to improve their lives and relieve their stresses, care should be taken to launch gratitude as a prime emotion.
Dylan Ratigan | Posted 01.01.2012
Our courts have as of yet been exempt from the same level of scrutiny as Congress and our politicians, but there is a pervasive, ongoing corporate attack on judicial integrity, and what we're seeing is that a lack of aligned interests, secrecy, and corruption are eroding that system as well.
HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.27.2011
WASHINGTON -- On February 15, Wisconsin voters went to the polls to vote on a rather mundane state Supreme Court primary election. The incumbent, Davi...
Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 12.27.2011
The Reykjavik district court has ruled truth is not a valid defense to libel. Instead, it ruled that newspapers have a duty not to publish statements about private individuals that would tend to damage their reputations even if they are true.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.24.2011
NEW YORK -- Teachers unions have the right to collectively bargain over almost every component of teacher evaluations, an Albany County (N.Y.) Suprem...
AP | BETH DeFALCO | Posted 10.24.2011
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's highest court ordered changes Wednesday to the way eyewitness identifications are used, saying the current system i...
Karen J. Greenberg | Posted 10.22.2011
It's hard to escape the conclusion that the U.S. has little faith in its ability to put on trial a man assumedly responsible for murdering thousands. The administration's skepticism when it comes to using the judicial system risks is becoming pervasive.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.03.2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal district court judge in California has ruled that the University of California at Davis violated Title IX, the law banning ...
William S. Becker | Posted 08.24.2011
During one of his high-intensity speeches earlier this month, Van Jones showed he was back in fighting form.
Javier Corrales | Posted 07.16.2011
It would be a mistake to see this court ruling as a mere victory for a tiny cohort (partnered couples) within a tiny minority (LGBT citizens). Brazil's ruling is important because it declares that rights granted to one citizen cannot be denied to any other.
Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.30.2011
The ability to bring your grievances to a jury of your peers faces a very real challenge, as corporations and politicians seek to take away this critical right.
Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 05.25.2011
We live in a highly partisan era of Congressional and Presidential politics. We cannot let these calculated political priorities spill over to our judicial system as well, as seems to have happened in the case of Judge Henry Hudson.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Without the work of Reid, Obama, Pelosi, and yes, even Joe Lieberman, DADT would not have been repealed this weekend -- and would be in place for the foreseeable future, with a new Republican House about to take control.
Carlos A. Ball | Posted 05.25.2011
The difference between liberals and conservatives on the role of the courts is that only right-wingers criticize their political opponents for doing so.
The Center For Public Integrity | Peter H. Stone | Posted 05.25.2011
Even as it plowed tens of millions of dollars into ads this year to help mostly Republicans notch Congressional victories, the U.S. Chamber of Commerc...
Waymon Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011
It's easy to give up, throw up our hands, and retreat to our everyday lives, especially when faced with an uphill battle like we have the next two years. But the fight for equality is never easy and never over.
Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011
It will happen. Marijuana will be legalized in California. In the interests of public health and safety, human rights, personal liberties, and sound fiscal policy it makes far more sense that it happen next Tuesday, not the next election.
Kevin Welner | Posted 05.25.2011
The message to teachers is as clear as it is incongruous: do whatever it takes, just don't exercise too much of your own judgment while you're doing it.
Henry Gornbein | Posted 04.12.2012