Lawyers

New York State's Pro Bono Requirement a Step in the Right Direction

Jimmy Dahroug | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: New York City Bar Association, Law School, Attorneys, Lawyers, Law, New York Pro Bono, New York Bar Association, Required Pro Bono, Jonathan Lippman, New York Bar Pro Bono Requirement, Pro Bono Law, New York News

New York will soon become the first state in the nation to require pro bono service with Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman's recent decision to mandate fifty hours of pro bono work as part of admission to the bar.

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Why I Am Leaving... the Practice of Being a Plaintiff's Class Action Lawyer*

Lawrence W. Schonbrun | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Lawyers, Class Action Lawsuit, Tort Reform, Class Action Cases, Class Action Suits, Class Action Lawyers, Money News

I can no longer look judges in the eye and tell them I am entitled to millions in fees for so-called class member "benefits" which I believe actually harms the interests of class members, consumers, and society in general.

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What the Future Looks Like for Lawyers

Alexandre Montagu | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Lawyers, Business Law, Law Firm Mergers, Legal Counsel, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Boutique Law Firms, Dewey Leboeuf, Law Firms, Business News

The demise of Dewey & LeBoeuf only a few years after the merger of Dewey Balantine and LeBoeuf Lamb is a shot across the bow of the legal establishment, for the failure of the firm is not the result of an isolated incident of mismanagement.

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Hear the One About the Lawyer Who Started a Company?

Chris Johnson | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: News and Trends, Small Business News and Trends, Startup, Lawyers, Startups, Small Business America, Small Business, Small Business News

He realized he wanted to build things more than be a lawyer. So he left Cahill Gordon & Reindel and taught himself to code, learning Ruby on Rails in a six week self-imposed lock-up.

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The Quest for the Perfect Political Panacea

Tom Gerdy | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Professional Politicians, Laws in Affect, Small Businessmen, Presidential Platform, The Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, Lawyers, Term Limits, Broken System, Presidential Candidate, Tax Code, Tom "The Carpenter, Politics News

I didn't want it to come to this, but I have been pushed to my limit. I am announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the United States of America....

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Home Sellers Push Back

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Lawyers, New York Real Estate, Real Estate Appraisals, Home Sales, Homeowners, Contract Negotiations, Real Estate, Home Buyers, Mortgages, Long Island, NY Real Estate Market, Suburbia, Home Prices, NY Real Estate, Home Sellers, New York News

The undercurrent of disgruntlement running through residential real estate these days is decidedly different. Like the flowers that bloomed early, a number of sellers are trying to burst out of the basement and make their way above ground.

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States With The Highest-Paid Lawyers

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Income Gap, Lawyers, Business Journals, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Lawyer Compensation, Tymetrix, Law Degree, Lawyer Pay, Law School, Corporate Executive Board, Business News

A law degree might not be quite the golden ticket it used to be, but for the average lawyer in most states, it’s still a six-figure profession. B...

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Rights Have to Be Enforced Somehow

Joshua Shulman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Eeoc, Discrimination, Civil Rights, Trial Lawyers, Equal Opportunity Employment, Lawyers, Employee Rights, New York Disability Law, Workers Rights, Politics News

We as a country have to decide what rights we want to enforce, and whether to enforce them with government agencies, or with private contractors. But whipsawing back and forth is unfair.

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Lawyers Have Income Inequality Problems, Too

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Income Gap, Financial Industry, Lawyers, Earning Gap, Wall Street, Income Inequality, Pay Gap, Great Recession, Salary, Wage Gap, Law School, Video, Business News

Income inequality is a problem among lawyers, too. As The Wall Street Journal notes, the country's richest lawyers have gotten richer since the Gre...

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How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue

Al Franken | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Lawyers, Antitrust, Al Franken, Technology News

Most Americans don't think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.

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A License to Steal: The Perils of Questionable Legal Representation

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Law, Lawyers, Dumb Crime, Crime, American Dream, Justice, Injustice, American Bar Association, Crime News

Cases like mine give the profession of lawyering a black eye. Individuals need to be careful when choosing a lawyer.

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No One Wants To Take The LSATS

nytimes.com | DAVID SEGAL | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Lawyers, Law School Application, Law School, Lsat, College News

Legal diplomas are apparently losing luster. The organization behind the Law School Admission Test reported that the number of tests it administere...

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Seven Things Americans Want This Election Year

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Gop, Obama, Lawyers, Cea, 2012 Election, Leaders, Gary Shapiro, Politics News

Americans hunger for leaders who will attack our major problems head-on with candor and urgency. We can reverse course and address our big issues if we demand that our candidates speak honestly and answer the tough questions.

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Don't Leave Your Shrink Out Of This Discussion

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Lawyers, Wills, Shrinks, Wealth Management, Reuters, Psychologists, Psychology, Family Money, Family Money Problems, Money News

By Mitch Lipka March 5 (Reuters) - When it comes to family squabbles over money -- particularly contentious ones involving inheritances -- yo...

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A Rape Victim's Search for Justice

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Pornography, Lawyers, Rape, Security, Sexual Assault, Lawsuit, Workplace Safety, Miami Crime, Miami News

The rape of a 27-year-old Miami woman while working highlights the legal obligation that Florida businesses have to provide a safe environment not only for customers but for their employees.

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Should Miami Celebrate Its Lawyers?

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Homeless, Law Students, Lawyers, State Attorneys General, Judges, Public Defender, Minorities, Miami News

At this time, when the public perception of lawyers is understandably at an all-time low, the not-for-profit Lawyers to the Rescue has identified several South Florida lawyers who have set a new standard for their commitment to public service.

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Goldman Employee Under Fire Over Leaked Info

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Video, Lawyers, Consultants, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Reuters, Money Manager, Traders, Technology, Wall Street Journal, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Financial Regulation, Business News

Feb 15 (Reuters) - A Goldman Sachs technology analyst is under investigation by federal authorities for leaking inside information to hedge funds, t...

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Begging to Borrow

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Real Estate Market, Long Island, Mortgages, Lawyers, Paralegal, Long Island Real Estate, Lending, Home Sales, Banks, Real Estate, NY Real Estate, New York News

Usually, stepping into the waiting room at this attorney's office felt like wiggling into too-small jeans. But, when I arrived recently, representing a client selling her home, I didn't need the 10 minutes I allotted to find a parking spot.

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Gun? Check. Radio? Check. Lawyer? Check!

David Isenberg | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Private Military Security Contractors, Lawyers, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nisoor Square, Blackwater, Eeoc, Business News

The EEOC originally filed suit against DynCorp in August 2011 alleging that from October 2006 through January 2007, James Friso, an aircraft sheet metal/structural mechanic working in Taji, Iraq, was subjected to harassment based on his sex by a male co-worker.

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Teaching Real Law for the 99 Percent

Oliver R. Goodenough | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: 99 Percent, University, Lawyers, College, We Are the 99 Percent, Law Degree, Association of American Law Schools, Law School, College News

The legal profession isn't the only sector of our society that has focused excessively on the needs of moneyed power, but it can help lead the way to redressing the balance.

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New York Homeowners Get $1 Million In Foreclosure Help

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Lawyers, Foreclosure Crisis, Attorney General, Mortgage Crisis, Homeowners, Foreclosure, Legal Assistance, New York, Housing Crisis, Business News

New Yorkers struggling to keep their homes are about to get additional help. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has approved $1 million in fundi...

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Educating Digital Lawyers

Oliver R. Goodenough | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Association of American Law Schools, Lawyers, Law School, Digital Law, College News

The information, communication and processing innovations that we bundle under the "digital" label are, like cheap printing before it, creating a wealth of new possibilities for how we can define, deliver and teach that set of rules and enforcement mechanisms we call law.

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Why We Need an Independent Judiciary

Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Judiciary, Law, Lawyers, Judges, Independent Judiciary, Politics News

Let's stand up for one of our most precious monuments -- our judiciary -- as a place of integrity and independence, and as a refuge for those in our society who seek to enforce rights and protect freedoms. Our liberty depends on it.

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How Lawyers Kill Business Deals

Dan Solin | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: American Competitiveness, Global Competition, Lawyers, Nonprofit-Companies, American Companies, Business News

As American companies struggle to compete, executives have to decide if they want their success to be determined by lawyers, or if they want to build long term relationships, using common sense and agreements fair to both sides.

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Judges Should Stop Giving Deference to School Officials

Adam Goldstein | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Penn State, Famu, Lawyers, First Amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, Lower Merion School District, Judge Posner, Jerry Sandusky, Robert Champion, Civil Rights, Hazelwood, Education News

It is time to end this bizarre practice that assumes judges who are competent to decide whether a man lives or dies for his crimes are incompetent to decide whether a school administrator crossed a line in a strip-search.

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