What's an ENFJ? Me, for one. We are always searching. This urge can help us to make a positive impact on the world, and it can also make us crazy and ineffectual.
Karen Thalacker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media
Is there entertainment value in "everyday people" with real legal problems getting non-binding legal advice from lawyers who aren't really their lawyers?
New York Times | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
Thursday is the deadline for Americans to come clean about the money they have hidden offshore, in places like Swiss bank accounts. No one can say wit...
Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact
WASHINGTON -- The nation's foreclosure crisis has swamped lawyers for the poor, leaving thousands of low-income homeowners across the country without ...
Daniel Krotz | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books
The message of Bleak House is that a lawsuit is the end of reason and not as we presuppose, the beginning of reasoned argument.
Lesley Stern | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy
It's time to get over the stigma. Bankruptcy is awesome. Once you know the specifics, you'll wish you did it sooner. I know I do.
Don McNay | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business
Everyone has dreams and desires but usually keep them hidden, back in the recesses of their minds. The lottery question gets those dreams and desires out in the open, on the front burner.
Alan Lurie | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
Many people strive for success and admiration at work and pour energy in to the promise of their careers, but somewhere along the way find that the anticipated rewards do not materialize.
Don McNay | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business
As we look at life after the financial crisis, we need to turn traditional thinking on its head. Picking up a copy of Chris Anderson's Free is a good place to start.
Don McNay | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business
Sometimes entrepreneurs are so focused on a higher goal that they forget about the people who help get them there.
Rebecca Novick | Posted 08.20.2009 | World
in recent months Beijing has been busy targeting home-grown adversaries -- Chinese civil rights lawyers -- in a series of moves that has been described as "an all-out attack."
Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 08.09.2009 | World
The lack of clear ethical rules and the frontier justice mentality in Iceland continues to cause confusion and raise questions about the legal profession's ability to regulate itself in Iceland.
Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics
Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.
Robin Sax | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media
As a prosecutor, the first thing I do when I get a case is to Google the victim, the suspect, and all the material witnesses.
Jim Randel | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business
Bulking up billable hours is probably the #1 complaint against attorneys. The fact is that there is no way for someone to know for sure the exact amount of time an attorney spends on a matter.
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business
If you receive flowers once the transaction ends, it means the deal certainly shortened your life expectancy. Don't skip your next doctor's appointment.
Ron Kuby | Posted 07.06.2009 | Entertainment
For close to four decades, Jerry was the only "lawyer" many prisoners had. He helped thousands of people navigate their way through the legal maze that imprisoned them.
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business
The engraved envelope supply has dwindled in my office just as postage again escalated, plus my stash of pre-printed return address labels has been substantially slashed.
National Law Journal | Lynne Marek | Posted 06.21.2009 | Chicago
When U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lefkow mentioned during a judges' panel discussion at the Seventh Circuit Bar Association meeting this week that s...
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 06.18.2009 | Style
I haven't forgotten those pre-2007 feelings of indulgence, even though they prevented me from fully preparing for the rain clouds of 2009 hovering over my (hat-less) head.
Bloomberg | Linda Sandler and Christopher Scinta | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business
May 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bankruptcy lawyers who stand to make as much as $372 million in the reorganization of Chrysler LLC will be doing so illegally, ac...
Laila Al-Arian | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
Last Friday, my father's trial attorney, William Moffitt (known to many as "Bill"), passed away. His untimely death shocked and saddened his loved one...
Howard Schweber | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
I have no hesitation in asserting that Judge Bybee should be subjected to impeachment proceedings, and that Bybee, Yoo, Addington et al. should face disbarment proceedings.
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.11.2009 | Media
What the NY Times discovered was that Ms. Gillibrand represented, zealously, a tobacco company. Their case is overwhelming. The Senator is not qualified to hold public office.
GroundReport | Posted 04.13.2009 | World
Originally published on GroundReport.com, the global citizen reporting platform. By Imran Schah Islamabad, Pakistan- Police have started to crack d...
Michael Melcher | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact