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Chrysler Bankruptcy Lawyers Reap Fees Illegally: Study

Bloomberg | Linda Sandler and Christopher Scinta | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Bankruptcy Lawyers, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Lawyers, Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Chrysler Bankruptcy Lawyers, Business News

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...

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Mourning a Defender of Civil Rights

Laila Al-Arian | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eulogies, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bush Administration, Lawyers, War on Terror, Civil Rights, William Moffit, Bill Moffit, Politics News
Laila Al-Arian

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...

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Torture and the Problem of Constitutional Evil: The Way Forward

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Lawyers, War on Terror, Graber, Impeachment, Yoo, Rule of Law, Truth Commission, Executive Authority, Noonan, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Evil, Addington, Prosecutions, Bybee, Constitution, Torture, Politics News
Howard Schweber

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.

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Reporters, Cigarettes and a U.S. Senator

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Lawyers, U.S. Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Philip Morris, Cigarettes, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kirsten-Rutnik, Media News
Christopher Brauchli

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.

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Pakistan Police Arrest Long March Activists

GroundReport | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Asif Ali Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, Lawyers, Long March, Activism, Pakistan Long March, Pakistan, World News
GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the global citizen reporting platform. By Imran Schah Islamabad, Pakistan- Police have started to crack d...

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Pakistan's Long March: Help Report On It

The Huffington Post | Chris Nelson | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif, Lawyers, Long March, Rehman Malik, Pakistan, World News

Lawyers and opposition political parties to the current Pakistani government, led by Nawaz Sharif, are planning a march from Karachi to Islamabad this...

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Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Lawyers

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Careers, Lawyers, Small Business, Higher Education, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

Over the years, people would mention to me that their son or daughter wanted to become an attorney, and would I mind talking to them about their caree...

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The Price of Justice: Time to Invest in Criminal Justice Reforms

Ginny Sloan | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Exoneration, Wrongful Conviction, Criminal Justice, Dna, Ginny Sloan, Jon Gould, Lawyers, Criminal Justice System, Prisoners, Legislation, Politics News
Ginny Sloan

It is easy -- but wrong -- to say that we can save money by slashing government funding for lawyers for defendants who cannot afford to hire their own.

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Al Meyerhoff and the Chemistry of Life and Death

Diane Dulken | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Pesticides, Lawyers, Toxic, Organic Farmers, Nrdc, Organic, Memories, Death, Toxic Chemicals, Natural Resources Defense Council, Leukemia, Food Quality Protection Act, Tribute, Al Meyerhoff Leukemia, Al Meyerhoff, Organic Food, Memory, Cancer, Memorial, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Green News
Diane Dulken

This environmental lawyer reminded us that the vast majority of commercial and industrial chemicals in circulation today are not tested for longterm health effects before being put on the market.

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Captive Flower

H. Candace Gorman | Posted 03.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Detainees, Feelings, Law, Red-Tape, Emotions, Lawyers, Emotion, College, Nature, University of Wisconsin, Bureaucracy, Flowers, Red Tape, Bullshit, Living News
H. Candace Gorman

My client, Mr. Al-Ghizzawi, told me during one of our first visits about a flower that was outside his cage at Guantanamo, just sticking out of the desert terrain, by itself.

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Law Firms Rethinking "Billable Hours" As Clients Tighten Belts

New York Times | JONATHAN D. GLATER | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Billable Hours, Lawyers, Law Firms, Business News

Lawyers are having trouble defending the most basic yardstick of the legal business -- the billable hour. Clients have complained for years that th...

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Lying Voter Fraud D.A. Also a Racist?

Mike Stark | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Racism, Joe Deters, Ohio, District Attorney, Lawyers, Criminal Justice System, Criminal Justice, Law School, Crack, Politics News
Mike Stark

In the past week I've learned that the power of the prosecutor is extraordinary. If he decides not to charge, there's not a thing anyone can say or do about it.

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The List

Nia Vardalos | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Candy, Lawyers, Americans, Dads, Humor, Children, Canadians, United States, New Year's Commentary, Parenting, January, Gay Adoption, Adoption Within the Us, Canada, Joy, Happiness, Adoption, New Year's Resolutions, National Adoption Day, Kids, New Year's Resolution, The Alliance for Children's Rights, Moms, Excitement, Pro Bono, M&m's, Foster Care, November, Parents, Living News
Nia Vardalos

A common misconception about adoption is that to get a kid you just have to go to another country and be as pretty as Angelina Jolie. As studio executives and movie reviewers have informed me again and again, I'm not.

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Two New Victims of Political Murders in Russia

Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

Read More: Murder, Lawyers, Chechnya, Russia, Political Murder, Moscow, Markelov, Baburova, World News
Oleg Kozlovsky

Journalists who dare to investigate political crimes often became their next victims but this is the first time that a lawyer is killed for political purposes.

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Expanding Discovery in Criminal Cases

John Terzano | Posted 01.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Law, Lawyers, Innocent Inmate, Criminal Justice System, American Bar Association, The Justice Project, Excuplatory Evidence, Law Blog, Law Writing, Open File Discovery Law, Open File Discovery, Living News
John Terzano

Suppression of exculpatory evidence is one of the leading causes of wrongful conviction. Exculpatory evidence can be withheld for years while an innocent person sits in prison.

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A Bailout for Gonzales?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lawyers, Imprisonment, Jail Time, Bailout, Alberto Gonzales, Wall Street, Attorney General, Defense Lawyers, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Prisons are hugely profitable these days which may explain why the U.S. now has the dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the industrialized world .

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Bad Rap for Lawyers Representing Victims of California Train Crash

Edward Lozzi | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Train Crash Victims, Metrolink Train Crash, Lawyers, Town Hall, Anthony Petru, Positive Train Control, Union Pacific, Personal Finance, Ed Pfiester, Ambulance Chasers, Hildebrand, Chatsworth, Metrolink Victims, Train Safety, Chatsworth Train Crash, Personal Injury Lawyers, Injury Compensation, Metrolink Crash Town Hall, Business News
Edward Lozzi

I'm tired of lawyers getting a bad rap every time there is a disaster with death and destruction. The Town Hall lawyers addressing the train crash victims need to be congratulated.

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Election Day Polling Spots To Be Mobbed By "Thousands And Thousands" Of Lawyers

NY Times | LESLIE WAYNE | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Lawyers, Voting Day Lawyers, Democrats, Voting Problems, Republicans, Politics News

With heavy voter turnout expected on Election Day, both parties are amassing thousands and thousands of lawyers to keep an eye on the polls. Senator ...

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Stripper's Nude Dance Payment Lands Chicago Lawyer In Trouble

Chicago Tribune | Art Barnum | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Stupid News, Lawyers, Lawyers and Strippers, Strippers, Chicago, Stripper, Chicago News

A DeKalb lawyer was suspended for 15 months Thursday for arranging to have a female client perform nude dances for him in exchange for credit on her l...

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An Unlikely Pair

Mike Farrell | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lawyers, Death Penalty, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Judges, Criminal Justice System, Death Penalty Debate, Death Penalty California, Politics News
Mike Farrell

This Piece Was Co-written by Donald A. McCartin We are an unlikely pair -- not "The Odd Couple," but close. Forty-five years ago, one was a successfu...

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Depressed Lawyers: A Little Help For My Friends

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 08.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression, Lawyers, Depression Treatment, Mental Health, Health, Abraham Lincoln, Causes of Depression, Living News
Bruce E. Levine

Instead of viewing depression as either a character defect or a biochemical defect, depression is better seen as a strategy for shutting down overwhelming pain.

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How Are Lawyers Like Politicians?

Rick Shenkman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ignorance, Politics, Stupid, Lawyers, Myths, Attorneys, Misinformation, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voters, Democracy, Politics News
Rick Shenkman

Lawyers have to appeal to juries the way pols have to appeal to voters. But there's one difference: you can't squeeze all of America's voters into a jury box to hear your opening and closing statements.

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In Obama's America, Road to Power No Longer Runs Through Law Firms

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Doug Goodyear, Gale Norton, Mark Rey, Law, McCain Lobbyists, John McCain, Lawyers, Burma, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Jim Johnson VP, The Trap, Andy Card, Law School, Daniel Brook, American Forest & Paper Association, Barack Obama, Attorneys, Yale Law, Business News
Glenn Hurowitz

Lawyers will soon have to choose: spend your career serving your country, or spend it serving your corporation. But we have to make sure that those who embrace public service can make a decent living.

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Government By Lawyers, For Lawyers

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Parking, Law, Lawyers, Law Enforcement, Lawyer Fees, AutoReturn Inc., Car Towing, Lawyer, San Francisco, Politics News
Aaron Greenspan

The aggregate efforts of all of the lawyers I have hired have yielded more dishonest behavior than the issues I was hoping to address with their help.

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Clinton Claiming Widespread Fraud By Obama, Ramping Up Legal War To String Out Primary

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Fraud, Offthebus, Lawyers, Florida, Democratic National Convention, Michigan, Superdelegates, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Texas, Caucuses, Barack Obama, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

The Clinton camp called a press conference tonight, which I attended telephonically, to accuse the Obama Texas campaign of "statewide systemic" abuses of the caucus process.

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