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Look Who May be Going to Jail Now

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

If appears the Feds are cracking down on illegal immigration by actually going after those that profit most from it.  Novel approach.
“Law enforcement officials will ‘use all the tools we have, whether it be criminal enforcement or immigration laws to break the back’ of businesses that exploit undocumented immigrants, said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff [...]

Annoying People Beware

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Here is an interesting perspective on the new federal law prohibiting anonymous and "annoying" internet communications.  The potential scope of such a law, which supposedly makes it a federal crime to  use the "internet… without disclosing [one's] identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person…who receives the communications," is so broad and unworkable as to [...]

Signs of Intelligent Life

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

A Pennsylvania district court has determined to uphold the separation of religion and government despite mounting pressure from religious interests. 

The Legal Talk Network

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

I discovered a new legal resource called The Legal Talk Network, a great find. The network produces a number of law-related radio shows, including one called Coast to Coast, co-hosted by J. Craig Williams, of May it Please the Court, and Robert Ambrogi, author of two law blogs.
They discuss the latest legal topics with other [...]

Timeless Advice

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Read these words of wisdom passed from father to son in How to Succeed as a Lawyer. Written by lawyer Roland Boyd to his son forty years ago, the letter is timeless. From the State Bar of Texas web site:
11. Remember, to be a good lawyer you must first be a good man.
Your sole ambition should [...]

Another Reason to Hate Bullies

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Check this out: according to a survey performed in the UK, literally 2-3 billion dollars are lost annually to bullying in the workplace, primarily as a result of victims/workers avoiding work to avoid the jerks that torment them.  Having handled a great many employment cases, nothing amazes me.  But, candidly, I had no idea that bullying, [...]

Google’s New Blog Search Engine

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Blogging is so prevalent and popular right now that Google decided to launch a blog search engine.
As the number of blog-only search engines increases, law bloggers will have even more opportunity to promote their blogs. For example, Kevin O’Keefe at LexBlog reports that his client’s blog, Delaware Litigation Blog, appears in the first ten search [...]

Watch Out, Here Comes Personal Responsibility

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

The last potential perk of "supersizing" yourself, a lawsuit blaming your failed health on the Jack in the Box drive-thru, may be nearing its end.  The "Cheeseburger Bill" seeks to eliminate lawsuits alleging harm based upon the fast food industry’s selling of, well, fast food.  The bill has passed the House and is being considered by the Senate.

Insurance Coverage for Businesses Outside Gulf Coast

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

According to Insurance Scawl, a blog focusing “on the law of insurance, the insurance of business, and the business of insurance,” businesses located outside the Gulf Coast may still be able to file insurance claims for losses caused by Hurricane Katrina:
An increasingly common add-on to coverage in recent years has been "contingent" business-interruption coverage (or [...]

Bloggers Helping Hurricane Katrina Survivors

Friday, October 14th, 2005

One of our friends at Weblogs Work, Brian Oberkirch, was featured in the Washington Post recently for his efforts to connect people through the Slidell Hurricane Damage Blog and provide neighborhood-specific information:
I was able to get to my apt at the Anchorage Sat 09/03/05," said one message posted yesterday. "Came in thru Eden Isles off [...]