The Legal ReaderA daily dose of links to interesting legal news and Other Fancy Stuff, live from San Francisco.Lawyer Misses Clients Murder Trial, Says Hes on Sabbatical- January 29, 2008 A Las Vegas personal injury lawyer known for his colorful commercials failed to show up last week to defend a client accused of murder, telling a prosecutor he was on sabbatical out of state. Glen Lerner left a voice mail...http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003899.html Neuborne Holocaust-Suit Fee Flap Again Rears Its Ugly Head- January 29, 2008 Loyal Law Blog readers will remember the controversy surrounding Burt Neuborne, the NYU law professor who was awarded $3.1 million by a federal judge for his work administering a $1.25 billion settlement between Swiss banks and Holocaust survivors. A number...http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003898.html Partner Offers $10K Bounty for Bloggers Identity- January 29, 2008 A Chicago lawyer who is being criticized, along with his law firm, in an anonymous Internet blog supposedly authored by a fellow attorney has offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who can provide him with the identity of "Troll Tracker."...http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003897.html Whos Cuddly Now Law Firms- January 25, 2008 IN the last two decades, as working schedules became flexible, and even accounting firms, of all places, embraced the mantra of work-life balance (at least on paper), there was one unbending, tradition-bound profession: the law. That is why it is...http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003896.html Charge Against Ex-Boxer Dropped When Witness Shows Up Drunk- January 25, 2008 PORTLAND, Maine -- A felony charge against a former women's boxing champion from South Portland was dropped when the alleged victim showed up in court too drunk to testify. The prosecutor said she was reluctantly dropping the elevated aggravated assault...http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003895.html Santa Barbara Paper Illegally Fired Union Backers, Judge Says- January 1, 2008 A judge has ruled that the Santa Barbara News-Press committed flagrant violations of federal labor laws when it fired eight journalists for engaging in union activities, and he ordered that the newspaper rehire the former employees. Evidence presented during...http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003894.html Public Defender Builds Injection Case- January 1, 2008 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders....http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003893.html Lawyer Finds Redemption in Helping Poor- January 1, 2008 He used to be one of them. Now an attorney, he's dedicated to helping drug addicts and skid row residents. Legal aid lawyer Louis Rafti was leading a group of law students on a tour of skid row when he...http://www.legalreader.com/archives/003892.html |