Last year, students at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, used Yik Yak, an anonymous social media app, to spew hatred and violence against their classmates.
Art has long been used for nefarious purposes, including money laundering and tax evasion. And the art market is increasingly plagued by fakes and sophisticated forgeries, which not only cost unsuspecting buyers millions each year but also result in the plummeting confidence of potential buyers.
A village in Honduras got a new school this year thanks to an unlikely alliance between a high-powered lawyer and a firm staff member. The pair, both from Kirkland & Ellis in New York City, created the Foundation for Education in Honduras to build and refurbish schools there. It also…
A few years ago, Greenberg Traurig partner Barbara Jones decided she needed a new form of exercise. Inspired by her son, who then rowed for his high school team, she picked up the oars for the first time.
Courthouses are not often thought of as the most welcoming of places, but a 6-year-old program in Pittsburgh is trying to change that perception, one framed piece of art at a time.
The law firm of Seward & Kissel found a unique way to commemorate a rare milestone: In celebration of its 125th birthday, the firm buried a time capsule in Battery Park outside the firm's New York office.
The first year of law school can be akin to middle school. Anxiety and self-doubt abound: How should I study? What do I need to remember? Why was that lady carrying scales onto a train again?
Recent decisions holding that state-compliant medical marijuana growers and dispensaries can't reorganize in bankruptcy are highlighting the sticky problems that result when federal and state marijuana laws conflict.
Rugby might not seem like a warm and fuzzy kind of sport, but Chicago lawyer Michael Young missed the camaraderie from his days playing it so much that he figured there must be other legal professionals pining to be back in the scrum.
Nowadays, it seems that everything from cars to jeans proudly bears the "Made in the USA" label. But what exactly does that label mean? In every state but California and under federal law, products don't actually have to be fully made in the United States to bear the label. As…
