California state bar launches a new effort to fight notario fraud

In 2013, a deal on immigration reform seemed imminent in Congress. So imminent, in fact, that law enforcement in California started noticing an uptick in immigration law scams. "One of the examples of what we saw was attorneys who are publicizing that if you give us $500 now, ... we…

Sep 1, 2015 6:45 AM CDT

A class action asks: ‘What is a craft beer?’

When is a craft beer not a craft beer? A class action lawsuit recently filed in California asks that question over claims that Blue Moon beer, despite its label as "artfully crafted" beer, isn't one because megabrewer MillerCoors owns the company.

Sep 1, 2015 6:40 AM CDT

EU court invalidates Louis Vuitton’s trademark on checkerboard pattern

Sep 1, 2015 3:50 AM CDT

Cosmetology schools owe student workers at least the minimum wage, argue class-action suits

Sep 1, 2015 3:40 AM CDT

10 Questions: Has the ADA measured up?

Sep 1, 2015 3:30 AM CDT

Judge’s movie night brings the court and the public closer together

More than 20 years ago, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski realized his clerks had a troubling gap in their education: They hadn't seen 12 Angry Men. Wanting to rectify the situation, Kozinski started showing classic movies in the courthouse law library.

Aug 1, 2015 7:20 AM CDT

Planned documentary will look at the shortcomings of the public defender system

Marshall Goldberg moves between two professional worlds. As a civil rights lawyer in the 1960s and '70s, he served as counsel for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights and in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Later, as a screenwriter, he wrote episodes of The Jeffersons, LA Law and…

Aug 1, 2015 7:10 AM CDT

NYC lawyer targets strip clubs in FLSA violation claim cases

It's safe to assume that few attorneys publicly associate with strippers, but New York City lawyer Justin Swartz proudly touts his connections.

Aug 1, 2015 6:50 AM CDT

Meet the judge who has become a national sensation as ‘Bongo Lady’

By day, Malenda Harris Meacham is a busy solo family law practitioner and part-time judge in Hernando, Mississippi. By night she's become something of an air bongo sensation. That's right—an air bongo sensation.

Aug 1, 2015 6:45 AM CDT

Hall and Oates sue food company over Haulin’ Oats granola

When a small-batch granola company from Brooklyn unveiled its newest product this spring, it caught the attention of '80s rockers Daryl Hall and John Oates. That's because the granola maker named it Haulin' Oats, and the musicians were not amused.

Jul 1, 2015 6:20 AM CDT

Meet a lawyer trying to guide the all-cash cannabis industry into the federal banking system

South Carolina litigator Mark Mason knew as much about the marijuana industry as any other middle-aged, law-abiding lawyer. That is, until his son called from Denver asking for help. Now Mason, principal in the five-lawyer Mason Law Firm in Mount Pleasant, is leading the charge to give Colorado's all-cash cannabis…

Jul 1, 2015 6:05 AM CDT

Jury sides with ‘the cop’ in copyright question over a Village People hit

Jul 1, 2015 4:40 AM CDT

Delaware leads the way in adopting legislation allowing estate executors access to online accounts

Jul 1, 2015 4:30 AM CDT

NYC lawyer turns to zombies, werewolves and cocker spaniels for his books about case law

Jul 1, 2015 4:00 AM CDT

Legislators pursue a standardized measure for a pint of beer

You'd think bills requiring pints of beer to contain a requisite 16 fluid ounces would meet with resounding cries of "We'll drink to that." But recent attempts to pass so-called honest pint laws in Maine, Michigan and Oregon have come up dry.

Jun 1, 2015 6:40 AM CDT