The Wrath of Grapes

106 The number of slip-and-fall cases filed since 2005 that blame errant grapes for the cause of the plaintiff’s injuries.

Sep 2, 2009 3:30 AM CDT

In the Numbers

Sep 2, 2009 3:20 AM CDT

A Stylish Hat Trick

Chicagoan Larry Wood is an award-winning tenant advocate. But if you were to coax him past his embarrassment at saying what he’s proudest of, he would concede that apart from family, it’s his success writing cartoon captions for The New Yorker.

Sep 2, 2009 3:10 AM CDT

Legal Road Trip: Dallas

The legal sites of the Big D

Sep 2, 2009 3:00 AM CDT

The Sound of Muzika

When Hank Perritt went to war-torn Kosovo in 1998 to help create computer databases to track supplies for refu­gee camps, armed with nothing more than an MIT master’s degree and a J.D. from Georgetown, his friends thought he was brave and dedicated for taking on the task.

Aug 2, 2009 3:10 AM CDT

Coming Attraction: Tort Reform

Plaintiffs lawyers beware: you might not like what you see the next time you go to the movies.

Aug 2, 2009 3:00 AM CDT

Brick, Mortar, and High-Tech

In an age where law students are more familiar with digital books than bound ones, Pennsylvania State Uni­versity’s Dickinson School of Law is spending up to $140 million on two new buildings, including a new law library that is a masterpiece of modern architecture.

Aug 2, 2009 2:50 AM CDT

Worth the Effort?

When the American Law Institute published its long-awaited proposals for sweeping changes in divorce law in 2002, they were met with great fanfare. One academic predicted the proposals would be a “resounding success,” while the New York Times said they would likely have a “major impact” on the development of…

Aug 2, 2009 2:40 AM CDT

There’s an App for That

Proper pronunciation of various legal terms is just a touch away, with an iPhone application recently released by Thomson Reuters.

Aug 2, 2009 2:30 AM CDT

An Award-Winning ‘Response’

There aren’t many practicing lawyers with backgrounds as charac­ter actors on television. And there are even fewer whose acting career includes both The Sopranos and Law & Order.

Aug 2, 2009 2:20 AM CDT

Pricing Out Marriage

Who says you can’t put a price tag on marriage equality? Not the Wil­liams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, a think tank at the UCLA School of Law that studies the economic impact of same-sex marriage and other public policy issues of importance to the lesbian, gay,…

Aug 2, 2009 2:10 AM CDT

First Amendment Footloose

There are many ways to celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s April 13 birthday: a visit to the nation’s capital; a reading of the Declaration of Independence; cupcakes, perhaps.

Jul 2, 2009 3:40 AM CDT

Chicken Not-So-Little

If, five years ago, you asked members of local government in a major city what was likely to be one of the hot-button issues of today, it is unlikely that chickens would have made anyone’s top-10 list. But since that time, the “locavore” movement has taken off and, with it,…

Jul 2, 2009 3:30 AM CDT

By The Numbers

As the economic downturn continues to plague law firms, many are resorting to attorney layoffs as a way to cut costs. But the Project for Attorney Retention, part of the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, says not so fast.

Jul 2, 2009 3:20 AM CDT

Bad Seed

Perhaps it will be some consolation for Brittany Donovan that the semen used to create her came from a sperm bank in New York. Brittany, a mentally disabled 13-year-old Pennsylvania girl, was thrust into the limelight earlier this year after her mother sued the sperm bank for selling her what…

Jul 2, 2009 3:10 AM CDT