Seemingly lax oversight by members of the Hollinger International board and audit committee revealed in testimony this week in an ongoing Chicago prosecution of high-level corporate employees undoubtedly have raised…
Tasteful, conservative, low-key law firm advertising it’s not. But a billboard featuring a scantily clad couple along with the line “Life’s Short, Get a Divorce” has indeed apparently met its…
A video clip posted next to an opinion this week on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Web site has launched the high court into the Internet Age. Hence, the video, which…
To Anthony Ciolli, not censoring the AutoAdmit Web site he worked on was a First Amendment issue, even though he reportedly admitted that sexist, racist and just plain rude comments…
A renowned Chicago lawyer and former Illinois governor testified yesterday that he approved $200 million in payments as a corporate director and audit committee chair without documentary support.
Brian Sloan did not follow a stereotypical legal career path after graduating from Penn State Dickinson Law School. Rather than practice law, he started selling goods on eBay. A few…
A study by several Massachusetts bar associations finds that almost half of women lawyers in the state who leave their law firms don’t remain in the law.
When Everett Rice first met Barry Cohen, the two were adversaries in a lawsuit filed by Cohen over the prosecution of a client on vessel homicide charges. Rice is a…
Brian T. Dougan, a litigator at Boston based Gibson & Behman, has become the ultimate island hopper. This spring, Dougan starts splitting his time between offices in Rhode Island and…
The much-publicized case of the so-called D.C. Madam has sparked a new business practice for a number of Washington, D.C. lawyers. After she said she planned to name names of…
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