Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending November 21, 2008

(Ms. JD - Changing the Face of the Legal Profession)
Minnesota Women Lawyers Create New Local Chapter National Association of Women Lawyers Releases Third Annual Survey: Groundbreaking Data Reveal Impact of Lateral Moves, Firm Structure on Women Tasers the Topic of Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association Luncheon Holland & ... 's Women Lawyers Buy Kitchen Gadgets, Benefit Charity In Equity Partner Ranks, Men Earn an Average of $87K More than Women Kenyan Federation of Women Lawyers Project to Give Women Easier Access to Legal Services read more
November 21, 2008 07:26 am
Permanently Happy Useful Associates are the rarer younger lawyers you paid higher bonuses to who are straight-up kick-ass, energetic and mega-talented wunderkinds you can't ... whether you were any good at your job or not, or whether you were "getting lawyering" quicker than Wendell down the hall, the clueless Law Review editor from Cornell Law with ... Value, anyone? Temporarily Happy "I'm-here-so-pay-me" Associates are younger lawyers who got Being There bonuses; you have no earthly idea why you ever ...
November 21, 2008 06:26 am
... . The train that struck her was traveling north from Gilroy. No train passengers were injured. Have you or someone close to you been involved in a Cal Train accident in San Jose? Then please call 1-800-ALAWPRO now to speak with a lawyer at no cost. As Peninsula drivers know, most Caltrain track crossings possess a warning system including lights, bells and a gate to keep traffic from crossing when trains are coming on the track. The woman remains in critical condition at Regional Medical Center ...
November 21, 2008 06:08 am

In the News and Around the Blogosphere

(White Collar Crime Prof Blog)
Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press, Chances of President Bush granting leniency to Conrad Black called infinitesimal Doug Berman, Sentencing Law & Policy, Through the federal clemency looking glass with Holder DOJ Press Release, Mississippi Lawyer Pleads Guilty for Failing to...
November 21, 2008 05:57 am

11TH ANNUAL ESTATES AND TRUSTS SUMMIT

(Toronto Estate Law Blog)
... Home and Group Home (Wendy Griesdorf) The Vulnerability of Pre-Death Gifts (Eric Hoffstein) The Scope of the Attorney's Powers (Sender Tator) The Incapable Minor Turning 18 (Clare Burns) Remarks from the New Children's Lawyer for the Province of Ontario (Debra Stephens) Marshalling the Evidence For and Against Capacity in a Will Challenge (Hilary Laidlaw) Short Circuiting the Frivolous Will Challenge (Hull and Hull's Craig Vander Zee) Mediation of Capacity Issues - The Mediator's Perspective ( ...
November 21, 2008 05:21 am
... motorists in an Illinois traffic accident. A second lawsuit filed against trooper involved in double-fatality crash on I-64, BND.com, November 20, 2008 Lawsuit against trooper about accountability, JG-TC Online, May 9, 2008 Related Web Resources: Collinsville sisters' deaths spur road improvements on I-6, BND.com, November 14, 2008 Trooper cited in fatal crash relieved of duties, Newstin.com, March 19, 2008 In Illinois, contact Chicago Car Accident Lawyer Steven J. Malman to discuss your case.
November 21, 2008 05:19 am
... to Mr. Kodner's conclusion that Macs don't make sense for the law office. Aside from the fact that this conclusion is directly contrary his his prior opinion on the subject (see his earlier article, "The Legal Mac: A Practical Option for All Lawyers"), it is clear that this post was nothing more than an attempt to get people talking about him. (There is no such thing as negative publicity, right?) Why do I say this? Well, Mr. Kodner starts out with an ad hominem attack in which he essentially ...
November 21, 2008 05:01 am
... case is captioned "In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation, Mdl No. 1791". This is the suit that motivated the immunity provisions of the FISA amendments. But they were drafted in a very very odd way that leaves some substantial daylight for challenges. And the great lawyers at EFF have done a first-rate job of running for daylight. [Disclosure: In addition to serving on EFF's Advisory Board, I had a minor role in assisting the EFF legal team on one of the issues.]
November 21, 2008 05:00 am
Three Wisconsin men who are accused of necrophilia entered not guilty pleas. Recently, lawyers for the men sought and were denied a change of venue. From Pioneer Press: Three men accused of trying to dig up a grave in Cassville in order to have sex with a dead woman have entered not guilty pleas in Grant County Circuit Court. The case against twin brothers, Alex and Nicholas Grunke, and Dustin Radke, was reinstated last July by the state Supreme Court. The high court ruled Wisconsin law bans sex ...
November 21, 2008 04:25 am
... economic times for law firms in a must-listen podcast - [bit.ly] Ernie the Attorney discusses recent decision on lawyers producing printed emails in discovery - [bit.ly] Earth to litigators . . . Lifehacker has a great tutorial on freeing up ... what you think about the microblog idea. [Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)] Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell ...
November 21, 2008 04:15 am
... a company pays for doing business with borrowed money. Recently, creditors have increasingly tightened the reins on corporate borrowers, particularly those in financial distress. In the latter context, creditors typically require frequent financial reports; tight ... the practice has garnered recent attention as academics and practitioners discuss the changing dynamics in corporate restructurings and the increase in corporate liquidations. (See Fred Tung's recent post here; other related articles ...
November 21, 2008 04:11 am
Investigators in Illinois have identified the two men who died in an oil well blast last month. Using DNA samples and dental records, they confirmed that Albion Attorney Samuel Lee Fieber and West Salem worker Ronald Alldredge died from injuries they sustained in the explosion. Kevin Alldredge, Ronald's son and a Grayville rig hand, survived the blast but sustained burn injuries. Four other workers also were burned in the blast. One worker, 38-year-old Browns resident Glen Isles, sustained ...
November 21, 2008 03:54 am

The Latest AP Obituary of Jim Mattox

(StandDown Texas Project)
...Is here, via the Houston Chronicle. It was written by April Castro with contributions from others in the AP Texas bureaus. Mattox was remembered for his advocacy of the everyday Texan, a reputation that earned him the nickname the "people's lawyer." Chuck McDonald, a spokesman for Richards during the infamous 1990 Democratic primary, portrayed Mattox as a populist who knew how to fight. "Jim was the original maverick. He prided himself on being the voice of the little guy and took on every ...
November 21, 2008 03:45 am
... in Boston or anywhere else in the state, you will need legal help to combat the charges or get them reduced. Gun charges dismissed against Drew Peterson, Chicago Tribune, November 20, 2008 Judge Drops Gun Charges Against Drew Peterson, Associated Press/Fox News, November 20, 2008 Related Web Resources: Massachusetts Laws About Weapons Massachusetts Firearms Law Reference Chart, Goal.org Our Boston criminal defense lawyers would like to talk to you. Contact Altman & Altman LLP today.
November 21, 2008 03:40 am
ATL correspondent Laurie Lin, on the scene at the annual dinner of the Federalist Society, reports that Attorney General Michael Mukasey "literally collapsed mid-sentence at the podium," while delivering a speech at the Society's National Lawyers Convention. It is not clear what AG Mukasey suffered, but a stroke is possible. "Medical people are working on him now as he lies on the dais," according to Lin. "Secret Service says no one can get up. Entire hall is shocked and silent." Update (10:38 ...
November 21, 2008 03:30 am
... exploitation of "judicial hellholes"). The authors observe that what unifies these four controversies is "the role of private entrepreneurial lawyers" - which, the authors note, is "precisely what troubles Europeans about American class action practice." Nevertheless, motivated ... action mechanisms has been so obvious that the local legal systems had to respond. Among the various corporate scandals that came to light earlier this decade were several instances where large group of aggrieved European ...
November 21, 2008 03:12 am
... its application in Western governmental systems. (Backer 2009a). At one extreme is the Anglo-American model-grounded as it is on memorializations of common law principles of "higher law" notions protected by a self constituting and heavily socialized lawyer-judicial class. (Corwin 1955). This model, powerful and stable, tends to be heavily dependent on the cultural framework of customary law systems, and as a result has found few state adherents outside of states with common law traditions. At ...
November 21, 2008 03:03 am
Remember Mayer Brown, the big ol' firm that was going to save Heller Ehrman from its imminent demise with a merger? Yeah, well, it turns out that they've got problems of their own: the Chicago-based firm said today that it laid off 33 lawyers and some support staff in its US offices. The news was first reported by Above The Law. The firm blamed the down economy in a statement: "As is the case in all other comparable law firms, some of our practice areas have been adversely affected by the ...
November 21, 2008 02:11 am

When Insurance is Not Enough

(New Mexico Personal Injury Lawyer Blog)
... hospitalization he not only had to endure 5 surgeries, but also spent some of the time is a coma. As an Albuquerque accident lawyer, this story brings to light an important issue is many New Mexico injury cases, subrogation. Subrogation is the duty to ... recovery. This is certainly a complex issue, and one that cannot be fully explained in a New Mexico Personal Injury Lawyer Blog entry. However, if nothing else, it is important for victims of serious New Mexico injuries to contact an experienced ...
November 21, 2008 02:03 am
"Gableman lawyers cite First Amendment in defense of ad": Today's edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, "Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman went on the offensive Wednesday against a state ... ad before the April election in which he beat former Justice Louis Butler. In documents they filed, Gableman's lawyers said a state Judicial Conduct Code rule that prohibits judicial candidates from knowingly running false or misleading claims, or misrepresenting their ...
November 21, 2008 01:57 am
 
 

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