Jason Grodensky paid cash for a South Florida home last December. With no mortgage and full ownership, he had no fear of foreclosure.
Read More »Lehman’s do-over quest runs against facts
Barclays Plc was something of a hero two years ago, having stepped forward to buy much of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. when no one else would touch the bankrupt brokerage.
Read More »Suicide leaves shared guilt behind
Those of us who managed to grow into adulthood without the Internet or Twitter or Facebook tend to have at least some respect for privacy. For many of our children or grandchildren, that’s a foreign concept. Why wouldn’t you want ...
Read More »Foreclose first, ask questions later
A house in foreclosure in March in Webster Groves. Ally Financial Inc.’s GMAC Mortgage unit halted evictions in 23 states this month due to problems with foreclosure processing.
Read More »Come to an autopsy, Honey
In this March 14, 2007, photo, Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz gives closing arguments during a trial at the Calumet County Courthouse in Chilton, Wis. Kratz admitted sending sexually charged text messages to a domestic abuse victim.
Read More »Sex suit does a job on optimism
A federal judge in Manhattan sounded so pleasantly optimistic when he approved a $54 million settlement in a sex discrimination class action against Morgan Stanley.
Read More »Legal rape isn’t coming to U.S.
With people like Newt Gingrich whipping the waters, a wave of American Islamophobia is raising the frightening prospect of Shariah law being imposed here.
Read More »Paul Allen’s dog ate his patent suit
If someone stole your shiny new car, you wouldn’t wait until the 86th time you saw someone driving it around town to call the police. In filing his patent infringement lawsuit against 11 e-commerce companies and Internet giants, Microsoft co-founder ...
Read More »Reagan, Bush rack up win against science
If Ronald Reagan were alive today, he would see the fruits of the legal revolution he ignited in last week’s stunning court-ordered halt of new embryonic stem cell research.
Read More »Blago needed a Henry Fonda on his jury
Rod Blagojevich crows as if a federal jury in Chicago had set him free. He seems to think that not being found guilty is the same thing as being found not guilty. It isn’t. He says the mostly indecisive end ...
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Read More »Lawyer’s lover loses his Corvettes
When famed Texas trial lawyer John O’Quinn skidded off a Houston parkway in a speeding SUV and slammed into a tree last October, he left behind a mixed legacy. He had won billions of dollars for clients but incurred rebukes ...
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