The criminal mind is a curious thing to consider. Ideas that would never occur to the average person are front and center in the brains of many scofflaws. Take the case of Laron A. Williams. He was charged last week ...
Read More »Beer bribe allegations highlight privacy issues
The criminal mind is a curious thing to consider. Ideas that would never occur to the average person are front and center in the brains of many scofflaws. Take the case of Laron A. Williams. He was charged last week ...
Read More »Woolner: Let us learn proper lessons from Nifong’s outcome
North Carolina can’t get rid of District Attorney Michael Nifong fast enough. With a disbarment hanging over him, he resigned effective next month only to have a Durham judge order him to leave. Now. Calling it probable that Nifong “engaged ...
Read More »In-house counsel must know rules of litigation hold
Over the last decade, the explosion of electronic communication and the corresponding developments in the law have significantly increased the burdens on counsel to ensure their client is meeting the new expectations of discovery. In 2003, in Zubulake v. UBS ...
Read More »ACLU will help citizens be ‘Vigilant’
Cameras are everywhere. They spy on you at shopping malls. They watch and make a record when you run a red light. They even take photos of your house from space. I guess George Orwell was right — Big Brother ...
Read More »ACLU will help citizens be ‘Vigilant’
Cameras are everywhere. They spy on you at shopping malls. They watch and make a record when you run a red light. They even take photos of your house from space. I guess George Orwell was right — Big Brother ...
Read More »Kramer: Unfortunate Poetry
There once was a man in Durham Who thought he had a serum Which would win him the position Of DA over opposition Because his tenacity would definitely scare ’em His thought was to focus on Duke A college of ...
Read More »Poll: Don’t get snowed-in by everyday disasters
When I began these columns in fall 2005, the Hurricane Katrina disaster was still uppermost in our minds. One of my first efforts was on disaster recovery and carried this message: “Disaster for any law firm is not a question ...
Read More »Napier: As hard as it can be, make time to get away
I have somewhere to go each of the final three weekends in June. My son and I took a trip to Ohio to see friends and family the first weekend from Friday morning until Monday night, the next weekend my ...
Read More »Woolner: When teenagers get jailed for sex, justice takes a hit
Say what you will about casual sex among teenagers. Call it normal or immoral. Unhealthy. Inevitable. Say it demeans girls or empowers them. What you can’t say is that a 17-year-old boy deserves to spend 10 full years in prison ...
Read More »Barran: Hiring practices, though customary, can be illegal
A new initiative by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reminds employers even usual, customary and generally permissible hiring practices can fall on the wrong side of the law’s prohibition against race discrimination in employment. Take credit checks, for example. ...
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