Ask most lawyers, and they would probably say they never want to see another bar exam again. But even the most shell-shocked attorney might admit that a 107-year-old exam from Rhode Island featuring locomotives striking pedestrians, wagons crashing and assaults ...
Read More »Federal case takes step against lenders who trick debtors
It’s a short opinion, but some observers see it as a big step toward cracking down on predatory lenders. The case involved a lender accused of tricking a woman who was behind on her mortgage payments into selling her home ...
Read More »Court clarifies post-conviction DNA testing condition
A court order for DNA testing that was granted 17 years after a rape and murder conviction had some illegal strings attached, the Maryland Court of Appeals concluded this week. Last November, the Baltimore City Circuit Court ordered the Maryland ...
Read More »Kobach joins city’s fight for law restricting illegals
A Missouri city under attack for a controversial ordinance barring the hiring of or renting to illegal immigrants has begun its aggressive defense, including hiring big-name attorney in anti-illegal immigration circles from Kansas City. Valley Park has also requested immunity ...
Read More »SEC to be investigated over special treatment
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, criticized by Congress for its handling of a trading probe that entangled Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer John Mack, faces a broad review by government auditors of its management and methods for policing the ...
Read More »Firms find new technique to recruit summer associates — podcasting
A new tool has emerged among law firms seeking to attract top young legal talent: podcasts. Until now, law firms have typically used podcasts as a marketing device — a way of attracting and retaining clients by providing useful information ...
Read More »Court opinions collide over case application in barge-towing suit
Like the barge and a gate on a Mississippi River lock that prompted them, judicial opinions collided in a decision handed down Wednesday by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A two-judge majority of the court ordered a barge-towing ...
Read More »Broadcaster sues N.Y. Times over ad
The New York Times Co. was sued by broadcaster Jane Pauley, who said the newspaper “duped” her into lending her name and image to an advertising supplement on behalf of drug makers such as Eli Lilly & Co. The fraud ...
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Involuntary manslaughter charge filed in fatal wreck A Kansas City man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for a wreck that claimed the life of his passenger. According to a police report, John C. Pace, 24, was driving drunk on ...
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Police arrest suspect for threatening to kill judge Richard Reyna Sr., a former resident of Berlin, Wis., was arrested on Oct. 12 and charged in the plot to murder Green Lake County, Wis., Circuit Court Judge William “Mike” McMonigal. Reyna, ...
Read More »Legal Aid kicks off final year of funding campaign
With one year remaining in its largest campaign ever, Legal Aid of Western Missouri is closing in on its goal. The organization has raised $1,181,934 in two years, putting it within reach of a push to collect $1.5 million in ...
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