Moving your offices is a time-consuming and costly task. One of the biggest costs is the interruption to your business before, during and after the move, but you can minimize this disruption by planning well in advance and hiring a ...
Read More »Bar found not liable for rape of intoxicated patron
A bar that served alcohol to an intoxicated woman could not be held liable for negligence concerning her claim she was later raped by a third party at a neighboring hotel, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled. The woman ...
Read More »Lawyer waived right to cry fraud, appeals court rules
A lawyer who signed an unfavorable loan agreement against the advice of his attorneys, then lost his property and sued his creditors for fraud is out of luck. In an opinion issued last week, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ...
Read More »Three senators say judge’s decision may hurt churches
Three senators have asked U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to correct a ruling made by a judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of New York that they say misinterprets the new bankruptcy law. Judge Robert E. Littlefield recently ruled ...
Read More »Triangle gets tangled among department, officer, lawyer
The lawyer for a fired Baltimore police officer may continue to represent the officer in his wrongful termination suit against police officials, even though the lawyer, a former attorney for the police department, is also suing over his own firing. ...
Read More »Baltimore court finds way to put emphasis on treatment, not jail
In the court system’s struggle to deal with defendants who have both mental illness and substance abuse problems, Baltimore District Judge Charlotte M. Cooksey has found a method she thinks really works. Cooksey runs the city’s mental health court, a ...
Read More »Appeals court holds e-newsletter qualifies for media protection
A Maryland law that protects members of the media from being compelled to disclose their sources applies to the publisher of an electronic financial newsletter, the Court of Special Appeals held last month. Timothy M. Mulligan, founder of the company ...
Read More »If calls keep coming, bar crisis program may peak
Jim Brady, director of The Missouri Bar’s counseling program, says practicing law shouldn’t be painful. “It shouldn’t hurt to be a lawyer. It should be challenging and demanding, yes. But it shouldn’t hurt,” he said. “If it hurts, it’s time ...
Read More »UMKC Dean Suni wins justice service award
Ellen Suni is not exactly sure why she won a Spurgeon Smithson Award. “Some tend to win the award because of a big project they undertook,” said Suni, dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. “I think ...
Read More »Privacy group sues U.S. government for records of surveillance systems
A California privacy group sued the U.S. Justice Department seeking information about electronic surveillance systems used to intercept personal communications. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, based in San Francisco, said Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit after the government failed to ...
Read More »Lawsuit: School won’t let girl read Bible
As her champion tells the story, 13-year-old Amber Mangum had just learned about the First Amendment in a history class. And the lesson was still fresh in her head when, after eating lunch on Sept. 14, the seventh-grader picked up ...
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