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Read More »Commentary: For better government, don’t kill all the lawyers
Most everyone hates lawyers. So it probably isn’t a surprise that many people hate law professors, too. A recent front-page article in the New York Times, much discussed in legal circles, was the latest salvo in what is now a long line of attacks depicting the legal academy as impractical and unworldly.
Read More »Law schools’ survival may lie in helping debt-ridden students
Students are signing the paperwork to take out large loans, but much of the blame for rising student loan debt has fallen on law schools that ratchet up tuition every year.
Read More »Proposed ban in St. Charles County appears to be going up in smoke
The St. Charles County Council’s latest attempt to get the smoking ban issue before voters doesn’t appear to be any more successful than the first effort.
Read More »Spirits of St. Louis reopen claim for more TV revenue
The Spirits of St. Louis, a short-lived American Basketball Association team that has made more than $200 million from a 1976 settlement with the National Basketball Association, reopened the lawsuit to claim additional television revenue from the league.
Read More »You’ve been served: Process servers use politeness, persistence, guile to get job done
In the last six years, process server Dawn Voss’s job has brought her a broken knee and an invitation to appear on “Judge Judy.”
Read More »EEOC receives highest number of charges in its history
In the same year that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received the largest number of new discrimination charges in its 46-year history, the agency also reduced its current charge backlog by 10 percent — the first such reduction in almost a decade.
Read More »Book on job-seeking advises finding knights, wizards
Considering a career move or looking for a new job? Then pick up a newly released book from the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section, “Job Quest for Lawyers: The Essential Guide to Finding and Landing the Job You Want.”
Read More »Court: Car buyers need not arbitrate life insurance claims
Car buyers were not required to arbitrate class claims alleging that they incurred unearned charges in connection with their purchase of optional life insurance coverage, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Read More »Commentary: Not gay enough – Bisexual softball players strike out
Ah, sweet irony. From the West Coast comes the story of an organization that exists to fight intolerance imposing its own form of purity test. And don’t cha know, but a federal judge has stepped right up to the plate to rule that switch hitters can be banned from gay softball.
Read More »Teacher fired for ‘bonus point abuse’
Principal Jamie Preston couldn’t figure out what the deal was when a new DVD player was delivered to her middle school in Garland County, Ark.
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