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War on Terror Topped Decade's Legal Stories, NLJ Says

Posted on December 22, 2009
The war on terror, the roller-coaster economy and corporate accounting scandals were the top three legal stories of the decade. So say the editors of The National Law Journal in picking 25 legal stories that defined the decade. While the war on terror tested the limits of the law, law firm associates went from lavishness to layoffs and courts sagged under the weight of corporate crackdowns...

The Top 'Top-10' Lists of 2009

Posted on December 22, 2009
Top-10 lists are as sure a sign of the year's end as are noisemakers and party hats. In a post here last week, I highlighted three year-in-review lists. Herewith, a round-up of others I have found. And the title of this post aside, these aren't really the "top" top-10 lists, just the ones I could find...

Monday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on December 21, 2009
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blawgosphere. 1) Question: I see "state birds" and "state flowers" around the country. Maryland even has a "state sport" of jousting, for crying out loud. Why don't any states have a state microbe? Answer: Not so fast...

LEGO-Inspired Shoemakers Will Battle It Out in Court

Posted on December 21, 2009
Paging the Likelihood of Confusion blog ... You might think that one "horrific" dress show inspired by LEGOs would be all we need, but that's why you're in the legal field and not in the fashion industry. Turns out at least one designer -- Steve Madden -- thinks that we need at least two such shoes in this world, but another designer -- Balenciaga -- disagrees strongly...

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Virtual Relationships: How One Legal Blog Got Its Feed Back

Posted on December 21, 2009
My experience trying to rescue my own legal blog (Securities Docket) from a "hack" this weekend offers an interesting example of how virtual relationships and a virtual workforce are transforming business. I heard from several readers going into the weekend that they were no longer receiving daily email alerts from Securities Docket and, after some investigation, I was able to confirm that the RSS feed from Securities Docket had been hacked...

Legal Podcasts for Your Holiday Travel

Posted on December 18, 2009
Should your holidays involve travel, what better way to while away the hours spent behind the steering wheel or sitting on airplanes than listening to the latest legal podcasts? Here are some recent shows you might want to download onto your player of choice...

The Death Penalty Year in Review

Posted on December 18, 2009
If there is ever good news to be found in statistics tracking the death penalty, it is this: The number of death sentences imposed in 2009 was the lowest since 1976, the year the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty with its opinion in Gregg v. Georgia...

Harvard Law Prof is 'Bostonian of the Year'

Posted on December 18, 2009
Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law School professor who has been very much in the limelight this year for chairing the Congressional Oversight Panel overseeing the TARP bailout program and for originating the idea of a federal consumer financial protection agency, has been named Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe...

Bill Would Protect Attorney-Client Privilege

Posted on December 18, 2009
A bill filed in the House of Representatives this week would bar federal investigators from pressuring businesses and their employees to waive the attorney-client privilege as a condition of avoiding indictment or other sanctions. Introduced Wednesday by U...

Carolyn Elefant Reflects on Seven Years of 'My Shingle'

Posted on December 17, 2009
Last week, former Legal Blog Watch-er Carolyn Elefant announced that her My Shingle blog had turned seven years old, well beyond the average lifespan of even the most popular blogs. My Shingle, in Carolyn's words, seeks to "bring solo and small firm lawyers to the forefront of the profession, rather than leaving them at the margins...

Thursday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on December 17, 2009
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blawgosphere. 1) Question: I am the director of a theatrical version of ?The Graduate? at the local nonprofit theater. We need to provide Mrs. Robinson with a lighted cigarette on stage so she can do a dramatic exhale of a puff of smoke like in the movie...

Law Professor Says Students Aren't the Only Ones Nervous About Exams

Posted on December 17, 2009
Call me self-centered, but I can honestly say that at no time before or during any of the hundreds of exams I took in college and law school did this thought ever cross my mind: Is my professor nervous? Yet according to Jay Wexler, a professor at Boston University School of Law, at least some professors are just as nervous as their students during each exam...

Hate Your Sister-in-Law? Introducing the 'Divorce Gift Voucher'

Posted on December 17, 2009
This holiday season, why not give the gift that says, "I really hate your spouse?" Or perhaps, "You said you were going to leave your wife for me, so get cracking on that." Yes, you too can join the 54 other people who have already purchased divorce gift vouchers from U...

Year-End Lists: Legal Hellholes and Devilish Lawyers

Posted on December 16, 2009
It is that most wonderful time of year, when we make our lists and check them twice -- not holiday lists but those perennial best-of and worst-of year-enders. We have three for you today. First up, the American Tort Reform Association's annual ranking of Judicial Hellholes, its picks of the most unfair jurisdictions in which to be sued...

Public Officials Sue for Right to Be Secret

Posted on December 16, 2009
I make no bones about my ferocity in support of open government. I believe religiously in the time-honored words spoken in 1933 by Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, "Sunlight is the greatest disinfectant." I write about open meetings and public records issues at my Media Law blog and lobby around them on behalf of my state's newspaper association...

10th Circuit Chief Henry Steps Down

Posted on December 16, 2009
The chief judge of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Robert H. Henry, is stepping down, swapping his tenured position on the federal bench for a university presidency and tenured professorship. Henry will leave the court June 30 to become president and CEO of Oklahoma City University, where he will also be a tenured professor of law and political science...

Nacchio Gets Two Strikes at Supreme Court

Posted on December 16, 2009
Remember Joseph Nacchio, the former CEO of Qwest Communications International who was convicted on federal insider-trading charges in 2007 and is currently serving a six-year sentence in a federal prison? As the Supreme Court wrapped up its term last spring, it signaled an interest in his petition for certiorari by issuing an order requesting the entire record from his earlier trials and appeals...

The Legal Blog Watch 5-Point Checklist for Bank Robbers

Posted on December 15, 2009
I've been Legal Blog Watch-ing here for less than three months, but I feel that on one narrow topic -- bank robbery -- I have already gotten a thorough enough education from the blawgosphere to offer some specific pointers. Here are five important points for bank robbers to keep in mind: Punctuality: This one is really quite simple...

Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on December 15, 2009
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blawgosphere. 1) Question: I was teasing my brother that he hasn't been on a date in years. He says he just went out with a woman. I told him paid escorts don't count! Who is right? Answer: Are you in New Jersey? If so, then your brother is right...

Conn. AG Shuts Down Madoff Jewelry Sale, 'Scam Within a Scam'

Posted on December 15, 2009
Connecticut's Attorney General says he has saved potential purchasers of jewelry, who presumably only wanted the items because they supposedly belonged to Ruth and Bernie Madoff, from buying inauthentic Madoff jewelry. The AG, Richard Blumenthal, announced last week that he had jumped into action to cause an auction company advertising Madoff goods to cancel two auctions...

New Insurance Lets You Tiger-Proof Your Advertising Campaign

Posted on December 15, 2009
The squeaky-clean world-class athlete to whom your company has tied its marketing star turns out to be anything but. There he is, being skewered mercilessly in the tabloids and elsewhere for his infidelities, his assault charges, shooting himself in the leg, being a sex addict, deriding his team's fans on Twitter, gambling, drug dealing -- you name it...

Another State Opines on Judges and Facebook

Posted on December 14, 2009
Last week, Legal Profession Blog reported on a Nov. 17 opinion of the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee concluding that judges may not "friend" lawyers who may appear before them on social networking sites such as Facebook. Now, Legal Profession Blog finds another ethics opinion on judges' use of Facebook, this one from South Carolina...

Another DWI Chair, Another eBay Auction

Posted on December 14, 2009
What once seemed an isolated criminal incident is fast becoming a national epidemic that threatens the safety of our streets and the moral fiber of our society. I am referring, of course, to the growing problem of drunken men driving modified, motorized chairs -- and of those who try to profit from this criminality by selling those chairs on eBay...

Elsewhere in the Blawgosphere ...

Posted on December 14, 2009
Here is some of what's going on here and there in the blawgosphere: A prominent Minneapolis lawyer who is also treasurer of the Minnesota State Bar Association, Aaron F. Biber, has been arrested on charges of criminal sexual misconduct, according to MinnLawyer Blog...

Mass. Eases Rules on Public Comment by Judges

Posted on December 14, 2009
The public distrusts the courts. Don't just take my word for it. That was the conclusion of a major conference a decade ago convened by the American Bar Association, the National Center for State Courts, and others. A key contributor to this distrust, the conference concluded, is media misunderstanding of the courts...

Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on December 11, 2009
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blawgosphere. 1) Question: My neighbor is trying to get me put in jail for laughing at his daughter. First of all, it wasn't a laugh, it was a smile, so I don't know what he's complaining about...

Judge Kressel Puts an End to Legalese in His Court

Posted on December 11, 2009
Attention all lawyers who practice before United States Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kressel, D. Minn.: He has just about had it with your crappy "legalese" and he has a 19-point plan to get you writing like a real person again. In this post, The Lawyerist alerts us to the new "guidelines" issued this week by Judge Kressel...

The Guide to Live-Blogging and Tweeting From Court

Posted on December 11, 2009
These days, anyone with a phone and a Twitter account has all the tools they need to provide real-time coverage of court proceedings. The courts are now coming to grips with this reality, and are slowly issuing guidance and rules to govern those who might wish to "live-blog" or tweet from court...

Apology Acts Make 'I'm Sorry' a Key Dispute Resolution Tool

Posted on December 11, 2009
You've done something wrong and you want to apologize. That's the right thing to do, right? That's what mom said. But in the eyes of the law, an apology can sometimes be an admission that leads to liability and damages. That dilemma has led to the creation of so-called "Apology Acts" in some jurisdictions...

Witch's Spell Bilks Lawyer out of $100K

Posted on December 10, 2009
There are good witches and there are bad witches. That much we know from "The Wizard of Oz." If the criminal charges against Vishwantee Persaud hold up, she was a witch who was both good and bad -- good at what she did but bad in her intent. Police in Toronto allege that Persaud posed as a witch to defraud veteran criminal defense lawyer Noel Daley out of more than $100,000...

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