Prison Break: If Escapees Are Caught, What Do They Face?
Earlier this week, two inmates escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. The remarkable part of the story is not that they escaped, though that was quite a feat. The true surprise...
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Millions of Names Likely Missing from FBI Database for Gun Background Checks
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the federal government cannot force state officials to participate in the background check system for gun ownership, leading to the omission of likely millions...
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Law Prof Says Bah Humbug to Scrooge Detractors
The unredeemed Ebenezer Scrooge wasn’t a bad guy, according to some free-market advocates. After all, he was a responsible adult and good businessman who paid a market wage, no more no less, and was...
View Article$13 Million Verdict For Elevator Fall in Highrise: How You Can Survive a Fall
Who doesn’t have at least a slight fear of an elevator fall anytime one enters an elevator in a high rise premises? Fortunately, this plaintiff lived to tell her story and the jury awarded her $13...
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Anita Hill is ‘mobbed’ at Sundance
The woman who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment at his Supreme Court nomination hearing got a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival last Saturday. Anita Hill won the audience’s...
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Former lawyer on the lam for 27 years returns to Miami federal court
A former Miami lawyer who was living in a high-rise beachfront condo in Cancun is back in a federal courtroom in Florida where he was convicted more than 27 years ago. Manuel Lopez-Castro never showed...
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Should bar regulators use tech tools to search for ethics violations on law...
Red-light cameras (so to speak) for lawyer websites? At My Shingle, Washington, D.C., solo Carolyn Elefant took note of a new tool by legal document start-up Docracy that tracks updates to websites'...
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5th Annual Peeps in Law diorama contest opens for 2013
Ignore your winter storm advisories–spring is in the air! It's time, once again, for our annual Peeps in Law diorama contest. Get your glue guns warm and your blood-sugar levels revved up! As always,...
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Hackers put personal info, financial data online for Eric Holder, Beyonce and...
Los Angeles police and federal authorities are investigating a website on which hackers posted apparently correct financial and/or personal contact information about a dozen well-known individuals...
View ArticlePrenuptial agreements becoming more mainstream
Joseph M. Lucas & Associates, L.L.C. With divorce rates staying steady in America, many couples are considering prenuptial agreement before they tie the knot. This is especially true when high...
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White-collar defense lawyers draw ire of federal judge
Lawyers defending a former bank executive clashed with a federal judge Wednesday who complained their questioning was taking too long. Lawyers Sol Wisenberg and Vincent “Trace” Schmeltz are defending...
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AP complains of ‘massive and unprecedented intrusion’ by DOJ into reporters’...
In a letter Monday to Attorney General Eric Holder, the Associated Press complains of a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” by the Department of Justice into its reporters’ newsgathering activities,...
View ArticleWoman flouts child custody, flees with child
On behalf of Law Offices of KML Associates, Attorneys at Law, Karen M. Lavin, Attorney at Law Illinois readers may be interested in the story of woman from a nearby state. The woman fled her home state...
View ArticleSon sues contractor on Northwestern job where iron worker died
A couple of weeks ago, we covered the story of a construction worker who sadly was killed when he was struck by a falling beam on a Northwestern University construction site. The beam fell from six...
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Language gives us ways to remain honest and tactful—and to preserve client...
In a poignant episode of David E. Kelley’s Boston Legal—a TV show in which lawyers frequently run afoul of ethical rules—a lawyer represents a man who seeks his son’s umbilical fluid, kept from birth,...
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Language gives us ways to remain honest and tactful—and to preserve client...
In a poignant episode of David E. Kelley’s Boston Legal—a TV show in which lawyers frequently run afoul of ethical rules—a lawyer represents a man who seeks his son’s umbilical fluid, kept from birth,...
View ArticleInjury from Illinois medical malpractice still an ongoing problem
Injury from Illinois medical malpractice still an ongoing problem Article provided by Lloyd Law Group Visit us at www.lloydlawgroup.com/ In Illinois, as in other states, government agencies monitor...
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Bow and arrow, fishing line play key role in efforts to smuggle drugs into jails
David Wayne Jordan, 36, said he was squirrel hunting with his bow and arrow. But that excuse didn’t fly after a Whatcom County sheriff’s employee allegedly saw him shoot a marijuana-laden arrow at a...
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In event of shutdown, federal courts will stay open at least 10 business days
Updated: If a congressional budget standoff forces a government shutdown Oct. 1, the federal judiciary will stay open for at least 10 days, according to an Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts...
View ArticleCar accident on Illinois 128 injures 3 people
Many of us like to drive fast, but the fact is that it’s not safe. Speed is a major cause of accidents and these accidents can cause serious injury. A recent accident on Illinois 128 was caused by a...
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