Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com Weapons maker Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation disclosed on Thursday that it is under investigation by the DOJ for potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. Read the rest of the story…

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories A group of test subjects ages 10 to 30 is asked to solve a puzzle. It involves rearranging a stack of colored balls on placeholders using as few moves as possible. Each wrong move requires extra moves to undo it. The test is designed to measure impulse control. Adolescents tend… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories Two Georgia attorneys reportedly were operating a private law practice at the same time that they held full-time positions as staff lawyers at the State Ethics Commission. And after another employee allegedly blew the whistle on about the apparent moonlighting on state time and using state resources, she was the… [Continue Reading]

Source: Law.com – Newswire From client advice to attorney fees to ineffective assistance of counsel, the U.S. Supreme Court decided an unusually large number of cases last term involving how lawyers do their jobs. In total, the lawyering cases amounted to nearly 20 percent of the Court’s decision docket. Professor Renee Knake of Michigan State… [Continue Reading]

Source: Law.com – Newswire A second disgruntled investor has filed a civil suit against Troutman Sanders, real estate partner Leonard Grunstein and corporate partner Lawrence Levinson — all of whom were also named as defendants in a civil suit filed last month by a New York real estate investor. Allen Bodner accuses the defendants of… [Continue Reading]

Source: Law.com – Newswire The Chicago City Council on Friday approved what city officials call the strictest handgun ordinance in the nation, but not before lashing out at the U.S. Supreme Court ruling they contend makes the city more dangerous. The new ordinance bans gun shops in Chicago and prohibits gun owners from stepping outside… [Continue Reading]