Source: The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog Hat tip to George Best, '97, who alerted us to two Federalist Society SCOTUScasts featuring Richard Epstein, one on Christian Legal Society v. Martinez and one on Bilski v. Kappos. Read the rest of the story…

Source: Profiles In Law Chicago FELA Attorney Larry Acker is a very experienced appellate court advocate and trial lawyer. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1973 and from Loyola University School of Law in 1976. After finishing law school, he obtained invaluable experience as a Cook County Public Defender, where he worked… [Continue Reading]

Source: Profiles In Law Railroad Accident Attorney in Chicago Robert E. Harrington, Jr. has been a successful trial lawyer for more than 30 years.  The foundation for his success, and his expertise in FELA litigation, started when Bob began trying railroad cases with his father and his uncle in 1977. In 1991, Bob was appointed… [Continue Reading]

Source: Profiles In Law Personal injury lawyer, C. Alan Nicholson, of the Marietta law firm, Nicholson & Associates, is experienced in representing all types of personal injury cases including medical malpractice, auto accidents, defective products, and workers compensation. Mr. Nicholson is a lifelong resident of Cobb County, Georgia and has dedicated his career to helping… [Continue Reading]

Source: Legal Ulcer Because you risk being penalized and hurting your brand’s credibility. Only losers have to cheat anyway! in reference to: “mpletely throw off someone’s backlink profile. There’s no amount o”- Buying Links to Third Party Websites (view on Google Sidewiki) Read the rest of the story…

Source: Law.com – Newswire A New York appeals court has reinstated aiding and abetting charges against a New Jersey law firm in a suit by investors over its alleged role in a $22 million Ponzi scheme. A lower court in 2008 granted Lum, Drasco & Positan’s motion to dismiss the charges by investors who claimed… [Continue Reading]

Source: Law.com – Newswire Elena Kagan is all but certain to be confirmed as the newest U.S. Supreme Court justice, likely within a month. The votes of a small group of senators will largely determine the margin. Among those whose position is unclear are the seven Republican senators who voted to confirm Kagan as solicitor… [Continue Reading]

Source: Law.com – Newswire Current and former sales representatives for Novartis Pharmaceuticals are not exempt from qualifying for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the 2nd Circuit ruled Tuesday. Adopting an interpretation of the law urged by the U.S. Department of Labor, the circuit reinstated the claims of some 2,500 plaintiffs who argued they… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com On Wednesday, the Obama administration filed an appeal with the Fifth Circuit, asking that the court reverse a lower court ruling from last month nullifying the administration’s ban on deepwater drilling. Read the rest of the story…

Source: SettlementBoard.com Attorney John M. Burke of the NJ accident law firm, Koles, Burke & Bustillo, L.L.P., obtained a $247,500 settlement a mere week prior to the scheduled 2007 trial. Mr. Burke’s client, car accident victim hit a guard rail after being cut off by a driver who immediately fled the scene of the accident… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com A handful of Chicago residents has sued Chicago, alleging its new gun ordinance is unconstitutional, pursuant to last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v. Chicago. Read the rest of the story…

Source: SettlementBoard.com FELA cases are subject to a three-year statute of limitations, which means that you must commence your action within three years of the date of the injury, or your claim will be forever barred.  Also, it is important to note that although the worker’s own negligence will not bar recovery, the amount of… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories Rude callers to the admissions office at the University of Michigan Law School are now forewarned: The school has your number—literally. The warning was posted on the school’s blog A²Z by Sarah Zearfoss, the assistant dean and director of admissions. “I have some bad news for the recent spate of… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories The aftershocks continue after the abrupt ouster of the popular dean of Duquesne law school more than two years ago. The latest development: A Duquesne law professor is alleging in a lawsuit that the school discriminated against her in the appointment of an interim dean after the school told Donald… [Continue Reading]

Source: China Law Blog The All Roads Blog has an excellent post up, entitled, “20 Things I Have Learned About China.” This post discusses my favorite ten of those twenty. Go here for the other ten. 1. There is no “China”, and there is no “Chinese consumer”. This is a BIG country full of people and… [Continue Reading]

Source: SettlementBoard.com In a Recall Alert posted on July 6, 2010,the The Office of Information and Public Affairs states, “The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories A “see no evil, hear no evil” approach can’t shield a law firm from an aiding-and-abetting claim in an investor suit, a New York appeals court has ruled. The appeals court reinstated the claim against Lum, Drasco & Positan, formerly known as Lum, Danzis, Drasco & Positan, the New York… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com The divorce agreement between actor Michael Douglas and his former wife, Diandra, contains language that Diandra says entitles her to money from “spinoffs” of work created when the couple was married. But what is a sequel and what is a spinoff is a matter of debate. Read the rest… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles We live in a world dominated by the Internet, and increasingly, social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter. According to its most recently published statistics, Facebook now has over 400 million active users, half of whom sign on daily to check their accounts. These users include many employees… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles Recently, a California appeals court sent shockwaves through the staffing industry when it ruled in Pellegrino v. Robert Half International, Inc., No. G039985,1 that staffing firm recruiters are not overtime-exempt administrative employees under California law. Since many staffing firms classify their recruiters as exempt administrative employees, there was concern that… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles On June 29, 2010, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education issued a joint letter to college and university presidents nationwide expressing concern that their institutions might be requiring students to use electronic book readers (e.g., Kindle, iPad) that are inaccessible to those with visual impairments Read the rest of… [Continue Reading]

Source: China Law Blog Stan Abrams over at China Hearsay has a great post on the China state secrets case against Xue Feng, the Chinese-American recently convicted in China and sentenced to eight years. I was not going to write about this case for the simple reason that I do not know what to say… [Continue Reading]