Source: Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog Amid the coverage that focused on the induction of former Notre Dame star Tim Brown to the College Football Hall of Fame, the fact that the list of 24 former players and coaches inducted included former Harvard center William H. Lewis has been almost completely overlooked. Admittedly, Lewis… [Continue Reading]

Source: China Law Blog The Wall Street Journal has up a fascinating and illuminating graphic on the Chinese diaspora. This graphic depicts where Chinese have settled around the world. I knew Peru had a lot of Chinese, but would never have guessed 1.3 million. I also knew Thailand and Indonesia had a ton of Chinese,… [Continue Reading]

Source: Profiles In Law Rodney C. Haron has over 35 years of legal experience and currently focuses his practice on representing personal injury, auto accident and truck accident victims in Fresno and in San Joaquin Valley.  Although Mr. Haron started his practice dealing with a wide variety of criminal and civil cases, he immediately found… [Continue Reading]

Source: Profiles In Law David Lucas is an attorney at the Massachusetts law firm Nigro, Pettepit & Lucas, where he specializes in litigation for probate, real estate and civil matters.  David also has experience in litigation as a Boston auto accidents lawyer and election and campaign finance law. Mr. Lucas obtained his J.D. from Suffolk… [Continue Reading]

Source: Profiles In Law Texas trucking accident attorney Blake Thompson is a member of The Mann Firm.  He is admitted to practice in Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. district courts for the Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern districts of Texas.  In 2003, he received a J.D. from Baylor University,… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com A few months ago, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office created a new trademark category dedicated to medical marijuana, spurring a frenzy of applications from pot dealers in the 14 states where the drug is legal for medicinal purposes. But the category was nixed last week. Read the rest… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories Former Microsoft general counsel Bill Neukom spent 15 years in an antitrust battle with the federal government, fending off an effort to break up the company. Now Neukom, 68, has a new career as managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants, but that doesn’t mean he’s finished with legal… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com Once upon a time at law firms, like 20 years ago, partners were partners and associates were associates. But these days, the categories are much fuzzier. For instance, for some time, you’ve had partners with financial stakes in their firms (equity partners), and partners without equity stakes in their… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories A decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to create a category for medical marijuana has fired up companies seeking protection for their product and business names. Soft drink makers want to trademark Canna Cola and Keef Cola, the Wall Street Journal reports. Companies seek to protect the names… [Continue Reading]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories University of San Diego law student Andrew Jeter had to make a tough decision. Should he go to his tax class, where attendance counts toward the grade, or should he compete in the 2010 World Series of Poker? Jeter made the right choice, at least from a financial standpoint, TaxProf… [Continue Reading]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com It’s well known that several Supreme Court justices are baseball fanatics; in the event that baseball players are equally fascinated by Supreme Court statistics, Sri Srinivasan has some new data to plug into their fantasy bench. Read the rest of the story…

Source: China Law Blog China Economic Review just published an article by CLB co-blogger, Steve Dickinson, entitled, “Chinese Walls.“ Steve starts out his article by discussing the inherent tension between China’s desire to manage “economic information” while at the same time wanting to move to becoming a “modern market economy.” China has responded to this… [Continue Reading]

Source: SettlementBoard.com Divorce Law in Minneapolis can be complex and litigating a divorce can be difficult. An experienced divorce attorney who is trained in mediation can help you create an agreement that is in the best interests of everyone concerned. Ask your lawyer about your divorce mediation options. Read the rest of the story…

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles For the second time in as many weeks, a federal appeals court decision rests on the determination that an alleged harasser who makes gender-specific slurs and comments can create a hostile work environment for a female employee, even though the harasser is an “Equal Opportunity Harasser” who makes crass and… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles Employers who want to use include social-networking sites into their background-check process when considering potential job candidates often ask whether they have to notify the applicant in advance that his or her Facebook page may be viewed during the hiring process. Unless you have a third party perform the Facebook… [Continue Reading]

Source: Federal Employment Law Articles Skimp Now, Pay Later; Religious Discrimination, Harassment and Accommodation; Eight Ways to Avoid Age Discrimination Liability. Read the rest of the story…