As a New York City defense attorney I handle a lot of DUIs, DWIs, and DWAIs. There seems to be a false impression that the state of New York doesn’t treat drunk driving like a crime, that things are the way they were twenty or thirty years ago. This is just not the case. Depending […]
READ MOREFormal Opinion 2011-2: THIRD PARTY LITIGATION FINANCING
TOPIC: Third-party litigation financing DIGEST: It is not unethical per se for a lawyer to represent a client who enters into a non-recourse litigation financing arrangement with a third party lender. Nevertheless, when clients contemplate or enter into such arrangements, lawyers must be cognizant of the various ethical issues that may arise and should advise […]
READ MORELaw Firm Leaves Duke Lacross Defense
A Washington DC legal team has left the group of lawyers representing Duke University in two lawsuits which arose from the infamous 2006 lacrosse team proceedings. Documents filed in the court reveal that 4 attorneys from the Wilmer-Hale law firm were given the green light in June to walk away from the task of representing […]
READ MOREWill Gunwalker export violations bust criminal investigation wide open?
A ‘Fast and Furious’ Conspiracy In 2010 a Border Patrol Officer, Brian Terry, was shot and killed close to the US/Mexican border in Arizona. An investigation into Terry’s death sparked a controversy which still rages beneath the surface. Writer and lawyer David T. Hardy wrote “Did Fast & Furious Violate the Arms Export Control Act?” […]
READ MOREDifferent Kinds of Sexual Harassment to Be Aware Of
Excerpted from Sexual Harassment in the Workplace by Mary L. Boland © 2005 When employment is conditioned on submission to sexual advances, or when unwelcomed sexual conduct is so severe and pervasive that a reasonable employee would find it to be an offensive working environment, then it constitutes sexual harassment. Courts have carved out different […]
READ MOREDOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN FACES FURTHER CLAIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by Strauss-Kahn in 2002 By this time next year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might well have been president of France. The 62-year-old was by far the most popular choice to be the Socialist presidential candidate, and he was the only contender seen as capable of […]
READ MOREPolice: Woman Shot Intruder 9 Times In Self Defense
Police: Woman Shot Invader 9 Times In Self Defense A man who was shot and killed following a confrontation with an Atlanta woman probably had been stalking her for days, the Gwinnett police said. Law enforcement suspects there may be other victims. The 53-year old woman, a counselor at a private school, was alone when […]
READ MOREConcealed Carry Confusion Lands Local Businessman Behind Bars
Spending 30 hours behind bars in New York City taught a local businessman that carrying a Colorado-approved gun is not necessarily legal everywhere. Instead of coming home on Wednesday, Dustin Forsling was jailed and lost his gun while his wife, Kim, waited. It is all because of a difference in laws from state to state. […]
READ MORELocal Liberty Dollar ‘architect’ Bernard von NotHaus convicted
The former head of an Evansville-based company that tried to introduce a currency that competed with the U.S. dollar has been found guilty of federal charges in North Carolina. Bernard von NotHaus, 67, was convicted Friday by a federal jury of making, possessing and selling his own coins, said Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. attorney for […]
READ MORESyed Haris Ahmed Trial: Final Day and an Unorthodox Closing Argument
John Murgatroyd at CNN, Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Greg Bluestein of the Associated Press have weighed in on the final day of the trial of Atlanta area resident, former Georgia Tech student, and alleged terrorism supporter Syed Haris Ahmed. Ahmed delivered his own closing argument yesterday in his bench trial before U.S. […]
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