Local Attorney Goes Out of Business After Forgetting to Practice Law
Failure to practice law has become the latest problems afflicting young and inexperienced tech-savvy lawyers.
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Scientists Identify Part of Brain That Lies Fallow When Wife is Around
With potentially massive legal ramifications, scientists in Nova Scotia have identified the portion of the male human brain that lies fallow when the person’s wife is within earshot. The finding comes after three years of study into the odd human behavior that was informally known as “the dude cloud.”
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Crackdown on Black Market CLE Credits Snares Hundreds
Officials in eight states announced the results of a sting operation over the weekend that netted more than 230 attorneys and over 400,000 black market CLE credits, making it the largest black market CLE credit bust in the nation’s history, surpassing one in California earlier in the year that seized more than 350,000 credits.
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Bucking Trend, Law Firm Includes All 14 Partners in Its Name
Bucking a trend that favors short and “branded” law firm names, a law firm in Pittsburgh has decided to expand its name to include all of the firm’s 14 partners, including four who are dead and three who “just want to be able to feel their names on the letterhead.”
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Colorado Proposes ‘Pinky Swear’ as New Court Oath
Colorado court officials have proposed the ‘pinky swear’ as an alternative oath administered to witnesses in court proceedings, a court administrator...
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