A local attorney acknowledged this week that his law firm failed because he forgot to practice law. It’s the third reported instance this year of “forgetting to practice,” prompting some professional liability insurers to lower insurance rates for newer attorneys because of the lack of potential claims.
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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.”
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.
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.”
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 revealed Friday. The switch is intended to address growing court concerns about the younger generation’s understanding of civic education and their knowledge of the rule of law. “Kids identify with the pinky promise,” said [...]
College Junior Announces Formation of Law School 2012 ‘Exploratory Committee’
A college student who has been considering enrolling in law school after graduation in 2012 has taken the formal step of forming an exploratory committee to determine if law school really is for him. Shane Chambers, a junior at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, said he has wanted to go to law school since high school “and I’m taking the next step toward that goal, forming an exploratory committee.”
Workers Complain about Lawyer’s ‘Dull and Endless’ Elevator Speech
Workers and professionals in the Chrysler Building in New York have stepped up complaints to building management about a lawyer’s elevator speech that allegedly “drones on and on” and has “no real charisma or staying power,” according to police and witnesses.
Small Law Firms Across Country Face Threat of Shutting Down Over SmallLaw Trademark Dispute
Not very big law firms across the country are said to be devastated by a recent TechnoLawyer effort to enforce its trademark of “SmallLaw,” with some undersized law firms either preemptively shutting down or changing their descriptions to “eentsy weentsy law firm” or even “dinky law firm.”
New Anti-Loitering Policy at Starbucks Devastates Lawyers
A new anti-loitering policy at Starbucks has unexpectedly devastated lawyers who have increasingly relied on the chain of coffee shops to practice law and to trade social media tips.
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