Recent Updates
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Carbondale law firm celebrates anniversary
Headline News 07/07/2007July marks the 30th anniversary for a Carbondale law firm that has technically been in existence for the last 99 years. Feirich/Mager/Green/Ryan and Associates, 2001 W. Main St. near the Westtown Mall in Murdale, established its current banner in 197...
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Law firm boosts cellular signal in new offices
Headline News 07/06/2007Cellular signals often have difficulty penetrating massive steel high-rise buildings. But in Washington's downtown, matters are worse because of height restrictions that force builders to add multiple basement floors. One law firm knew that a new hea...
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High court misfires on desegregation
Headline News 07/03/2007[##_1L|1291836040.jpg|width="80" height="146" alt=""|_##]After 53 years of standing against racially segregated public classrooms, the Supreme Court has signaled retreat. That it came in a case partially growing from Louisville's traumatic school des...
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Law firms sharpen recruiting
Headline News 07/01/2007[##_1L|1252495301.jpg|width="110" height="102" alt=""|_##]With a demand growing at 10 percent a year, law firms struggle to find enough qualified young candidates to hire. "Old-school firms had people from graduation to grave," said Scott Dewey, dire...
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Supreme Court challenges Seattle schools
Headline News 06/29/2007[##_1L|1238987224.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]A splintered Supreme Court ruling on school diversity leaves the Seattle School District where it has foundered the past six years - casting about for an acceptable way to maintain diverse and ...
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Mahoning County to pay fees to law firm
Headline News 06/29/2007[##_1L|1114390982.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]Mahoning County commissioners approved paying legal fees of $99,500 Thursday to the law firm that sued the county in 2003 for having an overcrowded and unsafe jail. Prosecutor Paul Gains expla...
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LA judge rules lawyer "deficient," orders new trial
Headline News 06/28/2007[##_1L|1300690675.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]A computer wholesaler convicted of selling counterfeit goods was granted a new trial after a judge ruled that her attorney did a bad job defending her. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper...
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$54 million for some pants? Court doesn't buy it
Headline News 06/26/2007A judge ruled Monday that no pair of pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit that took a dry cleaner's promise of "Satisfaction Guaranteed" to an extreme. [##_1L|1033810171.jpg|width="90" height="119" alt=""|_##]Roy Pearson became a wo...
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U.S. judge criticizes president on wiretaps
Headline News 06/26/2007[##_1L|1191100322.jpg|width="100" height="110" alt=""|_##]A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorist and espionage cases criticized President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11 attacks. Royce Lambert...
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Ethics panel, state bar probe Delgadillo
Headline News 06/22/2007Investigators from the Los Angeles Ethics Commission and the State Bar of California have launched separate inquiries related to City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo's use of city resources for personal reasons, authorities and sources said Thursday.The inqui...
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Suit filed to close new attorney-rating site Avvo
Headline News 06/16/2007The suit claims that Avvo, which tries to affix a score of 1 to 10 on thousands of attorneys in 10 states, violates the state's Consumer Protection Act. The suit does not ask for a specific monetary amount, though Berman is asking the court to shut d...
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High court OKs limits on use of union dues
Headline News 06/15/2007[##_1L|1232899910.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]In a setback for organized labor, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states may bar public employee unions from using compulsory dues for political purposes unless individuals give their ex...