Attorney Newsletter (10/6/2009)
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Attorney News
Former US Attorney for Nevada joins law firm (The San Francisco Examiner)
LAS VEGAS — Former U.S. Attorney for Nevada Gregory Brower is joining a law firm with offices in Las Vegas. Snell & Wilmer LLP said Monday Brower will be a partner at the firm, which has more than 400 attorneys practicing in eight offices, including Los Cabos in Mexico. (More)
Meet Orly Taitz: Lawyer, Dentist and Birther Waging ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Crusade
Lawyer Orly Taitz’s lawsuit challenging President Obama’s right to hold office has so provoked a federal judge that he compared her crusade to Alice in Wonderland. Yet Taitz has emerged by some accounts as the most visible face of the movement seeking to prove that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and is ineligible to be president, the Washington Post reports. She has “developed a scenario” in which Obama’s mother persuaded bureaucrats to alter his birth records and allow him into the United States. Or perhaps he is a citizen of Indonesia, she says, where Obama lived for a time… (More)
More Black than White Associates Report Too Little Work, Anxiety and Job Search
A survey of midlevel associates finds more African Americans than whites are reporting light workloads and anxiety about the future. More than 20 percent of African American associates said their workloads are too light, compared to a little more than 15 percent of Asian Americans and Hispanics, and 13 percent of whites, the Minority Law Journal reports. African Americans and Asian Americans projected billables this year at just under 1,825 hours, compared to 1,840 for Hispanics and about 1,890 for whites. Veta Richardson, executive director of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said the low billables are likely tied to problems… (More)
ABA Gets ‘Shout Out’ in Oral Arguments About Attorney-Client Privilege
An ABA amicus brief got the attention of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in oral arguments yesterday on the right to appeal an adverse ruling on attorney-client privilege. The National Law Journal noted the ABA mention, saying Roberts “offered a rare shout-out to the American Bar Association.” The ABA brief (PDF) says parties should be able to immediately appeal when a judge rules they have waived attorney client privilege. Roberts mentioned the brief when addressing Yale law professor Judith Resnik, who represents a fired worker seeking access to interviews by his company’s general counsel. “We–I, at least–look at a… (More)
Sotomayor Speaks ‘Early and Often’ in Oral Arguments
As the Supreme Court opened its term on Monday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor lived up to her reputation as a frequent questioner in oral arguments, outpacing her fellow New Yorker, Justice Antonin Scalia, in the first hour of questioning. The Los Angeles Times and the National Law Journal had the count. Sotomayor asked 36 questions in the first hour, while Scalia asked 30. According to the Associated Press, Sotomayor “jumped into the questioning early and often,” although she occasionally forgot to turn on her microphone before speaking. Sotomayor’s questions sounded as if they were formulated by a prosecutor or trial lawyer,… (More)
Attorney Articles
How to Do a Background Check - Simple Steps to Do Background Checks on People
If you own your own business or if you are the head of the human resources department at your place of employment, then knowing how to do a background check is crucial to be sure that you are hiring a person without any criminal history and that this person will be the right candidate for the job and not be a threat to your employees, yourself or others. Background checks are also very important if you are hiring a new nanny for example and you want to make sure that your children will be watched by someone that is reliable and that is not a threat to them while you are away. (More)
Skills That Private Investigators Need to Solve Their Cases
Finding someone can be tricky especially if they do not wish to be found. There are several areas in which an investigator must develop his skills and knowledge in order to effectively fulfill his obligations to his clients. (More)
Aristotelian Justice - A Study By Artur Victoria
Aristotle calls himself the “friend of truth.” He founded the philosophical logic and method, constructed from which several thoughts. The logic is rational and deductive demonstration of two … (More)
What Is A Whiplash Injury And Can You Make A Whiplash Injury Claim?
Many people have heard stories of people suffering a whiplash injury, but it is not until you suffer one yourself that you really understand how debilitating and painful it can be. If you think you ha… (More)
When Should I Consider Filing for Bankruptcy?
“A person is insolvent whenever the aggregate of his property is not sufficient to pay his debts” - First State Bank v. Sibley County Bank, 105 N.W. 485 What is Bankruptcy? T… (More)
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Posted: October 6th, 2009 under Uncategorized.