Attorney Newsletter (11/6/2009)
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Attorney News
State gun storage law is argued before SJC (Boston Globe)
The Middlesex district attorney’s office argued before the state Supreme Judicial Court yesterday that a law that requires guns to be stored in locked containers or outfitted with trigger locks is valid. (More)
Banned Kenyan attorney general plans to sue U.S. (People’s Daily)
Kenya’s attorney general said on Wednesday that he is seeking legal advice as to whether he can sue the U.S. government for revoking his travel visa. Addressing a news conference in Nairobi, Amos Wako also confirmed he is the senior government official issued with a U.S. visa ban last week. He said he would seek legal advice on American law before filing the proceedings in the United States on … (More)
No one above law, says top Qatar official (The Peninsula)
DOHA: No one, not even the ministers, are above the law in Qatar, says the Attorney-General, citing the example of four ministers who were grilled along with other top officials in a corruption case some four years ago and asked to quit. (More)
Attorney Argues ‘Stolen Valor’ Law Is Unconstitutional (Metropolitan News-Enterprise)
A federal act making it a crime to falsely claim that one holds the Congressional Medal of Honor violates the First Amendment, the attorney for a former member of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District board told a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel yesterday in Pasadena. (More)
Bizarre Beatles Song-Selling Defense: Techies Created—and Can Copyright—New Tunes
The music of the Beatles isn’t legally available on the Internet. However, a little-known company is not only offering the back catalog of the famous 1960s rock ‘n’ roll group online but is trying to copyright it, based on what Ars Technica’s Law & Disorder blog characterizes as a “entertainingly weird” legal theory. The theory is explained in the federal copyright action that almost immediately resulted. It was filed Tuesday in the Middle District of California with other music company plaintiffs by EMI Christian Music Group Inc., the company that controls the sale of Beatles music on CDs. BlueBeat and… (More)
After Difficult Year, Latham & Watkins Announces 23 New Partners
Latham & Watkins has promoted 23 associates to partner, about 25 percent fewer than last year. Still, the number outpaces promotions at a few other law firms that have announced new partners. Eric Bernthal, managing partner of Latham’s Washington, D.C., office, told The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times that the promotions are a show of confidence. “These promotions show that we are prepared to vote on talents, not on short term economics,” Bernthal told the BLT. The firm promoted 23 associates to partner and 13 to of counsel. The move follows a difficult year for Latham. In 2008, the… (More)
Associate Pay May Need to Return to 1998 Levels, Consultant Says
In 1998, law firms in Atlanta paid new associates about $72,000 a year. That may be more to the liking of Altman Weil legal consultant James Cotterman, who told participants in an Oct. 27 webinar for law firm clients that associate pay cuts didn’t go low enough, according to the Fulton County Daily Report. Associate pay at large law firms dropped from $160,000 to $145,000, but that was only “about half of what was needed,” Cotterman said, according to the Daily Report account. “They probably should have set pay back a decade, to 1998. That’s what I was expecting,” he… (More)
Attorney Articles
What is a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
Most people know that when a person is murdered, they are tried in a criminal court. But why then is there a type of civil lawsuit that can be brought against an individual or a company when a person dies? Wrongful death is a claim in common law jurisdictions for a death of an individual. Rather than a case brought forth by the government, such as for murder, these types of cases are usually enacted by close relatives or friends. (More)
Family Law Solicitors
Family law solicitors focus in those areas of law that specifically involve family matters. A relationship breakdown can be both emotionally and financially taxing. This necessitates the role of a lawyer, who aids in attaining an outcome that facilitates the client’s financial and familial requisites. (More)
Personal Injury Claims
Personal injury (PI) claims constitute an ever growing area of legal claims. This is partly due to marketing; particularly advertisements on day time television, which are aimed at those who … (More)
There is No Such Thing as an Accident
There was a saying that ‘there was no such thing as an accident’. Of course to some people this might seem a little bit unfair, because so many of us have had an accident of some sort. Basic… (More)
Be Alert To The Signs Of Elder Abuse
Recently, there has been an increase in nursing home negligence, and it is unclear why these cases of abuse have been on the rise. People leave their elderly family members in nursing homes so they ca… (More)
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Posted: November 6th, 2009 under Uncategorized.