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Law Firm Lesson Not Learned in Law School

To Anthony Ciolli, not censoring the AutoAdmit Web site he worked on was a First Amendment issue, even though he reportedly admitted that sexist, racist and just plain rude comments posted there could sometimes be offensive. But it has also recently become an employment issue for the 23-year-old third-year law…

May 4, 2007 12:19 AM CDT

Imus to Sue CBS Despite Racist Remarks

Radio host Don Imus plans to sue CBS Radio to try to collect the $40 million balance of his five-year contract, despite having been fired April 12 for making racist remarks. With the help of First Amendment legal eagle Martin Garbus of Davis & Gilbert in New York, the shock…

May 3, 2007 5:42 PM CDT

Rent-A-Center to Pay $109 Million Settlement

Rent-A-Center Inc. will pay $109 million to settle a suit that claims its rent-to-own contracts violate New Jersey usury laws. The lead plaintiffs counsel, Seth Lesser of the Locks Law Firm in New York City, told the New Jersey Law Journal that the estimated 100,000 class action plaintiffs will each…

May 3, 2007 12:15 PM CDT

Subway Hero Hit by Lawyer’s Countersuit

The hero who jumped onto the subway tracks in New York City to save a teenager is facing a countersuit from his ex-lawyer. Wesley Autrey had sued lawyer Diane Kleiman and a business partner claiming he was pressured into a bad deal that gave them half the profits for his…

May 1, 2007 5:57 PM CDT

Battle of CEOs Over Warner Music Deal

The former CEO of Simon & Schuster has sued Edgar Bronfman Jr. saying the businessman backed out of an oral deal to pay him for help negotiating the $2.6 billion purchase of Warner Music Group, the Los Angeles Times Reports. Richard Snyder seeks $100 million in the suit filed yesterday…

Apr 24, 2007 5:52 PM CDT

Gov’t. Contractors Beware: Private Info Public

Big contractors and subcontractors doing work for the government should be concerned about a new disclosure rule to take effect by July 1, says Emily W. Murphy. A lawyer at Miller & Chevalier in Washington, D.C., she is former chief acquisition officer for the General Services Administration. A pilot program…

Apr 11, 2007 7:51 PM CDT

Lawyer’s Suit Against Google Transferred

Pennsylvania attorney Lawrence E. Feldman has seen his case against search giant Google transferred to federal court in California. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found he is bound by the company’s “click wrap” agreement – one of those pop-up windows that list terms of use…

Apr 5, 2007 6:53 PM CDT

Die, Dammit, Die!

Plucky Patient Perseveres, Turning the Actuarial Tables on Impatient Investors

Apr 22, 2006 10:40 AM CDT

Fright Flight

Rancher Sues After Hot Air Balloon Triggers Two-Legged Stampede

Nov 29, 2005 10:05 AM CST

The Avian Flu Time Bomb

The Legal System Will Play a Key Role in Planning the Response to a Possible Onslaught of the Virus

Nov 1, 2005 1:55 AM CST

Shear Outrage

School District Gets Clipped by Angry Mom After Teachers Get Snippy With Her Son

Jun 28, 2005 4:05 PM CDT

Banking On Faith

Islamic Financial Transactions Are Becoming Big Business for Shari’ah-Savvy Lawyers

Apr 28, 2005 7:40 AM CDT

Prohibited Provisions

No-Further-Representation Clauses May Be Advantageous, But They’re Also Unethical

Apr 28, 2005 7:35 AM CDT

Look Before You Leap

Selling to the Government Can Be Lucrative, But the Public Contract System May Seem Like Unfamiliar Waters

Oct 5, 2004 6:03 AM CDT

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