Federal Ban Defied By Super Bowl Wagers as New Jersey Works to Revamp Law
2/18/2012 According to Arthur Vanrell, the Giants will triumph over the Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl. Vanrell of Toms River, said, “Eli Manning is a killer in the fourth quarter. Plus they’re magic on third downs. It’s the Giants all the way.” Vanrell is so sure that he say he would bet on it, […]
FINRA Complaint Spurred by Schwab Client-Waiver
2/17/2012 A complaint was filed on Wednesday by Wall Street’s own watchdog against Charles Schwab Corp charging the online brokerage firm of requiring clients to waive their rights to seek class actions against the firm, which is a violation of industry rules. According to the complaint filed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or […]
Graduates File Lawsuit Against 3 Chicago Law Schools
2/17/2012 A lawsuit was filed Wednesday against three Chicago law schools for allegedly deceiving students by exaggerating post-graduate employment data. The accusations were made in three different lawsuits filed by recent graduates of the DePaul University College of Law, John Marshall Law School and the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. The claims in each […]
Nearly $13 Million in Settlement and Attorneys Fees for Legal Cases Gets Senate Nod
2/16/2012 Settlements and fees amounting to $13 million in legal disputes which have been lost by the state, including almost $1 million in court-ordered attorneys’ fees in the successful challenge by the Entertainment Merchants Association of a California law banning violent video games’ sale to minors. The U.S. Supreme Court, in its ruling last […]
Proposed Bill on Notices Halts in Committee
2/16/2012 A Republican-backed attempt to move foreclosure legal notices to the Internet and away from the broadsheet industry, which for decades has benefited from the requirement notice, was stalled by lawmakers on Tuesday. The benefits of continuing to give the elderly, the poor and less web-savvy Florida residents with the capacity to check the […]
Burleson LLP Welcomes Attorney James “Jim” Strawn as Of Counsel
2/15/2012 Burleson LLP, an energy law firm, welcomed the addition of Attorney James “Jim” Strawn in its roster. Strawn, who has made a name in his more than thirty years of experience as an oil and gas attorney, will be the Of Counsel in the Pittsburgh location of the energy law firm. Although based […]
$6 Million Raised by Legal Management Platform Clio in Series B Funding
2/15/2011 Clio, a leading provider of cloud-based management tools for the legal industry today announced that it has raised a total of $6 million in the firm’s Series B round of financing. The announcement was made at LegalTech New York. Leading the funding was Acton Capital Partners, an equity investor based in Munich. Point Nine […]
Concierge Legal Service Launched by Fort Lauderdale Law Firm
2/14/2012 The Fort Lauderdale-based law firm of Kahn, Chenkin & Resnik, P.L., announced today the availability of concierge legal services for business owners in Florida. The service is also open to doctors, accountants, and other professionals, as well as families, who are in need of an experienced legal counsel. The concierge approach to law […]
Strip Club Cover Charge Is Legal
2/14/2012 A request from Texas’ strip club industry to review whether the state’s $5 cover charge infringes upon free speech has been denied by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Sexually Oriented Business Fee Act of Texas, commonly referred to as “pole” tax, was passed and signed into law in 2007 with the intention to […]
New Law that Allow Sales is a Win-Win Situation According to Winemakers
According to local vineyard owners, a new law that allows small wineries to avoid distributors and directly ship to customers is a big win for their industry. This is despite the fact that it could take a couple of years for them to realize considerable profits from the direct sales operations. The wine industry’s legal […]