A Prominent Litigation Consulting Firm Launches Office in Southern California
10/19/2010 Prolumina, a well-known litigation consulting firm, which has its headquarters at Seattle, has launched a new office at Southern California. The firm has been growing considerably, and with their recent launching, they will be able to cater to more entities and offer various litigation consulting services. These include Trial Graphics, Trial Technology, Litigation Strategy, […]
eLitigation Solutions Investing on Technology to Meet Company’s Growth
10/19/2010 San Francisco – eLitigation Solutions, a prominent company that focuses on providing electronic discovery solutions to the legal industry, made investments on increasing their technological capabilities due to a promising growth in the first quarters of 2010. One of the significant moves of the company is moving into an SAS-70 Type II data center […]
Mayer Brown’s Chairman: Focus is Integration and Not New Mergers
10/19/2010 Chicago-based law firm, Mayer Brown LLP, will be focusing on integration and not on merging with other law firms. For the past three years, the firm has been expanding operations in foreign countries like Brazil and Hong Kong. According to Herbert Krueger, Jr., their immediate focus is “to build up what we have in […]
Accused for the Death of Mentally-Handicapped Woman Wanted Death Penalty Nixed
10/18/2010 Pennsylvania – 24-year old Ricky Smyrnes, one of those charged for the torture and murder of 30-year old Jennifer Daugherty, said that the prosecutors on the case will not be able to seek death penalty because his mental capacity is that of a 3rd-grader. His lawyers also asked for the charges to be dismissed […]
All 50 States to Investigate Robo-Signing on Foreclosures
10/18/2010 Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, and other attorneys general from every state in the U.S. will be investigating the fraudulent foreclosure filings done by various lending institutions. Linda Cook, one of those who have battled lenders, said that foreclosure documents can really be laden with errors. Cook said that they were all happy. She […]
Hayley and Diego’s Law – Already Effective
10/18/2010 New York – Hayley and Diego’s Law is already effective. District attorney all throughout New York can now charge motorists for “careless driving” whenever they injure pedestrians and cyclists because of negligence or carelessness. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles, in 2008, about 344 pedestrians and cyclists were killed in New York, which […]
Lawyers for the Accused Arsonist – Asked Court to Throw Out Alleged Confession
10/18/2010 Northampton – Defense lawyers for the accused arsonist asked the judge to throw out their client’s alleged confession. Anthony P. Baye, 25, pleaded innocent to multiple counts of arson and two counts of murder that were linked to fifteen fires that were set at Northampton in December 2009. Baye appeared before Hampshire Superior Court […]
Kiddie Kollege Day Care Trial Has Begun in Gloucester County
10/18/2010 Gloucester Country – The case of Kiddie Kollege Day Care has begun with lawyers for the government and the children sparring as to whether the government should be held legally responsible for what happened in the day care center. The Kiddie Kollege Day Care was closed in July 2006 by state inspectors due to […]
No Recording at Council Meetings: An Attorney’s Advice
10/13/2010 One councilman made an inquiry about recording council meetings and making them public. Councilman Dale Walter of Mt. Washington, raised a question to his fellow city leaders regarding the recording of their meetings, and to make it available for the public. Norman Lemme, the City Attorney, said that the Municipal Clerks Association and the […]
Lawyers of 4 Men Charged for Bomb Case are Seeking for a Mistrial
10/13/2010 Defense attorneys for the four men who were charged as involved in a plot to shoot down military planes and bomb Bronx synagogues, asked the judge to declare a mistrial because jurors were able to see evidence, which were not admitted during trial. The evidence being referred to were transcripts of the telephone calls […]