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The Anti-Gay Email: A “reckless trashing of morality”
Becker & Poliakoff have a hurricane recovery team and they’re enduring a storm of criticism following their anti-gay rant from Walter Kubitz. Like to read it? Subject: New Decision: Same Sex...
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Law Firm Becker & Poliakoff Strengthens Real Estate & Litigation Group
NEW YORK, NY–(LawFuel News Network – Aug 26, 2014) – Becker & Poliakoff has strengthened its real estate and litigation practice in New York with the addition of Joseph J. Ceccarelli. Mr....
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The “Gone Girl” Trailer – From the Emmys
See the “Gone Girl” trailer that showed on the Emmy’s? The new Ben Affleck movie based on the best-selling book deals with crime and punishment in a way that will be dark and what promises to be a...
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Why “Breaking Bad’s” Call for Saul Helps Lawyers More Than They Realize
“Breaking Bad” was good for lawyers – at least for lawyer marketing. How can any series with a character like Saul (“Better Call Saul”) Goodman be anything other than one that inpires or repels...
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Privacy Law and the Internet – Change, but Not Too Soon
We all know the Internet has wrought massive changes to every aspect of our lives. But when it comes to the law, to what extent does privacy law now need to change? The issue was raised by Britain’s...
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NY Personal Injury Firm Discusses Swimming Pool Safety After Drowning Incident
A 3-year-old boy died in a July 24 Staten Island swimming pool accident. According to a news report in The New York Times, the fatal accident occurred in a daycare center where the boy’s mother worked....
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Traumatic Head Injury Leads to Personal Injury Lawsuit
Playing sport has always carried risks, but a girl who suffered a traumatic head injury as a result of a soccer practice collision has seen her family file a personal injury lawsuit for the head...
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The Uzi-Armed 9 Year Old and The Shooting Arouses Further Gun Laws Debate
The nine-year old girl who accidentally killed her shooting instructor at a Las Vegas shooting range has aroused further debate about gun laws and how old kids should be when going shooting, let alone...
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Online Legal Media Start New Website for Class Actions, Asbestos and More
Online Legal Media, parent company of LawyersandSettlements.com, BigClassAction.com, HealthEffectsofAsbestos.com and OnlineLegalMarketing.com, has launched its new website, OnlineLegalMedia.com, to...
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Lawsuit Claims Properties Bought Through Human Smuggling Operation
Greek National Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos Also Faces Claims for Over $300,000 in Civil Money Laundering Penalties Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and...
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Does The Rule of Law Apply in America These Days?
“The Rule of Law”. It has a ring to it, doesn’t it? It’s the foundation of so much we hold so dear. And yet, more than ever, the Rule of Law appears to be somewhat illusory in America, as if it is...
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FIFA and Others Subject to Soccer Concussion Lawsuit
Soccer organizations like FIFA are not doing enough to prevent sports injuries and concussions, according to a lawsuit filed in San Francisco on Wednesday, which claims FIFA, US Youth Soccer and the...
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Denver Felon Guilty of Gun and Drug Distribution Charges
DENVER – A jury in U.S. District Court in Denver yesterday found Maurice Alyn Mickling, age 28, of Denver, guilty of gun and drug distribution charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Bureau of...
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Senior Law Firm CFO Jailed in Ponzi Scheme
A Ponzi scheme run out of a Florida law firm has claimed another defendant with the sentencing of former CFO Irene Shannon to five years’ prison for aiding and abetting the scheme that has seen...
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Baker + McKenzie Brings New Jobs to Ireland
The use of backoffice services by law firms has been a developing trend for some years, but now Baker & McKenzie are creating up to 250 jobs in Belfast, welcome news for the struggling city, in a...
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Lawsuit Contends Coca Cola Tricked Consumers
A lawsuit filed this month in Massachusetts contends that Coca Cola’s claims that Coke is a natural and healthy drink has been fuelled by “false and deceptive representations . . free of artificial...
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Student Sex: What Does “Yes” Mean?
The Californians are used to being in the advance guard of many things, including the sexual revolution. But now they are also providing the first law of its kind designed to reduce student sex...
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Law Practice: Talent Wars, Client Pressures, Flexible Work
The ever-shifting sands of the law profession show lawyers and the way they practice continue to change, often radically. New research undertaken by law recruiters Robert Half took a look at the...
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Joan Rivers’ Never-Say-Die Attitude Will Prevail
Feisty, spirited and funny Joan Rivers is on life support and yet only days ago the no-holds-barred comedienne was launching an attack on Selena Gomez and her “Pray for Gaza” post on Instagram. Joan...
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At Last, A Prison Film Providing Hope (And Brutality)
Prison films have a long and somewhat illustrious career in the movies, but the new British film “Starred Up” can be at once both appallingly violent and hopeful, too. It’s a story about Eric Love...
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