Lawsuit: Houston Rape Kit Backlog Led to Hundreds of Sexual Assaults

Rape kits may be invasive for victims and expensive for law enforcement, but are absolutely essential to solving sexual assault cases....

When Do 'Summer Hours' End?

For many lawyers, 'summer hours' are nothing more than wishful thinking, or simply a frustrating way for the firm to cut costs...

Stingray Roundup: Courts Requiring Warrants for Secret Cell Phone Tracking

There's little doubt that police will use the latest and greatest technology to track down suspected criminals. One such technolog...

7 Tips on How to Proofread Pleadings

Proofreading is important. Whether you're trying to catch problems with your argument or just fix an incorrect subject verb agreemen...

Portland's Arts Education Taxation Survives Litigation

A meager $35 per person tax for residents of Portland, Oregon, used to fund art and music education for school children, has been rule...

How to Deal With a Law School Bully

Bullying has changed quite a bit since the start of the internet age. While bullies used to have to depend on their physical stature, ...

How to Prepare for a Probation Violation Hearing

Probation can be a pain. Between the restrictive conditions and the aggressive probation officers , it seems like you're set up t...

What Ever Happened to All That 'Mindfulness' Stuff?

A couple years back, a lawyer couldn't throw a handful of rocks at a computer screen without hitting some article on the subject o...

What Happens During a Welfare Fraud Investigation?

Ever since the 'Welfare Queen' craze in the early '80s, the specter of fraud has hung over any public assistance program, fr...

Women Lawyers Taking More Roles in Firm Leadership

Women lawyers are taking 25 percent of the governance roles in top law firms, nearly double the amount in the last decade. That is t...

Too Hot! Woman Sues Victoria's Secret Over Flammable Hoodie

It's not too surprising when Victoria's Secret racy lingerie sparks some romantic flames. A little more surprising is when a less re...

How to Tell Clients They're Being Stupid

It may come as no surprise that most Americans are ignorant about the law . According to the University of Pennsylvania, most Americ...

Judge: Kid-Friendly Versions of Classic Novels Violate Copyright Laws

Why wait until you're 15 to understand what it's like to hitchhike from coast to coast? You don't need to be in middle sch...

Can Arts, Math, and Science Majors Get Into Law School?

A doctor, an accountant, and a writer walked in to a law school but couldn't get out. Why? Because the admissions office wanted ...

What Can Police Do in a High-Speed Chase?

Former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted today on first-degree murder charges stemming from the fatal shooting of...

Handling Parenting Challenges as a Full-Time Lawyer

Gennady G. Golovkin, who is a better boxer than $300-million-per-fight Floyd Mayweather, was facing the biggest challenge of his perfe...

ACLU Lawsuit, Latest Border Security News

The American Civil Liberties Union announced it is filing a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of 10 U.S. ...

Instant "curtilage" for generators after the hurricane

I received a couple of emails relative to the hurricane and protecting a generator outside.   As a general rule of thumb -- if you're co...

Hackers' New Way to Attack Phones Using Bluetooth

Back in the day, you looked over your shoulder to make sure no one was following you. Now you have to look in your pocket or your purs...

Can You Be Fired for Having Your Period at Work?

'Every woman dreads getting period symptoms when they're not expecting them,' said Alisha Coleman, 'but I never though...

3 Tips on How to Avoid Carrying 1,000 Pounds of Law School Books

Law books are heavy. Carrying more than a few, plus a laptop, plus other stuff, makes law school more than a mental challenge, but als...

Burglar Who Targeted Senior Citizens Gets 327 Year Sentence

A burglar in San Francisco has just been sentenced to 327 years to life for a string of home invasion robberies against local senior c...

Can Hurricane Lawsuits Be Based on Climate-Change Science?

If necessity is the mother of invention, could a hurricane be the mother of new litigation? Apparently so. In the aftermath of Hurri...

Hurricane restrictions -- so far.

While the Governor's Executive Order hasn't restricted firearms or ammo at this time, it could change.  If you want to see what he...