Top 3 Cool Legal Jobs This Week: Bombs, Bison, and Biotech
Feeling a bit restless? Wondering if the grass is greener on the other side, job-wise? It might be! It doesn’t hurt to look, at least. And we at FindLaw want…
Need California Codes? FindLaw Has You Covered, for Free
Need to research California’s corporate securities law? We’ve got you covered. Did a client get caught selling wild rodents? We can help you out. Need to cite the state’s joint…
Will Scalia’s Replacement Come From the DC Circuit?
Now that one of the most dogged voices of social conservatism has passed away, many are wondering what the implications will be for many of the SCOTUS cases that are…
Justice Ginsburg Remembers Her ‘Best Buddy,’ Antonin Scalia
When Justice Scalia passed away last Saturday, politicians and pundits immediately set about remembering the conservative jurist and his legacy. But one voice stands out among the rest: that of…
Scalia’s 5 Most Influential and Important Supreme Court Decisions
During his nearly 30 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia left an indelible mark on the country’s jurisprudence. To paraphrase J.K. Galbraith, we’re all originalists now — whether we…
Who Gets to Publish State Laws?
When you need to look up a state code, where do you turn? Westlaw? FindLaw? (Our California and New York state codes are excellent and newly updated, by the way!)…
3 Ways Lawyers Can Write Better by Writing Simply
Lawyers are writers by trade, but we’re not always good writers. At times, legal writing can be so convoluted that it serves more to obfuscate than illuminate. First, we’re not…
Tips for Drafting an International Arbitration Clause
International arbitration agreements (IAAs, or “arbs”): this is a term that you’ve probably come across if your firm has even mentioned going overseas to do business. This is the clause…