Former Harvard Lawyer Sentenced to 40 Years for ‘Gone Girl’ Kidnapping
Where to begin the twisted tale of the Harvard lawyer who will be in prison for a very long time … The case of Matthew Muller, summa cum laude, is…
Man Held in Contempt for Refusing to Unlock Devices in Child Porn Case
A federal appeals court affirmed a contempt ruling against a man who refused to give authorities passwords to his electronic devices known to have child pornography. The U.S. Third Circuit…
Age Discrimination Law at 50: Older and Wiser?
Age discrimination stories are not trending, like stories about discrimination based on gender, nationality, or religion these days. After all, President Trump has not banned immigrants, denigrated judges, or changed…
Man Arrested for Assault via Twitter Image
On December 15th, shortly after appearing on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight,’ Vanity Fair contributing editor and Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald checked his Twitter. What he saw sent him into a…
Lonely Lawyer? How to Deal With Isolation
In a scene from the movie ‘All Is Lost,’ an aging Robert Redford is desperately alone in a life raft in the middle of the ocean as a cargo ship…
How to Get Your Law School Application Quickly Rejected
On the spectrum of lies, maybe lying on your law school application is somewhere between lying to your kids about Santa Claus and lying to your spouse about where you…
Gorsuch Hearings Day 2: Roe, Independence, and a SCOTUS Bladder
Things picked up for Neil Gorsuch today. The second day of the Senate’s hearings on Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination saw the judge tackling, and sometimes evading, weighty issues. Judicial independence…
ABA, Law Firms Speak Out Against Cuts to Legal Aid
The EPA and the National Endowment for the Arts aren’t the only government programs facing massive cuts under President Trump’s proposed budget. In the proposal released last Thursday, the President…
Foreign investors’ acquisition of local firms over forex looms
Naira against dollarx Unless the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is consistent in making foreign exchange (forex) available for manufacturers to import raw materials that are yet to have local…
Banks tighten credit rules, decline customers’ loan requests
The level of credit to businesses and individuals in the first quarter of 2017 declined, as banks strengthened their rules in the midst of rising Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) and recession,…