Ethics

Big-Law Associates Facing 2008 Salary Cap
When in 2006 big law firms bumped up the starting salary for first-year lawyers $20,000 to $145,000, we thought, those lucky associates! When, last year, they told us it was going to $160,00, we thought, those darn associates! But this year, things might be different...

Blankfein Pockets $69 Million for the Year
The CEO of Goldman Sachs made $69 million in salary for the year. His base salary was $600,000 (plus a charitable gift of 200,000) and the rest was in bonuses tied to the performance of Goldman this year...

Management Moves to 5-0 in Hearings With Houston Win Over Loretta
The Houston Astros won their second hearing in five days by defeating Mark Loretta in salary arbitration today...

job openings at Seattle University School of Law
Seattle University School of Law is accepting applications for two positions teaching legal writing...

SLA's 2008 Salary Survey Is Now Available
The 2008 SLA Salary Survey results show that the average salary increases for SLA members have again outpaced inflation...

Your 2009 Raise is Going DOWN
World at Work recently issued the results of a recent survey on compensation budget increases for employees for 2009...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

How to learn content of deceased parent's will?
go to the court house where your father died or the county he lived in. It is pu...

How can I prove my wife only married me to get a green card?
The problem with an annulment is that they are hard to get-- they are not someth...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

82 Year Old
Awarded $6 Million in SJS Lawsuit

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property

Settlement
Travis County TX offers 72-year old woman $40k to settle taser suit

Fatal Drug Bust
City of Louisville awards family a $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot a 19-year-old boy.

Child Abuse Settlement
The mother of 6-year-old Brandon Ford has accepted a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the boy was severely brain damaged while in foster care...

Wrong Bus
Greenbrier County Board of Education agrees to $15,000 negligence settlement after dropping a 5-year-old off at the wrong spot.