Legal Research

Darrow Goes Digital
New (to me) is the Clarence Darrow Digital Collection of the University of Minnesota Law Library. The Library explains:The University of Minnesota Law Library is pleased to provide access to an extensive body of information about the great American jurist Clarence Darrow...

Darrow on Freedom: "You can be free only if I am free"
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free. —Clarence Darrow, Closing argument in "Communist Trial," People v...

Did Clarence Darrow distract a jury with a long ash
Years ago, I heard a story that a lawyer -- posttibly Clarence Darrow -- distracted a jury from the opponent's argument, impressed that Darrow could create a very long ash with his cigarette or cigar, in the days that smoking was allowed in courtrooms...

Reviewed: books on Clarence Darrow, Guantanamo, and the nation after King's assassination
THE LAST TRIALS OF CLARENCE DARROW by Donald McRae is reviewed in the Washington Post. According to Jonathan Yardley, often McRae's "narrative moves along nicely," but in light of recent works highlighting Darrow's role in important cases, he strains "mightily (and for the most part unsuccessfully) to put a new twist on Darrow's story...

Deadline for the 2008 Clarence Darrow Death Penalty Defense College extended
The application deadline for the 2008 Clarence Darrow Death Penalty Defense College (May 27-31, 2008 DePaul University College of Law Chicago , Illinois) has been extended to April 15, 2008 This week-long, intensive bring-your-own-case program is for capital defense attorneys who want to hone their skills while working on a real case...

Taking proceeds of crime as a fee
Rhea Kemble Brecher, Symposium: Limitations on the Effectiveness of Criminal Defense Counsel: Legitimate Means or "Chilling Wedges?" the Sixth Amendment and the Right to Counsel, 136 U...

Bankruptcy Law
A complete prime (pre-2005)

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

UAB Health System and Franklin Collection Service
allegedly violated the RICO Act in collection practices on delinquent patient accounts.

Apple Inc.
allegedly maintained an illegal monopoly on the digital music market.

Medical Malpractice Suits Brings $37M Award
Medical Malpractice Suits Brings $37M Award

Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Brings $4.5 Million Award
Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Brings $4.5 Million Award

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

Mel Harris and Associates Debt Collection
Face Class Action for Alleged "Sewer Service" Practices