Legal Research

Different interpretations of block billing
So-called ?block billing? happens when a lawyer in a law firm consolidates more than one task into a time sheet description and states the number of hours billed for the entire block...

Access to knowledge: further building blocks
As promised in my first post on access to knowledge (A2K), I am pleased to provide links to Lea Shaver's forthcoming paper, Defining and Measuring A2K: A Blueprint for an Index of Access to Knowledge, and to the PowerPoint presentation that Lea made at this year's American Association of Law Libraries meeting in Portland.

Masliah & Soloway Joins Protest In Support of Pakistani Lawyers
The lawyers of Masliah and Soloway joined hundreds of attorneys a public rally today in front of the New York Supreme Court at 60 Centre Street to express solidarity with our beleaguered colleagues at the Pakistani bar...

Wolf Block Downsizes Its Name
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen, and its Roseland, N.J., branch Wolf Block Brach Eichler, will soon operate under a shorter name. The firm said it would be known just as Wolf Block effective Feb...

Why Block C matters
Today the FCC announced the winners of the 700 MHz auction - and you can see from pp. 62-63 of this document that Verizon won Block C. (Block C was set up in two nationwide paired blocks of 11 MHz each, which were auctioned off in very large geographic areas?12 licenses, each covering a [...

First Edwards, Now This
Pour one out for Corrections Sentencing, folks. One of the best blogs on the block is folding up its tent. Thanks for everything, Michael, and best of luck on those dance steps!

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

H&R Block, Inc.
HRB

H&R Block, Inc.
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

H&R Block Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Over Fraudulent IRAs
H&R Block Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Over Fraudulent IRAs

Reddy Ice Holdings Inc., Arctic Glacier International Inc., and Home City Ice Co.
allegedly violated federal antitrust laws by fixing prices for packaged cubed, crushed, block, and dry ice in the US and Canada.