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In  a statement today, she said  she was never served with any court processes in relation to the said matter and that when it was served in July 2015,  she had already ceased to be the Minister of Finance. “By the date the said papers were purportedly served Dr Okonjo-Iweala was no longer a public officer […]Read More

Have you taken your shot at the private sector and now want to move over to government work? We can’t blame you. For many young and middle-aged attorneys out there, the fight to be king of the private practice hill is just not all that it’s cracked up to be. But you’ve probably picked up […]Read More

The federal judge who first ruled against President Obama’s immigration reforms, a case currently pending in the Supreme Court, has made another bold and far-reaching move in connection to the case. After having found misconduct on the part of the government attorneys in the immigration case, District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the Southern District […]

A high ranking female executive at one of the nation’s biggest banks brought a wallop of a suit against her employer recently, alleging, among other things, a “subordinate ‘bro’s club’ of all-male sycophants.” It’s a damning set of allegations against a professional industry that has already lost a lot of its balance amidst frequent allegations […]Read More

A prominent Cleveland defense attorney was publicly admonished for his potty-mouth. Craig Weintraub, who is best known for representing Ariel Castro, the man who kidnapped and imprisoned three women for over a decade, was overheard calling Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan a series of unprintable names. That lead to a contempt proceeding, some schoolmarm scolding […]

There’s some grumbling out there about what a jerk Napster’s John Fanning was to create jerk.com, a now-defunct website that asked users to rate whether a stranger was a jerk or not. But those same persons may be cheering a little inside knowing that Fanning lost a bid to undo an FTC suit against him […]Read More

Three cheers for perennially popular federal Circuit Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit who took the time, once again, to stand again on his soap-box decrying legalese in court opinions. The judge lamented overly prolix sentences and wordplay in court opinions. We admit, the habit is hard to break. Posner’s most recent anti-jargon pontificating […]

James Haber and his tax shelter boutique, Diversified Group Inc, were fined $25 million by the Internal Revenue Service for their alleged failure to register offshore tax shelters. Haber handed over $18,370 and his company paid out $15,500, and that was it. To collect the significant balance remaining, the IRS turned to assets controlled by […]

Back in 2012, LinkedIn was hacked and 6.5 million passwords were reportedly leaked. Now it looks like a few more accounts were also compromised — almost 167 million. And the consequences of that hack are still playing out four years later. Last week, LinkedIn announced that more than 100 million passwords and matching emails may […]

You’ve graduated from law school. Now the real challenge begins: surviving the bar exam! For most new-J.D.s, this means hundreds of hours studying black letter law that you probably only touched on in your three years of law school. The key to doing well on the bar exam is simple: study, and study effectively. To […]

You’re finally upgrading to a new P.C., or you’re getting rid of those old external hard drives you found in the storage closet. Maybe you have a ton of dated USB drives you no longer need, now that you’re cloud-based. Whatever you do, don’t just toss out, sell, or give away your old hard drives. […]Read More

Unedited speech of the former CBN Governor and Emir of Kano at the Muson Centre for the launching of the book of Sir Olaniwun Ajayi. “Let me start by saying that I am Fulani (laughter). My grandfather was an Emir also fulani my uncle and guardian was also the immediate late Emir of kano Alhaji […]