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Think one territory: Puerto Rico. According to data collected from the ABA and put together by Startclass, the territory of Puerto Rico takes the crown for graduating JDs who don’t eventually put their degrees to work as attorneys. Not to say that there is a causation issue here, but if you really want to practice […]

If you’ve been wondering whatever happened to California’s high speed rail, you’re not the only one. The latest news is that it’s back in court. So far, the project hasn’t been very “high speed” at anything except rustling up legal issues. $68 Billion Dollars … and Little to Show for It The project was approved […]Read More

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, aka the TPP, has been approved recently by 12 member states. If the published text of the treaty next is ratified by each state (a process that could take some time), then various important provisions will […]

A Wisconsin law requires convicted sex offenders who have been released from civil commitment to wear a GPS ankle bracelet all day, every day, for the rest of their lives. And that is not an unconstitutional violation of their privacy, the Seventh Circuit ruled recently. The ankle monitor sends daily reports of the offender’s movements […]

From the past to the present, there have been hundreds of laws that seek to “protect” women by denying them full rights: laws shielding women from the corrupting influence of politics, and voting; laws guarding women from hearing “sordid evidence,” by keeping them off juries; laws keeping women from dangerous work as high-paid pharmacists, but […]

Payday loans tend to be exploitative. Tribal payday loans tend to be really exploitative, since those quick cash advances can be made outside the restrictions placed on non-tribal lenders. That means payday loans with annual percentage rates of over 500 percent in some of the worst cases. This case isn’t about the legality of the […]

According to Prof. Derek Muller of Pepperdine University’s School of Law, 10 percent of law school enrollment is in one of the variety of non-J.D. programs. For non-lawyer types, this means that 1 in 10 students in law school have no intent to eventually become a lawyer. There has been a very steady increase in […]

Arbitration remains an essential litigation prevention tool, and one that’s regularly been given favorable legal treatment by the Supreme Court and Congress. But two recent opinions, one from the Supreme Court and one from the Fourth Circuit, serve as an important reminder of some of the limits to arbitration agreements, at least when it comes […]

We swear we’re not making this up: lawyers are absolutely dominating the field of content marketing. According to Contently, law firms both large and small are getting into the game of providing regular (and useful) content for potential clients. This is perhaps a little surprising considering the profession’s reputation for keeping its valuable information to itself. […]Read More

It’s Black History Month, the annual celebration of African American contributions to culture, society, and, of course, law. While Black History Month is hardly the card-sending, cocktail-houring, office-partying event that some other winter holidays are, it’s still worth celebrating in your firm. Here’s how. 1. Social Media and Email We’ll start with the easiest. If […]Read More

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) said on Tuesday that it “finds the insensitive hike in the tariff for electricity very provocative and illogical”, adding that it is “demonic and unjustifiable”. The group called on Nigerians to “move against the ‘change’ we did not vote for, to protect our being, and the struggle for a humane society”. CACOL […]Read More

Breaking Pictures! Governor Ambode Receives German President, Mr. Joachim Gauck – SIMONATEBA.COM 6 Shares Share Tweet Share Email Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), welcoming the President, Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Joachim Gauck (left), during a courtesy visit to the Governor, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Monday, February 08, 2016. Lagos State Governor, […]