PDP Reschedules National Caucus, BOT, NEC Meetings
Party supporters raise flags in support of Nigerian President and Presidential candidate of the ruling People’s Democratic Party Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo during a rally in Lagos…
I Will Support Pharmaceutical Companies In Nigeria To Produce Essential Drugs, Says Buhari
4 Shares Share Tweet Share Email President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday assured pharmaceutical companies in the country of government support to enable them produce essential drugs locally, instead of relying…
Cyber Security — The Topic Avoided by the Presidential Candidates
FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. It already seems like the Presidential campaign has been going on forever. There…
Denial of Child’s Insurance Coverage Case Remanded by 1st Circuit
The First Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court decision that favored a health insurance company that denied specialized psychiatric coverage for a child Asperger’s. In many ways the decision…
Hi-Frequency Trader’s Conviction Overturned by the 7th Circuit
An analyst who stole computer information related to the writing of algorithms used in High Frequency Trading (“HFT”) caught the sympathetic ear of the Seventh Circuit which overturned three year…
Top 7 Niche Practice Areas
If you want to thrive as a lawyer, you need to find a niche, an area of the law where you can hone your expertise and corner a tiny fraction…
Billable Hours Are Back for Some In-House Attorneys
Apart from the motivation of having much more independence, going in-house traditionally meant that lawyers could do away with the drudgery of having to track their hours. Working in-house generally…
SCOTUS Passes on San Jose Inclusionary Housing Law
The Supreme Court declined to address the constitutionality of San Jose’s inclusionary housing law on Monday, denying cert of real estate developers petition from a recent California Supreme Court ruling…
4 Steps to Improve Your Online Attorney Reviews
The days of the simple word-of-mouth referral are over. Legal consumers now start their search online, according to a survey by FindLaw’s Legal Marketing. The Internet is the most common…
The Legal Industry Had Some Oscar Wins, Too
When Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar, it wasn’t much of a surprise, but it was a triumph for the actor, who’d been nominated ten times before. But forget Leo.…