Archives
April 20, 2012
Column
- ON POINT: Steer clear of extremes or everyone loses
- TAKING STOCK: No best way to invest in copper
- ONE PERSPECTIVE: Succession planning for you and your firm
Nation
- West Virginia State Supreme Court race tests public financing experiment Fundraising in supreme court-level races nationally up $5.9M since 1989-1990
- National Roundup
- Utah Judge: Sex offender to remain free -- for now Legal loophole prevents judge from considering pending criminal cases
- Washington 'No, no, no': Hard sell for possible Roger Clemens juror Jury selection for Cy Young pitcher's perjury trial won't finish before Monday
Feature
- ABAcommission proposes no changes to policy of nonlawyer ownership of firms
- Out with the Old Attorney takes part in time capsule opening
- FRIDAY FEATURE: Sold! on a good cause
- Just Cause: RESTORE among beneficiaries of Signature Event fund-raiser
- Daily Briefs
Business
- Unemployment test plan sent to states Key feature of payroll tax cut that president negotiated with the Congress in February
- Energy Iraq says it will exclude Exxon from May energy auction Reason given is Exxon's refusal to relinquish its disputed deals with Kurds
- Government Unemployment declines slightly Highest application level in three months, but still 9 percent lower than September
- Earnings iPhone bills boost Verizon revenue growth in quarter Company revenues grew at their fastest pace in 3 years
- Productivity Report: Women's lower status risk for Asian future Improvements urged to ensure region benefits from underused pool of talent
Courts
- Ohio State resumes executions by lethal injection; 11 planned over 20 months 47 inmates have been put to death since 1999
- Delaware Public defenders try to stop execution of convicted killer Attorneys argue there is overwhelming evidence man is mentally retarded
- Indiana Judge could bar prosecutor from ex-trooper's trial
- Rhode Island Man in Navy kickbacks probe pleads guilty Admits to lying to FBIabout affair he had with housekeeper
headlines Detroit
headlines National
- Civil legal aid lawyers are often the last line of defense. Why are there so few of them?
- Bankruptcy law firm files for Chapter 11 after losing advertising dispute
- Dentons and Boies Schiller face $300M racketeering suit after client loses international arbitration
- Mother’s Day and the changing face of family dynamics and custody arrangements
- Federal judge reprimanded for handcuffing teen spectator in scared-straight approach
- Lawyer whose firm sued Boeing finds emergency slide that fell from company’s plane near his home