Judge's Shaky Legal Theories Turn Constitution Upside DownSending aftershocks through the Southern California legal community, Judge Richard Hubbell of the Los Angeles Superior Court has made a series of shaky judicial moves. The Los Angeles Times reported August 21 that ... READ MORE
The Sierra Club and trial lawyers have a great deal more in common than many people realize. Both have a huge financial stake in seeing to it that legal reform fails. As a result, both also have the same political ... READ MORE
He's Dead, But Still Practicing LawThe following is a transcript of a line of questioning between a lawyer and a doctor, as printed in the Notes and Asides section of the National Review magazine, August 3, 1998: Q: Doctor, before ... READ MORE
Lawyers Oppose Lowering Insurance PremiumsMost Americans may assume that when they pay their auto insurance premiums, most of the premium goes for the health care costs and lost wages of individuals injured in car crashes. Wrong. A new report by ... READ MORE
Fred Goldman, father of Ron Goldman, one of the two murder victims of the O.J. Simpson trial, has a new goal: assuring that fewer families suffer the horror of violent crime. Teaming up with Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon, Goldman has ... READ MORE
Exxon Sued for Trying to Prevent Oil SpillsWhen it comes to the federal government, it seems you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. At least that's the way it seems to some businesses that are trying ... READ MORE
If 80% of the public holds the same view on an issue, wouldn't you think the politicians would take notice? You'd think so unless campaign contributions or the chance to look good in front of a camera are involved ... READ MORE
Should a new law be passed under which Americans making $30,000 or less give as much as $58 billion to a small number of lawyers? It could happen if Congress does not approve a bi-partisan bill, H.R. 2740, in some ... READ MORE
Legislators in Maryland will soon vote on a controversial new law that will essentially overturn a judge's decision dismissing 9 of 13 counts in the state's lawsuit against tobacco companies. Critics say it's a case of the plaintiff in a ... READ MORE
Basketball all-star Latrell Sprewell, fired by his team and suspended from play for a year by the NBA for choking his coach, had his sentence reduced and contract reinstated by the ruling of a union-mandated arbitrator. While the sporting world ... READ MORE
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