Last week, a federal judge overturned a Texas death row inmate's murder conviction, citing ineffective assistance of trial counsel and error by the trial court.The Indianapolis Star reported on Tuesday that 27 Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers have been arrested, investigated, demoted, reassigned or disciplined in the past two years, […]

Now this took guts. When my two dear friends, Carolyn Elefant and Niki Black  asked me to review their new book, Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier, published by the ABA Law Practice Management Section , they knew they were taking a huge risk. I've not always been kind toward the promotion of social media. In fact, on occasion, I've been r […]

This week, the federal government announced a settlement of a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Can T.S. 1994 No. 2 (“NAFTA”) by AbitibiBowater Inc. (“Abitibi”) against Canada as a result of the dispute between the company and Newfoundland. In 2008, the Newfoundland government hastily expropriated nearly all of Abitibi’s Newfoundland asset […]