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Recently, Zicam products have come under fire after people who used the popular over the counter nasal spray were losing their sense of smell. Ringler Radio host Larry Cohen welcomes Attorney Fred Thompson III from Motley Rice to take a look at the effects of Zicam, the FDAs warning, consumer protection issues and Zicam litigation.
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The arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts ignited a wide range of legal and social debate as well as a media firestorm worldwide. Attorneys Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams welcome famed attorney, Jack Greenberg, the former director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund who, together with Thurgood Marshall, argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court in 1954. Now the Alphonse Fletcher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, Greenberg shares his perspective on racial profiling, civil rights and what we still need to learn about race relations.
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A couple days ago I made a post about the Cash for Clunkers program. Well as soon as it came, it has gone.
“Congressional officials say the government plans to suspend the popular ‘cash for clunkers’ program amid concerns it could quickly use up the $1 billion in rebates for [...]
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New York Lawyer reported on July 22 that local attorneys are protesting interim rules that severely limit their ability to bring laptops, cellphones, and other electronic devices into the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse located in lower Manhattan. The rules, which are linked to from the article, require an attorney to get a court order to bring specific devices into the courtrooms. At a hearing held yesterday, attorneys aired their objections to the interim rules and also attempted “to fend off proposed stricter permanent rules on the use of the devices, which one lawywer called ‘an essential part of modern life.’” Underlying the interim rules are two concerns on the part of the judges: 1.) the possibility of a laptop or other device concealing an explosive; and 2.) the possibility of someone using an electronic device to televise or transmit proceedings live from a courtroom. The second concern was raised on June 29 at the sentencing of Bernard L. Madoff when a woman tried to record the proceedings. The device was seized, and the woman issued a summons. The judges are also concerned that witnesses or jurors could be photographed, potentially jeopardizing their safety. The court is “accepting written comments [on electronic devices in the courtroom] until July 31 …” Stay tuned. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nicole Black highlights an assortment of Blackberry applications for research, document management, mobile communications, music, dictation and more - all of which would benefit just about any law practice.
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In todays segment of Legal TIPS, 2008-2009 TIPS Financial Officer Randy Aliment underscores the merit of adequately funding projects and as an example, co-host Attorney Gilda Mariani questions trusts and estates attorney Peggy Hoyt about ensuring the fiscal soundness of a Pet Trust.
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Microsoft and Yahoo have ended years of back and forth negotiations and reached a deal for an Internet search engine partnership.
The agreement gives Microsoft access to the Internets second-largest search engine audience, adding a powerful tool to use in its online campaign to de-throne the kings of the search, Google.
“Yahoo is teaming with Microsoft following [...]
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The “Cash for Clunkers” program is a $1 Billion plan meant to help the environment, automakers and drivers trade out their old gas guzzling clunkers into something a little bit more eco-friendly.
Tax payer money will be used to give people a credit of up to $4,500 to replace their clunkers with the idea that they [...]
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I posted about existing home sales rising for the past three months on Friday, well now, we have more good news from the real estate sector…
New home sales rose by 11 percent in June, which is the largest amount of growth in nearly nine years. Experts are hoping these signs show that a near-dead housing [...]
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A legal loophole in Rhode Island law allows 16 and 17 year old teens to strip as long as they are home by 11:30 on school nights.
“While teens cant pump gas or climb ladders on the job because of protections in workplace laws, there is nothing on the books keeping 16- and 17-year-olds from stripping [...]
