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Unreasonable Fee: 'Master of Disaster' Stanley Chesley Disbarred
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
When you develop a reputation as the “master of disaster” for winning billions of dollars for tort victims, you have to expect that the those people you...
Let's Get 'Cited': Citing Urban Dictionary Slang in Court
By Kelly Cheung | Last updated on
Move over Black's, there's a new dictionary in court and it's free. Urban Dictionary, an online slang dictionary, is a source that some lawyers and judges are...
National Spelling Bee? We Can't Even Handle These Legal Terms
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Ha. Let's all take a moment to be thankful that we're not these kids, the finalists at the National Spelling Bee. "OMG. Totes went to the Biebs concert last...
Upstart.com: Crowdfund Student Loan Debt, Commit Ethics Violation?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
I was skimming my second-favorite law blog this morning, and ran across an interesting post by Elie Mystal on Upstart.com, a crowdfunding site where "Upstarts"...
Treadmill Desks: Healthy or Hype For Sedentary Lawyers?
By Kelly Cheung | Last updated on
There's a new trend in office furniture. It's the treadmill desk. Basically you are walking on a treadmill with an attached desk in front of you. It's part of...
Want to Discharge Student Loan Debt? Fail Bar, Wait 10 Years
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
It’s a much-lamented fact of life that student loan debt is basically non-dischargeable. Can’t pay your credit card debts? File bankruptcy. Can’t handle...
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