So you’re going to the Appellate Court: What does this mean and what should you expect? Peter Pierce speaks to us about how he prepares his clients for the Court of Appeal and how he demystifies the often confusing process. What are the top three things you must take into account when attempting […]
Robert Kry is one of the founding partners of MoloLamken LLP, a litigation boutique formed in 2009. Over the past nine years, their firm has grown from four lawyers to more than 30, and they now have offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Handling a broad range of business disputes, both at trial […]
US President Donald Trump's legal team is currently seeking $20m (£14m) in damages from adult film star Ms Stormy Daniels, on the basis of her breaking a non-disclosure agreement regarding an alleged affair with Trump in 2006. Jonathan Compton, Partner at DMH Stallard, below provides Lawyer Monthly with his viewpoint on the Stormy Daniels NDA […]
The exclusion for forgiven home mortgage debt following a foreclosure, short sale or loan modification should be made permanent to provide relief to troubled borrowers and minimize the damage to families, neighbourhoods and communities. That's according to recent testimony from the National Association of Realtors before the US House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax […]
Strong organic growth, a rapidly expanding Golden Nugget, and chilly winter weather have US's legal online gambling industry off to a blazing start to 2018. February marked the second consecutive month that New Jersey's online casinos set records for gross revenue, and more growth seems inevitable, according to analysts at PlayNJ.com. "This will not be […]
No surprise - it's all about the gig economy now. Freelance work, a major driving force of US wealth for the last five years, is booming, contributing nearly $1.4 trillion to the national economy every year. But, as FitSmallBusiness.com discovered, certain gig economy fields are more lucrative than others. The guesswork is out by listing the most lucrative gig […]
The years of historically affordable mortgage rates look to be ending as rates have steadily increased in recent months and show no signs of turning back. Since the beginning of the year, mortgage rates in the US have increased nearly 50 basis points. Historically low mortgage rates have been the silver lining in today's competitive […]
The US Department of Justice has officially submitted notice of proposed regulation to the Office of Management and Budget that aim to prohibit the use of devices, such as stocks, that enable rapid fire on weapons across the US. In detail, the regulation seeks to revise the use of the word ‘machinegun’ in the National […]
Acritas’ new legal spend report reveals globally men to be earning 26% more than women in equivalent in-house chief legal roles, but in the US women can expect to earn the same for equivalent roles. Acritas’ Patterns in Legal Spend reports are drawn from the Sharplegal survey, which interviews 2,000+ senior legal buyers in $1 […]
Law firms Tomasik Kotin Kasserman in Chicago and Taylor & Ring in Los Angeles recently filed suit against the elite, private Montessori School of Lake Forest (Illinois) and its former teacher Celina Montoya for the sexual abuse of a young male student. The complaint states that Montoya began "grooming" the boy, identified as John Doe, […]
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