Cash-strapped litigants can’t afford to hire lawyers
The consumer credit crunch and the housing slump’s erasure of home equity lines is hitting criminal defense attorneys and consumer-oriented law firms. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Power of the press lands job for newly minted lawyer
Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard can no longer be counted among the legions of unemployed young lawyers. bizjournals.com |
Lawyers to pay back £25 million after damning report on legal aid scheme
Lawyers face having to return more than £25 million paid to them by mistake because of mismanagement in the running of the legal aid scheme. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
The best legal yarns this Christmas
Treat yourself this Christmas to a generous tumbler of eggnog, settle into a deep armchair before a roaring fire and crack open one of several new legal yarns. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
D.C. considers changes to corporate laws
D.C. is considering a major update to its code for organizing corporations, businesses and nonprofit organizations, rules that business leaders and some members of the D.C. Council consider antiquated, disorganized and incomplete. bizjournals.com |