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Pasadena Family Law Attorney Mark Baer Receives 'Super Lawyer' DesignationMarketWatch (press release)LOS ANGELES, CA, Feb 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — On January 23rd, Pasadena Family Law Attorney Mark Baer received the designation of "2012 Southern California Super Lawyer" in the 'Family Law' category. Super Lawyers, a top recognition, …and more » View full post on [...]

The Local.se Julian Assange extradition breaches legal principle, lawyer claimsThe GuardianThe arrest warrant for Julian Assange should not stand and breaches "a matter of fundamental legal principle", the supreme court has heard . Dinah Rose QC, appearing for the 40-year-old Australian founder of WikiLeaks in his final appeal against …Assange takes legal battle to Britain's [...]

Rocket Lawyer Survey Reveals Top Issues for Small Businesses Are Legal and …MarketWatch (press release)A new Rocket Lawyer survey shows that, along with a bright outlook for 2012, small business owners are mindful of the additional legal risks they will encounter as their businesses grow. An overwhelming 85 percent of small business owners believe that [...]

A lawyer’s defamation claims against an ex-client who went online to accuse him of a “horrific fraud” can move forward, a San Francisco judge has ruled. Judge James McBride said Elliott Blumberg crossed the line in essentially accusing malpractice lawyer William Gwire of a crime. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

It’s the medium, not the message, that did in Ropers Majeski partner Thomas Clarke Jr. A California appeal court has ruled that, by posting a YouTube video in which he solicited plaintiffs for a class action, Clarke opened himself up to a defamation suit and can’t use the state’s anti-SLAPP law to ward it off. [...]

Long-time defense attorney Ivan Stephan Fisher has been suspended from practicing in the Southern District of New York for misusing $250,000 in funds intended to go toward restitution to the International Gemological Institute, which was the victim of an embezzlement. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

In September 2003, George Conway of Wachtell Lipton e-mailed colleagues with a head-scratcher about a client matter that just came in the door. An Australian bank had been hit with a U.S. securities action by Australian plaintiffs on the foundation of shares bought in Australia. “Can they do that???” he asked. View full post on [...]

The former general counsel for a New York labor union has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $211,000 from the union by filing false receipts for continuing legal education courses, legal reference materials and copying and mailing services. Kevin Clor has pleaded not guilty. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

The Legal Aftershocks of FukushimaThe American LawyerIn any case, hopes of a quick resolution of the full range of legal issues arising from the Fukushima disaster are misplaced, says Tokyo-based partner David Case of White & Case. For one thing, the long-term health implications of radiation exposure …and more » View full post on legal – [...]

Lawyer says he advised Gingrich on lobbying laws in 2000Reuters"The subject matter," he added, "was simply to advise him and his associates in his business what the lobbying laws were because he did not want to have to cross the line to register as a lobbyist in any of those jurisdictions.and more » View full post [...]