A former lawyer shares the choice that enabled him to break free of a career he didn’t love LIBBY KANE     Aug. 6, 2015, 6:23 PM    Daniel Bailey.     When Daniel Bailey finished law school in 2010, he…

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT Sirius XM Radio pays $1.3M to settle suit over unpaid internships POSTED AUG 04, 2015 02:20 PM CDT BY MARTHA NEIL Image courtesy of Sirius XM. In the latest fallout from a wave of class litigation over unpaid…

About 85 percent of law students at California’s unaccredited schools drop out POSTED JUL 27, 2015 07:48 AM CDT BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS Photo from Shutterstock. Attending an unaccredited law school is a risky endeavor in California, even though graduates of such…

ANNUAL MEETING 5 women with extraordinary careers honored by Margaret Brent Awards POSTED AUG 02, 2015 07:35 PM CDT BY TERRY CARTER Prof. Emma Coleman Jordan receives a hug at the luncheon during which she received a Margaret Brent Women Lawyers…

  WHITE-COLLAR CRIME Fired secretary is star witness at trial of ex-judge accused of operating business from chambers POSTED JUL 21, 2015 03:00 PM CDT BY MARTHA NEIL A trial has begun that could cost a former Philadelphia Common Pleas Court…

Lawyer asked court to detain client before suicide but, lacking authority, judge said no POSTED JUL 21, 2015 10:30 AM CDT BY MARTHA NEIL Wylie David Chambers had only one misdemeanor conviction on his record, back in the 1970s. But the…

BUSINESS OF LAW Law firm mergers continue at a blazing pace, survey says POSTED JUL 06, 2015 02:55 PM CDT BY MARTHA NEIL The pace has slowed since the first quarter of 2015, but law firm mergers are nonetheless taking place…

ABA JOURNAL INTERNET LAW Florida lawyer asks appeals court to unmask anonymous Avvo reviewer POSTED JUN 03, 2015 06:15 AM CDT BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS A Florida lawyer is trying to learn the identity of a negative reviewer on Avvo by…

JACPA Ethics Alert                                                                                                                           Illinois lawyer who lied about mother’s death to justify discovery delays and the continuance of a hearing consents to disbarment     Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent motion for…

ABA JOURNAL   CYBERSECURITY ‘Ransomware’ software attacks stymie law firms POSTED JUN 01, 2015 02:30 AM CDT BY JOE DYSART In the annals of Internet crime, “ransomware”—software that freezes up a computer, encrypts all its data and demands a ransom…