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This Texas Firm Is Paying Unprecedented Salaries To Its First-Year Associates
The median salary for most first-year associates is barely hovering at $145,000. Unless you work for Bickel & Brewer of course. The Dallas, Texas-based litigation firm is paying its 2013 first-year...
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Apple's Controversial 'Rubber-Banding' Patent Is Getting Invalidated (AAPL)
One of Apple's controversial mobile patents, the "rubber banding" patent, has been invalidated by the United States Patent Office, Florian Mueller of Foss Patents reports. The "rubber banding" patent...
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They Don't Have Jobs But Recent Law Grads Still Think Law School Was Worth It
More than half of recent law grads are out of work or have jobs that don't even require a law degree, according to a recent survey. But that doesn't mean they regret racking up as much as $200,000 in...
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Brooklyn Family Man Busted For Allegedly Running A Wall Street Brothel
No one in his low-key Brooklyn neighborhood would have guessed this father of four was allegedly a pimp responsible for running four brothels in Manhattan. Fort Greene resident William Thomas is...
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Facebook Accused Of Bombarding Users With Ads For Fake NFL Jerseys From China
Facebook's main source of revenue — its "Sponsored" ads — has put it in the middle of a proposed class action lawsuit. An NFL merchandise retailer accused Facebook, its ad partner adSage, and a number...
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Wisconsin Mall Shooter Bought His Gun Legally After A Court Ordered Him To...
Prompted by the fatal shooting rampage at a suburban Milwaukee spa, two local lawmakers are pushing legislation to tighten enforcement of gun rules in domestic violence cases. But it's unlikely their...
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Whistleblower Pleads Guilty To Outing A Chief Of Bush-Era 'Enhanced...
The ex-CIA officer who blew the whistle on secret rendition and waterboarding programs has pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of revealing the identity of a covert officer, the Justice Department...
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American Teen Says The NYPD Paid Him To Trick Muslims Into Looking Like...
A 19-year-old American man told the Associated Press the NYPD paid him to collect names of John Jay College students studying Islam and trick Muslims into saying incriminating things. Shamiur Rahman,...
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Two States Will Let Locked Up Felons Vote In November
While many Americans will go out to vote on Nov. 6, millions of U.S. citizens will be forced to stay home because they broke the law. Some states allow felons to vote after their release, but a few bar...
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San Quentin Inmate Reveals How It Feels To Kill Another Human Being
A recent Quora thread asked how it felt to murder someone and the answer given by a current inmate at San Quentin State Prison startled us with its honesty and emotion. Tommy Winfrey is serving at...
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Court: If Ice Dancing Doesn't Count As Art, Neither Do Lap Dances
It barely took a month for three New York Supreme Court judges to decide nude dancing is actually an art form and not just a sleazy way to spend a Saturday night. Too bad they were in the minority....
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Google Is Spending More Than Ever On Lobbying While An FTC Fight Looms
Google is gearing up for a potential antitrust suit from the Federal Trade Commission, or so it seems. The company has already spent $13.1 million on lobbying in the first three quarters in 2012,...
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Florida Is About To Execute A Man Who Thinks He's The 'Prince Of God'
The state of Florida is set to execute a mass murderer tonight who's been diagnosed with schizophrenia. A federal appeals court issued an eight-page order Monday allowing the execution of John...
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A Former Basketball Wife Is Suing CBS Over Allegedly Stealing Her Idea For...
One woman claims the ladies of "The Talk" stole her show pitch from 2008. Angela Wilder, ex-wife of Los Angeles Lakers' James Worthy, is suing CBS under claims that she registered a show she registered...
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Meet The Fascinating Spouses Behind The Nation's Supreme Court Justices
While the public mostly sees the nation's Supreme Court justices mulling health care or political campaign funding, they still manage to lead a (mostly) regular life. That life includes spouses you...
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Hey Romney: It's Almost Impossible To Charge Ahmadinejad With Inciting Genocide
YESTERDAY during the foreign-policy debate, Mitt Romney promised that as president, he would indict Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, for incitement to genocide. One of Mr Romney's senior...
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Here's How To Get Ready For Your Harvard Law Skype Interview
The Harvard Law School admission process is expanding, and with that, comes the need for more preparation. Starting next year, the law school will interview applicants via Skype — phone interviews were...
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This Man Had To Learn To Survive In Prison When He Was 11 Years Old
Brad Newman was only 11 when he got locked up for beating up another kid. But he was already acting like the man of his family. Newman, now 41, says he spent his childhood in Indiana getting into...
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Women At Biglaw Firms Have Made Almost No Progress In 7 Years
You'd think the status of women working at Biglaw firms would have improved at least marginally in the past seven years. Well, you'd be wrong. The National Association of Women Lawyers has been...
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Lonely Law Exec Says She Stole From Her Firm To 'Buy Friends'
A lonely law executive has been jailed after stealing £205,000 from her firm in order to "buy friends." Ruth Turner, 46, pocketed the money from Kundert Solicitors in Coventry in a sophisticated scam...
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