New York Law School Is Paying Students To Study For The Bar
New York Law School had the worst bar passage rates in the state in 2011, according to the New York Law Journal.So, to fix that, the school is offering students $500 if they take a class to study for...
View ArticleThe King Of All Samsung Just Fended Off A $4 Billion Claim Against His Fortune
SEOUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Chairman Lee Kun-hee fended off a lawsuit by estranged family members demanding he hand over billions of dollars of shares in Samsung companies as a...
View ArticleIrish Property Tycoon Who Went Missing 8 Months Ago Reappears In Bizarre...
Kevin Michael McGeever was one of Ireland's premier property developers, making millions from investing in the UAE, and had personally prospered from the Celtic Tiger's boom years. He built a lavish,...
View ArticleFeds Charge Philadelphia Judges With 'Fixing' Traffic Tickets For Politicians
Federal prosecutors indicted nine current and former Philadelphia traffic court judges on Thursday for allegedly reducing and getting rid of traffic tickets for local politicians.The judges are accused...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Director of Operations, Retail
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
View ArticleHere's The Biggest Difference Between Plagiarism And Copyright Infringement
I know lots of people who disagree about when and whether it's OK to reproduce creative works without permission.There are long, thoughtful debates about how long copyright should last; whether...
View ArticleLindsay Lohan Sues Her Former Clothing Line Collaborators For $1 Million
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan sued her former collaborators on a clothing line on Thursday, seeking more than $1.1 million and renewed control of the brand's trademarks.The lawsuit claims a clothing...
View ArticleNewtown, Conn. Wants To Put Armed Guards In Its Elementary Schools
Following the Dec. 14 massacre that left 20 students and six teachers dead, the Newtown Board of Education wants to put armed guards in schools.The board voted Thursday to ask the town to allocate more...
View ArticleWhy The 'Citizen Militia' Theory Is The Worst Pro-Gun Argument Of All
Two out of three Americans see the Second Amendment as a safeguard against tyranny. What?Please follow Law & Order on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleThe Obama Administration Allows Religious Groups To Opt Out Of Contraception...
In a reversal of policy, the Obama administration plans to allow religious institutions the ability to opt out of providing employees insurance coverage for contraceptives. CNN first reported, citing...
View ArticleLaw School Tour Guide Says It's Fine To Get Your JD Without A Plan, Even...
Law school tuition is projected to jump to historic levels in the next nine years.But one school's tour guide says you still don't need a plan before you go for your law degree.While that idea seems...
View ArticleLady Gaga Explodes During Lawsuit Deposition
Lady Gaga didn't shy away from dropping F-bombs and disparaging every part of her former assistant's character during an Aug. 6 deposition, The New York Post has recently learned.The pop star's...
View ArticleChicago's Rising Murder Rate Is Proof Positive That Gun Control Isn't Working
Last week, Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl from Chicago, was performing with her high school band at President Obama's inauguration.On Tuesday, she was gunned down as she sought shelter from the...
View ArticleCar Chase Ends With Guy Blowing Into Balloons, And Then Being Dragged Out Of...
There was a crazy end to a car chase just now in panorama city.A guy in a car in a car chase has paused and is blowing into balloons. And then the cops have surrounded him...And then the cops broke...
View ArticleGunman Holds A Kindergartner Hostage In His Alabama Bunker For The Fourth Day...
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — The standoff between police and a gunman accused of holding a kindergartner hostage in an underground bunker dragged into a fourth day on Friday, as authorities sought to...
View ArticleReddit Users Raise $14,000 For Atlanta Mall Employee Who Tased Irate Mom
Reddit users rushed to an Atlanta mall employee's defense after a particularly disturbing video showed him Tasing a mother in front of her children started going viral.About eight months ago, Darien...
View ArticleGeorgetown Law School Golden Boy Had Another Life As A Meth Dealer
A former Georgetown law student known for "dazzling professors" is going to prison for dealing the drug he couldn't stop taking, the Washington Post reports.Marc Gersen was a Phi Beta Kappa,...
View ArticleThere's A Controversy Surrounding The Origins Of Pizza Hut's Famous 'Stuffed...
In 1995, Pizza Hut introduced the Stuffed Crust Pizza.It was revolutionary. Well, within the industry at least.But the innovation didn't come without controversy.Brooklyn native Anthony Mongiello...
View ArticleHow The US Legal System Became A Costly Nightmare
Cheaper legal education and more liberal rules would benefit America’s lawyers--and their clients.All around the world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any other profession--with...
View ArticlePrivate Prisons Will Get Totally Slammed By Immigration Reform
As the Senate and the White House turn their focus to comprehensive immigration reform, little attention has been given to who would be negatively impacted by any move to fix the country's broken...
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