We’re trying something new and you might be interested in tagging along if you want to supercharge your law firm marketing program. For years, our Rainmaker Retreat legal marketing seminars have run for two days, a Friday and a Saturday. But what we’ve discovered is there...
The Supreme Court finally appears decently situated to complete its decision-making for the term. Some holdups are still in play, including the long-since-argued case of Gill v. Whitford. Gill was argued 255 days before the next possible opinion release date of June 14, 2018. Only...
An FBI agent who shot a man in the leg after dropping his gun while doing a backflip on a dance floor has been charged with second-degree assault, and more charges could be filed based on the results of blood alcohol tests, the Denver Post...
The Providence Journal is taking to federal court its First Amendment complaint against a Superior Court judge who banned reporters from contacting jurors after a trial, the Journal reports. The newspaper asked a federal judge to clarify and confirm the free press principles governing a...
On June 11, 2018, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (“FS-ISAC”) announced the launch of the CERES Forum, an information sharing initiative for central banks, regulators, and supervisors designed to strengthen responses to cyber and physical threats. The new forum will become operational...
As carjackings in Chicago continue to spike, juveniles’ share of arrests for the brazen crime has risen sharply as well, the Chicago Tribune reports. Through May 20, those under 18 accounted for about 6 of every 10 arrests, up from about 35 percent for all...
In its conference of June 14, 2018, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act prohibits the National Park Service from exercising regulatory control over state, native corporation and private land physically located within the boundaries...
Murders jumped 50 percent in Boston in the first half of this year compared to last, while overall crime is down 5 percent, the Boston Herald reports. Between Jan. 1 and June 10, 24 people were killed in the city — eight more than the...
California voters’ decision to reduce penalties for drug and property crimes in 2014 contributed to a jump in car burglaries, shoplifting and other theft, says the Public Policy Institute of California. Larcenies increased about 9 percent by 2016, or about 135 more thefts per 100,000...
Cybersecurity is an all too familiar topic as of late. From public to private to political realms, black hat hackers are working in overdrive to reap monetary gain, political stimulus, or mere notoriety associated with large and small-scale data breaches. What’s more, in 2017, the...