NTL member LaBarron Boone helps secure $151M in Ford Explorer rollover trial
A Dallas County, Alabama, jury found defendant Ford Motor Company at fault for a rollover crash of a 1998 Ford Explorer that left Travaris “Tre” Smith paralyzed and awarded Smith $151,791,000. The verdict includes $51,791,000 in compensatory damages and $100 … Continue reading
4 Marketing Strategies Your Law Firm Can’t Win Without
Category: Marketing | February 15, 2019
By Harlan Schillinger. What you don’t know, you don’t know. You’ve probably heard that phrase before. But for lawyers, it’s especially apropos. Because along with big attorney egos come big misses, even at some of the top law firms in … Continue reading
Facing retaliation after being sexually harassed
Tags: discrimination, Ernst & Young, retaliation, sexual harassment Category: Blog | February 11, 2019
Karen Ward, a former investment banker at Ernst & Young, reported instances of sexual harassment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in September of last year. It was the second such complaint filed against the firm in 2018. Ward tells … Continue reading
Will Jeff Bezos sue the pants off the National Enquirer?
Tags: Amazon, American Media, AMI, Inc., Jeff Bezos, National Enquirer Category: Blog | February 11, 2019
After Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced that the National Enquirer threatened to extort him over rather personal selfies that he allegedly sent to his mistress, some are wondering whether he’ll sue American Media Inc., the company that owns … Continue reading
3 Ways Coercive Questioning Brings False Confessions, Wrongful Convictions
Many crime-based movies have been made about the wrongly accused and imprisoned, but the scenario plays out often in real life as well. One contributing factor continuing to draw interest from the legal profession and law enforcement is coercive police … Continue reading
Podcast: How to get good reviews from your clients
Tags: client experience, law firm, law firm marketing, online reviews Category: Blog | February 6, 2019
Online reviews can make or break a law firm’s reputation. What does it take to consistently receive better reviews? In this episode of Legal Toolkit from the Legal Talk Network, host Jared Correia talks to Sarah Smerage about how lawyers … Continue reading
Judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup trial
A federal judge overseeing lawsuits over Roundup weed killer is tentatively allowing evidence that defense attorneys wanted excluded, Reuters reports. US District Judge Vince Chhabria says attorneys may introduce some evidence that Monsanto tried to ghostwrite studies and influence the findings … Continue reading
Lawsuit: apparent mistake leads to a stranger’s death
A Brooklyn woman says she was misinformed by hospital staff that a man by the same name as her brother was brain dead and she authorized removing him from life support — but her real brother was in jail, and … Continue reading
Podcast: The struggle of small law firms
Lawyers at small law firms may see themselves as the underdogs of the legal profession, and perhaps they’re right. In this Lawyerist podcast from the Legal Talk Network, Stephanie Everett talks about some of the tough questions small firm lawyers … Continue reading
Stephon Clark’s family files wrongful death lawsuit
Tags: City of Sacramento, lawsuit, Sacramento Police, Stephon Clark, wrongful death Category: Blog | January 28, 2019
Attorneys for the family of Stephon Clark have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sacramento Police Officers Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet as well as the City of Sacramento alleging the officers racially profiled and used excessive force in fatally … Continue reading