“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” infamously wrote William Shakespeare in Henry the Sixth. Today, with the Bard’s 450th birthday, it seems that members of the bar haven’t really held much of a grudge against Shakespeare …
Happy 450th: Far from Holding a Grudge, Lawyers Love Shakespeare Read more »
If you braved the lines, you may have already seen Peter Jackson’s latest blockbuster, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which was released at midnight last night. The movie is the subject of a lawsuit filed this week in a …
This week, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit in the New York Civil Supreme Court of Fulton County (Docket #2051/2013) on behalf of Tommy, a chimpanzee who is caged in a used trailer lot. The Nonhuman Rights Project is …
A new Report from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sheds light on the inequities of Mandatory Minimum and Life Without Parole Sentences for non-violent offenses. According to the report, 3,278 people are shockingly serving life without parole in the …
Sentenced to Die in Prison for Non-Violent Offenses…in the USA? Read more »
The Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog, recently had a posting concerning the murky legislative history of the 501(c)(4) exemption to tax exempt organizations being allowed to be politically active [find it]. With big money players like the Koch Brothers and …
“Social Welfare” 501(c)(4) Organizations and Politics Read more »
