Spar and Bernstein

A vast majority of attorneys in the United States and Canada must keep and maintain IOLTA trust accounts pursuant to very specific guidelines established by the governing body in each state. Despite the clearly defined rules, which in most jurisdictions, have been in place for years, some attorneys continue to put their license at risk. On The Un-Billable Hour, host Attorney Rodney Dowell, Director of the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program and interim executive director at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, talks with David Bilinsky, a Practice Management Consultant/Advisor for the Law Society of British Columbia, about why so many attorneys fail to properly do their IOLTA trust accounting, where they should go to learn how to properly do their accounting and shares his recommendations for trust accounting programs for attorneys.

Former presidential candidate John Edwards was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, allegedly accepting campaign contributions to cover-up the extramarital affair with his former aide, Rielle Hunter. Did John Edwards violate federal election law? Or is this a campaign ethics violation? Attorneys and co-host J. Craig Williams welcome Peter J. Henning, Professor at Wayne State University Law School and Professor Richard L. Hasen, a nationally-recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation from the University of California, Irvine School of Law, to discuss the charges and how the prosecution and defense will handle this controversial legal case.

Suffolk Law’s Rappaport Professor of Law and Public Policy Alasdair Roberts discusses health care costs in Massachusetts with Commissioner David Morales of the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy in this week’s Rappaport Center podcast.

Last week in a 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled under the First Amendment, the government may not ban political spending by corporations and unions in candidate elections, radically changing campaign finance law. Co-host and Attorney J. Craig Williams welcomes Professor Ned Foley, Professor of Law at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law and Professor Adam Winkler, Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, to discuss this Supreme Court ruling and the impact this ruling will have on state, judicial and legislative elections.

Former presidential candidate John Edwards was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, allegedly accepting campaign contributions to cover-up the extramarital affair with his former aide, Rielle Hunter. Did John Edwards violate federal election law? Or is this a campaign ethics violation? Attorneys and co-host J. Craig Williams welcome Peter J. Henning, Professor at Wayne State University Law School and Professor Richard L. Hasen, a nationally-recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation from the University of California, Irvine School of Law, to discuss the charges and how the prosecution and defense will handle this controversial legal case.

Last week in a 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled under the First Amendment, the government may not ban political spending by corporations and unions in candidate elections, radically changing campaign finance law. Co-host and Attorney J. Craig Williams welcomes Professor Ned Foley, Professor of Law at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law and Professor Adam Winkler, Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, to discuss this Supreme Court ruling and the impact this ruling will have on state, judicial and legislative elections.

Bailout or bankruptcy for the U.S. automakers to the tune of 25-Billion? Law. com blogger and co-host Bob Ambrogi welcomes experts, Professor Eugene F. Fama, the Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Attorney Andrew Z. Schwartz,head of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group, at Foley Hoag LLP and Attorney Lisa C. Wood, Partner and Co-Chair of Securities and Corporate Disputes Practice,at Foley Hoag LLP, to discuss the economic and legal options and consequences.

Legal funding barely existed just a few short years ago and now is perhaps the fastest emerging financial trend in the legal business community. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi, will explore whatas new in the industry of legal funding, talk to a plaintiff attorney about what goes into a case with the assistance of legal funding and discuss the ethics and the statues/regulations that apply to legal funding. Lawyer 2 Lawyer welcomes Gary Chodes, founder and CEO of Oasis Legal Finance, Robert Hawley, Deputy Executive Director of the State Bar of California and Ron Kramer, Plaintiff Attorney out of Utah, to tell us a little more about the Legal Funding Industry. Join us!

A big week for the U.S. Supreme Court with five rulings involving free speech, religion and campaign finance. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we discuss them and look ahead to upcoming SUPCO action. Join co-hosts and Law.com bloggers J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi with the experts: Tony Mauro, Supreme Court correspondent for Legal Times, American Lawyer Media, and Law.com and Amy Howe, Partner at Howe & Russell P.C in Washington D.C. and regular contributor to and editor of SCOTUSblog. Donat miss it!

The economists over at George Mason had a discussion this week about professional services firms (it looks like consulting especially, but not exclusively) that led them to try and answer two questions of interest to this blog: why do smart motivated young people join professional services firms, and why do firms hire consultants.A I’m going …

Continue reading »

Bryan Caplan is linking to a new study that covers an oft-discussed, but poorly researched, area of professional services firm management: the actual hiring process at elite firms in law, finance, and consulting. A (The actual paper by Lauren Rivera,A ”Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion“,A Research in Social Stratification and MobilityA 2011, is behind a paywall). Bryan outlines the five …

Continue reading »

This program provides information on current issues and key developments in Massachusetts election administration, campaign finance, and lobbying law. The panelists focus on common ballot access issues faced by candidates and ballot question committees, challenges to qualifications and signatures, and recent issues in recounts. This program also provides a helpful overview of new developments in campaign finance laws and lobbying laws resulting from new case law, advisory opinions, and the pa…

Part One: The Supreme Court Ruling on Campaign Finance

Last week in a 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled under the First Amendment, the government may not ban political spending by corporations and unions in candidate elections, radically changing campaign finance law. Co-host and Attorney J. Craig Williams welcomes Professor Ned Foley, Professor of Law at Ohio State Universitys Moritz College of Law and Prof…

Part One: The Supreme Court Ruling on Campaign Finance

Last week in a 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled under the First Amendment, the government may not ban political spending by corporations and unions in candidate elections, radically changing campaign finance law. Co-host and Attorney J. Craig Williams welcomes Professor Ned Foley, Professor of Law at Ohio State Universitys Moritz College of Law and Prof…

The Supreme Courts recent decision on campaign finance has greatly affected the political landscape. This panel will explore the impact of that decision from three distinct perspectives.

Citizens United could undermine the campaign intervention prohibition for public charities and private foundations. Doug Varley from Caplin & Drysdale will discuss the likelihood of such a change, the circumstan…
Did Citizens United Change Everything in Campaign Finance Law?
From westlegaledcenter.com




The Citizens United decision allowed corporations to spend unlimited company money to campaign for or against candidates for public office. According to its critics, it overturned nearly a hundred years of conventional wisdom and re-interpreted decades of First Amendment decisions. The unleashing of corporate money to directly advance or defeat candidates for public office has been hailed as an evil undermining voter confidence in elections-and simultaneously as a brilliant decision ensuring …

Campaign Finance: Citizens United Decided by US Supreme Court
From westlegaledcenter.com




On January 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a decades-old law aimed at limiting the clout of big business and labor in elections. In a 5 to 4 vote, the Court overruled two of its own decisions to allow corporations and unions to run independent ads directly calling for the election or defeat of candidates right up to an election. Corporations have been given the green light to spend as freely as they wish to support or oppose candidates, as long as they do not coordinate with the candid…

Campaign Finance: Citizens United Decided by US Supreme Court
From westlegaledcenter.com




On January 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a decades-old law aimed at limiting the clout of big business and labor in elections. In a 5 to 4 vote, the Court overruled two of its own decisions to allow corporations and unions to run independent ads directly calling for the election or defeat of candidates right up to an election. Corporations have been given the green light to spend as freely as they wish to support or oppose candidates, as long as they do not coordinate with the candid…

Contemporary Issues in Law and Politics: Part 1
From westlegaledcenter.com




This is Part 1 of the 2 Part seminar Contemporary Issues in Law and Politics.

This CLE will be a survey of contemporary disputes in election law. We will examine four areas: The Voting Rights Act, Campaign Finance, Redistricting, and Resolving Election Disputes with a special focus on the disputed Minnesota Senate Election. With respect to the Voting Rights Act…

Contemporary Issues in Law and Politics: Part 2
From westlegaledcenter.com




This is Part 2 of the 2 Part seminar Contemporary Issues in Law and Politics.

This CLE will be a survey of contemporary disputes in election law. We will examine four areas: The Voting Rights Act, Campaign Finance, Redistricting, and

Resolving Election Disputes with a special focus on the disputed Minnesota Senate Election. Wi…

Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Orange County
Advertising From MotorcycleAccidentAttorneysOrangeCounty.com


A News Blog about Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Orange County. Personal injury is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property. The term is most commonly used to refer to a type of tort lawsuit alleging that the plaintiff’s injury has been caused by the negligence of another, but also arises in defamation torts. The most common types of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, product defect accidents (product liability) and holiday accidents. The term personal injury also incorporates medical and dental accidents (which lead to numerous medical negligence claims every year) and conditions that are often classified as industrial disease cases, including asbestosis and peritoneal mesothelioma, chest diseases (e.g., emphysema, pneumoconiosis, silicosis, chronic bronchitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic obstructive airways disease), vibration white finger, occupational deafness, occupational stress, contact dermititis, and repetitive strain injury cases. If the negligence of another party can be proved, the injured party may be entitled to monetary compensation from that party. In the United States, this system is complex and controversial, with critics calling for various forms of tort reform. From: Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Orange County. Attorneys and lawyers often represent clients on a “contingency basis,” in which the attorney’s fee is a percentage of the plaintiff’s eventual compensation, payable when the case is resolved. Oftentimes, having an attorney becomes essential because cases become extremely complex, such as in medical malpratice cases. From: Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Orange County.


Los Angeles Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, SEO, SEM, Blog and Web Design Services
Advertising From Infoupdater.com


Infoupdater.com provides Los Angeles Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, SEO, SEM, Web Design, and News Content For Websites and Blogs. What are Robotic Blogs? Robotic blogs are WordPress blogs that have dynamic content. These blogs are relevant to your website and are updated automatically everyday by our system without any interference on your part. The content is unique and is based on a patent pending technology. Since they are updated as new content is created, they are self updated and Google loves it. The content is News links and News description extracted from 120,000 RSS pages all over the Internet. It is usually a combination from several RSS pages. This combination is unique and fresh to Google. Since we have control over their creation, we make them relevant to your website and we also place relevant back links (with your keywords anchored) from these websites. From: Los Angeles Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, SEO, SEM, Blog and Web Design Services


Senior Housing 55
Advertising From SeniorHousing55.com/


Senior Housing 55 offers the real time news on Assisted Living, Elder Abuse, Geriatric, and Research Studies


Legal Forms For California
Advertising From LegalFormsForCalifornia.com/


Source for free legal documents for California, free business documents, technology documents, educational documents, creative documents, document sharing, document publishing, web 2.0, embedded documents, document conversions, word to pdf, free docs, document sharing – Docstoc is a community for people to find and share professional documents. Find free legal documents and free business documents.


Los Angeles Pedestrian Accident Attorney
Advertising From LosAngelesPedestrianAccidentAttorney.com/


Personal Injury Lawyer Los Angeles – FREE CONSULTATION by Personal Injury Attorney Los Angeles – Legal Defenders, Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyers – Get a FREE CONSULTATION from a Personal Injury Lawyer Los Angeles from Law Offices of Burg and Brock, who have won over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for clients


Car Motorcycle Accident
Advertising CarMotorcycleAccident.com/


Car Motorcycle Accident Attorney – FREE CONSULTATION by Car Motorcycle Accident Attorney Los Angeles – Legal Defenders, Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyers – Get a FREE CONSULTATION from a Personal Injury Lawyer Los Angeles from Law Offices of Burg and Brock, who have won over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for clients


Motorcycle Truck Accident
Advertising MotorcycleTruckAccident.com/


Car Motorcycle Accident Attorney – FREE CONSULTATION by Car Motorcycle Accident Attorney Los Angeles – Legal Defenders, Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyers – Get a FREE CONSULTATION from a Personal Injury Lawyer Los Angeles from Law Offices of Burg and Brock, who have won over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for clients


Page took 6 seconds to load.