Alabama’s lawyer fees are going through the roof as it enters a new round of budget cuts, but the state’s highest-profile attorney is still doing well.According to the attorney general’s office, the average fee for a lawyer is $21,813 per year, up more than 60% from last year.That increase in lawyer fees comes amid an…
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Lawyer retainer could put attorney in conflict of interest
A lawyer who agreed to serve as a consultant to a law firm in exchange for a $500,000 retainer may now face ethics questions because he or she is working as an adviser to a client in a conflict of Interest Act violation.The Washington Post reports that the ethics board in Pennsylvania found that attorney…

When is a cat safe to leave home and where can you find one?
When a cat is in distress, it’s in its best interests to remain calm and stay in a safe place, a lawyer says.“If a cat needs to be confined, it needs to remain in a shelter, not on the street,” said David Schaller, a senior lawyer at the American Human Rights Law Center (AHLC), who…

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Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary hearing starts with one question: Are there ‘constitutional questions’ left unanswered?
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday began his first public hearing of the Trump administration’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.The Senate Judiciary panel is expected to take up Kavanaugh’s nomination on Wednesday, and will be the final hurdle to the confirmation process.Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona, who is…

Federal judge strikes down plan to use GPS tracking to track gun purchases
A federal judge struck down the plan to place a tracking device on a gun owner’s car and ordered a stay of the order pending a final ruling. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge John F. Canning rejected the gun-tracking plan. The order, filed in U.A. v.Smith and filed with the U.N. Human Rights Council, states that gun…

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Casey Anthony’s lawyer retainer deal to pay out millions to entertainment lawyer
Posted October 02, 2018 09:06:49 A Hollywood lawyer’s retainer will pay out $10 million to a former entertainment lawyer who said Anthony had paid her $200,000 per week to help negotiate the sale of a film he was making.Casey Anthony’s legal team said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times that it has been…

Lawyers review race discrimination lawsuit against Phoenix immigration lawyer
Lawyers in a class-action lawsuit against the Phoenix immigration attorney have reviewed the lawsuit, and they say they don’t believe the judge in the case is biased.The lawyers say that after more than three years of litigation, Phoenix immigration lawyers have not yet received any of the $1.4 million in back pay the plaintiffs sought…