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ABA Journal Top Stories: Blagojevich Evidence Stolen in Law Firm Break-in

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:08:36 -0500

A lawyer for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has reported that evidence in the corruption case was stolen from his Chicago office early this morning. The Chicago Tribune reports that at least one computer containing undercover recordings from the case was taken in a 4 a.m. break-in at the South [...]

ABA Journal Top Stories: Comcast-NBC Deal to Put a Fleet of M&A Lawyers to Work

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:57:17 -0500

Comcast's proposed purchase of a controlling share of NBC Universal yesterday, and troops are being assembled. The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) calls the deal, valued at about $30 billion "legal boomlet amid a slow season of M&A activity." The deal is "likely to require a small army of lawyers" [...]

ABA Journal Top Stories: Deputy Who Took PD’s Document Is in Jail, But Is He in a Cell?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:41:54 -0500

A Phoenix-area courtroom officer who took a public defender’s document is in jail for refusing to apologize, but it’s not clear if he is in a jail cell. Adam Stoddard was ordered to publicly apologize for taking the document or to report to jail. He chose the second option. Stoddard [...]

ABA Journal Top Stories: Italian Jury Finds U.S. Student Guilty of Murder, Gives Her 26-Year Sentance

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:55:27 -0500

American student Amanda Knox has been found guilty of murdering her British roommate after a 10-month trial in Perugia, Italy. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison and her Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollcito was given 25 years in the stabbing death of British exchange student Meredith Kercher, CNN reported. [...]

ABA Journal Top Stories: Hildebrandt, Baker Robbins & Co. to Combine

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:58:33 -0500

Two legal consultancies—.one focused on management consulting, the other on information technology strategy—announced their plans to merge on Jan 1. Hildebrandt International's and Baker Robbins & Co.'s consultants will work together under the Hildebrandt Baker Robbins name, according to a press release. Both are part of Thomson Reuters Corp., which [...]

ABA Journal Top Stories: NBC Developing TV Series Based on SCOTUSblog’s Tom Goldstein

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:58:08 -0500

NBC is developing a TV series based on the life of SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein. Press reports say the show will be called Tommy Supreme, but Goldstein says that’s likely just a working title, according to Washingtonian’s Capital Comment Blog. “It makes no sense, so I’m sure it will change,” [...]

WalletPop: Ask the Dolans: Are there any legitimate work-at-home businesses?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:30:00 -0500

Filed under: Entrepreneurship, The Dolans, Career, Fraud

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday.

Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question.

Everyone is looking for easy ways to make an extra buck these days.' [...]

ABA Journal Top Stories: Legal Sector Lost 2,900 Jobs in November

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:52:43 -0500

Updated: The overall U.S. unemployment rate fell to 10 percent from 10.2 percent last month, but the legal services sector still didn't get off too easy. According to seasonally adjusted numbers, the law sector lost 2,900 jobs in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says in this month's report (PDF). [...]