As a former plaintiff's trial lawyer who had good success marketing on the Internet, I'm sickened by the way many personal injury lawyers blog. Copying news stories for keywords and key phrases for the SEO shame game. Wrapping up each post with the classic if this awful thing happened to you call th...

A fascinating federal criminal trial is slated to begin on Thursday out in Missoula, Mont., where five former executives of W.R. Grace & Company stand accused of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and violations of the Clean Air Act. Federal prosecutors allege that the executives knew that wor...

If you have been hurt in an accident and have suffered not only physical but mental pain, you should consider getting a personal injury lawyer. Instead of going through the heartache yourself, a professional personal injury lawyer could help you win the case. By using their knowledge of the law, spe...

The promoter of a monster truck show was tragically killed by a monster truck in Madison, Wisconsin this weekend. George Eisenhart Jr.’s death came one day after he touted the show's safety, and about a week after a boy was killed at a monster truck show in Tacoma. The AP reports that Eisenhart, ...

A Kentucky high school football coach has been indicted for reckless homicide in the heat stroke related death of one of his players. While private litigation often follows heat related sports deaths, the criminal charge against coach Stinson is rare. The AP reports that Thursday a grand jury indict...

Although a person's home is their castle, videotaping what goes on inside can come at a hefty price. An Iowa man discovered this after he secretly taped his own wife in their house, and following their divorce, was slapped with a $22,500 award against him for invasion of her privacy. This comes on t...

Yesterday, the Law Blog wrote a piece for the WSJ, the LB’s sister publication, in which we posed the following question: Which party should foot the costs of a lawsuit? Should each side bear its own costs, as they do in the U.S.? Or would we be better off with a so-called loser-pays system &#...

By: LISA R. WILSON As a whole, rape prosecutions have progressed for the better in the last 30 years. Largely due to decades of advocacy, better investigation techniques and tighter laws, more rape victims are putting their violent assailants behind bars. But in cases of non-stranger or date rape, w...

By: LISA R. WILSON The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on Tuesday, November 18th, that Nestlé Prepared Foods Company is recalling nearly 900,000 pounds of frozen chicken meals that may contain small pieces of bright-blue hard plastic. The three me...

With Christmas and Hanukah just around the corner, the holiday shopping season is almost upon us, ready or not. Before you hit the malls or the internet to make the little ones on your holiday shopping list happy, check out the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's toy safety tips for parents an...