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Iceland May Go Bankrupt

Iceland is experiencing an economic nightmare due to the global instability in the financial markets.  Their currency, the krona, has dropped 45% against the euro and according to their prime
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Free Book of the Month: Aristophanes’s The Wasps

This month the Fastcase  Blog is bringing you Aristophanes’s  The Wasps for your reading pleasure.  This witty satire of the Athenian Law-courts is a must read.  If you are feeling adventurous
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Nobel Peace Prizes in Medicine Announced

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France will be honored for discovering the human immunodeficiency virus. Harald zur Hausen of Germany will also be honored for discovering the human papilloma
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Lawdable Quotes:John Arbuthnot

Law is a bottomless pit. (Cover of a Pamphlet c. 1700) ~ John Arbuthnot
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Tips for the Online Job Search

Above the Law, the self proclaimed “legal gossip” blog, recently reported a survey finding that 45% of law firm associates are at some stage of looking for a new job.
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California Dreamin: Gang Mom Denies Misconduct

Eva Daley, a California woman who drove her son and his friends to fight a rival gang where a 13 year old boy was killed, claims she did nothing wrong.
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Firms React to “Global Economic Crisis”

In response to the sliding market and the failure of Congress to pass the $700 billion bailout plan, law firms with financial practices have had to revamp their business and
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Lawdable Quotes: Martin Luther King Jr.

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated.  Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
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Democratizing Healthcare: Online Communities

“Patients aren’t learning from Web sites – they’re learning from each other,” observes Dr. Ted Eytan at Permanente Federation.  Almost everyone uses the internet to research health.  In fact, 75%
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Pro-Borat Decision Catapults Judge to 2nd Circuit

Apparently, the cultural learnings of America make benefit the glorious United States District Court Judge Loretta Preska.  Judge Preska, who recently presided over a suit against the makers of the faux-documentary
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