A leaked draft proposal posted by StateWatch and created by the European Commission reports that most Member States appear to be in favour of introducing a three-tiered fine system for non-compliance with EU data protection rules.

Small-firm columnist Gary J. Ross reflects on what's beautiful about Biglaw.

If you didn't think Lorde's Royals would make the perfect vehicle for reaching out to whistleblowers, you weren't thinking hard enough.

I have blogged about this matter several times, all the while applauding the lower court decision and employer’s legal position in the case, as I believed what these temporary lawyers were doing did constitute the practice of law.

Cops trophy hunt African-Americans all the time.

“Happy Birthday to You” is a tune simple enough for a cake-addled toddler to master, but the copyright lawsuit over the song is as complex as a Rachmaninoff piano concerto.

* Judge uses hearing to take out lost luggage irritation on airline appearing before him. [Legal Cheek] * Law schools should teach entrepreneurship, because students should be learning something they can apply when the job market turns up empty. [Tax Prof Blog] * Meet Dylann Roof's defense counsel,…

A former employee at the law firm Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday for insider trading, eight months after admitting to making illegal trades using data gleaned from the firm's computer system. The ex-employee, Dmitry Braverman, was sentenced by a…

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As two Zimbabweans accused of helping an American dentist track and kill Zimbabwe's most famous lion appeared in court there on Wednesday, the hunter sought to push back against a wave of public opprobrium.

Columnist Ed Sohn of alt.legal interviews Suzanne Natbony, co-founder and CEO of LawTake.

Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news.

Columnist Kevin O'Keefe ponders the future of legal publishing.

Sad news for an Arkansas judge whose son died.

Educated prisoners are less likely to get out of prison and shoot me.

What should you do when attorneys at your firm start fleeing like rats off a sinking ship?

Here are the factors for you to consider, according to Lake Whillans Litigation Finance.

Isn't it a bit early to be talking about 2015 bonuses?

Patent litigation isn't as lucrative as it used to be, but those who were around for the glory days did very, very well for themselves.

For her son's second birthday party, Louisiana mother L'erin Dobra chose a theme that captured the little boy's most passionate interest: New Orleans personal injury lawyer Morris Bart.

* "Bueller... Bueller..." Richard Hsu chats with Ben Stein. [Hsu Untied] * NFL deflates Tom Brady's hopes of playing a full season. [Redline] * Can a public defender really handle 700 cases a year? Spoiler alert: No. [Mother Jones] * About a third of the seats on the Court of Federal Claims are…

A federal judge in Manhattan rejected a bid by the conservative advocacy group Citizens United to stop New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from requiring that charities disclose to him their major donors.

Attorneys for tech workers who claimed four big tech companies colluded to suppress wages are squabbling over the division of the legal fees in the $415 million settlement.

The complicated relationship between Zimbabwe and America will help Walter Palmer escape justice.

The syllabus tells you everything that you need to know about a professor -- it’s like a psychological profile. What else can glean from the syllabus?

When you think about it, why aren't judges citing "The Wire" all the time?

Oklahoma's highest court has commanded the state to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol, rejecting the latest legal effort to keep the statue in its place.

Plaintiff's lawyer Stephen D. Susman has given $2 million for a first-of-its-kind project at New York University School of Law to research and promote public discussion about the vanishing jury trial.

Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news.

What tips do you have for managing highly emotional emails? Here's some advice.

Once you're at a networking event, what do you do? Here's some advice from a novice networker.

A pair of states buck the trend and increase public defender budgets.

The Biglaw partner who committed several party fouls on a plane is on an apology tour.

Why on earth would a law school dean do such a thing?

A group of South Africans will not be allowed to pursue a lawsuit accusing Ford Motor Co. and International Business Machines Corp. of helping their government perpetuate human rights abuses during apartheid, a federal appeals court said Monday.

The names of California's best law schools are familiar across the legal industry. But further down the pecking order--much further--are nearly two dozen unaccredited California law schools that in theory offer an alternative way of becoming a lawyer. In reality, according to an investigation by the…

Major reform for one of the most idiosyncratic -- and toughest -- bar exams in the nation.

* Conan O’Brien faces a new lawsuit alleging that he stole jokes from a Twitter user’s feed. Meanwhile, Conan mulls suit against Tinder for ripping off Pimpbot 5000 character. [The Hollywood Reporter] * Snoop blames racial profiling for his arrest on suspicion of marijuana possession in Sweden.…

We should not expect the courts to give the marijuana industry any tax relief -- that is going to have to come from Congress.