(a) A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction with a client or knowingly acquire an ownership, possessory, security or other pecuniary interest adverse to a client unless: (1) the ...

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest. A concurrent conflict of interest exists if: (1) the ...

Stock photo. Giugi Carminati, 41, had the first of her four children when she was 24 and attending the University of Houston Law Center. As Carminati began practicing law in Houston, she and her ...

The year is 2008, and a woman confronts then presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at a rally, expressing her distrust of presidential candidate Barack Obama, a Democratic senator from ...

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New and emerging AI technologies, such as GPT models, have the potential to reshape the legal landscape. Law schools are failing to incorporate AI training into their curricula despite its growing ...

Notarios are individuals who represent themselves as qualified to offer legal advice or services concerning immigration or other matters of law, who have no such qualification, routinely victimize ...

What do a six-year-old Chicago boy, a family in Maryland, a California sixth grader, a Florida State University student senate president, and a 46-year-old corporate lawyer from New Jersey have in ...

The U.S. passenger airlines have been active in mergers and acquisitions since last year or so, with the Alaska/Hawaiian acquisition, the failed JetBlue/Spirit merger, and more being proposed. But how ...

Being nominated and confirmed as a federal judge is one of the greatest honors that any American lawyer can hope for in a career. For Muslim American lawyers, this has been an honor long denied. It ...

In the last year, Muslim Americans have reported a surge in anti-Muslim violence and hate. According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the United States’ largest Muslim civil liberties ...