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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Americans are treated, and overtreated, to death – Yahoo! News 2 months, 1 week ago · View
Americans are treated, and overtreated, to death – Yahoo! News.
This is directly analogous to lawyers with a no stone unturned policy in litigation.
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: No ads – their ads 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
As you know if you have been through my posts before, I have a policy of not taking ads from lawyers, and I mention that a lot to promote my lack of bias. However, my host has now started running their own ads on my site, and to stop that I have to pay for [...]
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: First the Spill, Then the Lawsuits – NYTimes.com 3 months ago · View
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: How Best Buy got duped | StarTribune.com 3 months ago · View
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: In jail for being in debt | StarTribune.com 3 months ago · View
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Wells Fargo ordered to pay $30 million for fraud | StarTribune.com 3 months, 1 week ago · View
Wells Fargo ordered to pay $30 million for fraud | StarTribune.com . The fall out from the financial crisis is only beginning. Note that one of the plaintiffs is a foundation set up by the plaintiffs law firm. Query if this case would have gone to trial (the newspapers say this is the first to go to [...]
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Editorial – A New Standard of Decency for Juvenile Criminals – NYTimes.com 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Editorial – A New Standard of Decency for Juvenile Criminals – NYTimes.com . And, braving the catcalls of nativists, Justice Kennedy also looked to international law to bolster his argument, noting that this form of sentencing had been rejected by countries the world over . Until Monday, the United States was the only country to impose such sentences on its [...]
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Editorial – The Right to, and Need for, Counsel – NYTimes.com 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Earlier this month Judge Lippman delivered a Law Day speech in Albany arguing for an even broader vision of justice, one that includes guaranteeing a lawyer for poor people in civil disputes where basic needs are at stake, like evictions and foreclosures. He plans to hold hearings around the state before unveiling a detailed plan [...]
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Fake Immigration Lawyer Guilty of Bilking Clients – NYTimes.com 3 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Op-Ed Contributor – Why Miranda Matters — and Why It Doesn’t – NYTimes.com 3 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Suit Challenging New York’s Public Defense System Can Proceed – NYTimes.com 4 months ago · View
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Paterson Move May Help Immigrants Facing Deportation – NYTimes.com 4 months, 1 week ago · View
Mr. Paterson does not need legislative approval to undertake the new policy. Federal immigration laws enacted in 1996 greatly expanded the categories of legal immigrants subject to mandatory deportation as “aggravated felons,” including people who had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug possession. For years after the laws’ passage, immigration authorities had neither the resources nor [...]
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Bankruptcy Fees Add Up in Cases Like Lehman’s – NYTimes.com 4 months, 1 week ago · View
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: "Free" Online Lawyer Directories Are All Just Lawyer Advertising. 4 months, 1 week ago · View
It’s a fact: They may not tell you that up front, but just look around. Do you see a link encouraging lawyers to sign up or join? That’s it, that’s the giveaway. All of these websites, every single one , supports themselves with revenue from lawyer advertising. That’s why it is “free” to you. What are they selling these [...] -
nat-colley wrote a new blog post: How Do Lawyers Get Away With This Stuff? – You're the Boss Blog – NYTimes.com 4 months, 1 week ago · View
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Justices Put Curbs on Payment for Lawyers – NYTimes.com 4 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Justices Put Curbs on Payment for Lawyers – NYTimes.com . I don’t think it is unreasonable to ask the trial judge to make specific findings to back up his enhanced fee award, but some of that may well still be subjective, based on his or her perceptions of the ebb and flow of the trial, what key [...]
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Former Blackwater executives charged in weapons case – latimes.com 4 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Former Blackwater executives charged in weapons case – latimes.com.
Problems always arise when counsel seeks to please the client/employer rather than follow the law. The whole point of legal advice is to avoid these problems, not create them.
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: Lindsay Lohan vs. the Talking Babies – Top 10 Ridiculous Celebrity Lawsuits – TIME 4 months, 4 weeks ago · View
Lindsay Lohan vs. the Talking Babies – Top 10 Ridiculous Celebrity Lawsuits – TIME . I agree this one seems like a stretch. But why did her lawyers go along instead of telling her no? Maybe because she would fire them and get someone else to do it? Happens all the time, but it’s not what you [...]
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: AP IMPACT: In Toyota lawsuits, tests and documents vanish in tactic under scrutiny | StarTribune.com 5 months ago · View
AP IMPACT: In Toyota lawsuits, tests and documents vanish in tactic under scrutiny | StarTribune.com.
Lawyers are supposed to be ‘zealous advocates’ for their clients, but too many decide that means the client is always right, and like the Catholic Church, must be protected at all costs, including justice for the innocent.
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nat-colley wrote a new blog post: The Safety Net – Critics Say Firm That Fights Jobless Claims Harms System – NYTimes.com 5 months, 1 week ago · View
The Safety Net – Critics Say Firm That Fights Jobless Claims Harms System – NYTimes.com . I am firmly against this use of the law. If you have rights, by all means defend them, but to use the law to play the percentages or for a war of attrition is an example of poor business leadership, lack [...]
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