The web page of the Ohio Supreme Court reports: The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that an award of attorney fees in a civil lawsuit is distinct from an award of punitive damages, and the public policy of the…

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Public Policy, Punitive Damages And Fee Awards

The New York Times highlights a changing decades-old tradition in China for the government not to disclose information on its spending habits.  The original story on Asia Times Online talks about a small town in the Sichuan province, where public officials decided to disclose its budget.  The findings are quite interesting – 65% of government funds were spent on entertainment and accommodations…of local public officials.  But, as the story notes, the public is not outraged about the spending – most of the people seem to be happy with the fact that the government is actually releasing the numbers. (Part of Publicized Baimiao Village Government Spending in January. Source: http://www.chinahush.com) This translation of a Chinese commentary notes that in just 3 days the story got the attention of more than 300,000 people on the web.  It has some interesting opinions on what it all means and ends with a rather provocative question: whether this move by a village government is a call to other governments throughout the country to do the same?  Will others step up to the plate

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Naked Government

A case decided on May 3 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed abuse of process and malicious prosecution claims brought by an attorney who had represented a divorce client.

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Damages For Sullied Reputation

Those were the words of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai referring to a recent visit to Harare by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The leader came to Zimbabwe last week to discuss trade and cooperation agreements with President Robert Mugabe, who himself has been a target of international sanctions and recently backed Iran’s nuclear ambitions as a “ just cause .” Despite being thousands of miles from each other, the two countries share similar political and economic challenges that can be addressed through similar approaches. In the wake of the unrest following presidential elections in each country, civil society has operated under tighter control with limited political space to promote constitutional reform and hold government accountable for achieving economic and social priorities

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“Inviting a Mosquito to Cure Malaria”

Another recent discipline case summarized in the California Bar Journal:[An attorney] was suspended for four years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a two-year actual suspension and until he makes restitution and proves his rehabilitation, and he was…

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Multiple Problems Lead To Supension, Probation

[Our final installment of Shubha's appearance on Jeopardy. And as I promised, here is one other writing you can see from him, perhaps a bit more technical, his coauthoed West casebook, Intellectual Property. Where we left off, Shubha was about...

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Ghosh on Jeopardy, Part IV: Final Jeopardy (and a parallel to legal education?)

A Virginia attorney was reprimanded for failure to supervise a legal secretary who embezzled from his law firm. The employee was on probation for theft when the attorney hired her at the suggestion of his father, who had founded the…

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Second Chance Given, Attorney Reprimanded

[Shubha Ghosh (Wisc., Law), who with Jeff is the most well-read guy I know and a frequent blogger elsewhere, has graciously agreed to write for us a series on his very recent experience playing Jeopardy! He is coauthor of the...

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Guest Series by Shubha Ghosh, Wisconsin Law Prof and Jeopardy! Contestant Yesterday

Posted by Alan Childress [The Society of American Law Teachers has a list of past presidents and board members that reads like a who’s who of the law prof world. A letter sent to Dean Griffin of Tulane today, by…

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Update on Bill Threatening La. Student Clinics: SALT Weighs In

Two additional bar discipline reports have been filed in connection with ethics charges brought in Michigan against attorneys in connection with litigation involving former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. In one matter, the tri-county hearing panel found that the charges against…

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Defending The Mayor Part Two

Viriva Community Credit Union is sponsoring a flea market event on: May 22nd, 2010 at 157 York Rd, Warminster PA 18974. Sell your unwanted items or homemade goods all while…

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Spring Clean for Charity

The New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department imposed a six-month suspension with reinstatement conditional on a further court order of an attorney who had charged excessive (but not illegal) fees to a elderly client who suffered from…

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Bilking Elderly Client Draws Suspension

The web page of the Ohio Supreme Court reports: The law license of [a] Cleveland attorney…has been suspended for two years, with the final 18 months of that term stayed on conditions, for professional misconduct arising from his admitted use…

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Attorney’s Drug Use Places Clients At Risk

The Illinois Hearing Board has recommended a censure of an attorney who had prepared a series of testamentary documents for a client that included bequests to him. The attorney acknowledged the conduct but and indicated that he was not aware…

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Don’t Mess With The Opera

Today’s Daily Angle comes from  Wikinvest Wire member  David Hunkar of TopForeignStocks.com. You can read  the full article on David’s blog . ALL-America Latina Logistica S.A, the Brazil -based Latin America ’s independent rail-based logistics operator, listed its ADR on the OTCQX market in Level 2 category with the ticker  ALLAY .

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New ADR Listing: Brazilian Railroad-based Logistics Operator

From left to right: Slim Othmani President, Algerian Corporate Governance Task Force, Algeria; Majdi Hassen Executive Director, Arab Institute of Business Leaders, Tunisia; Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Regional Director for the Middle East and Africa, CIPE; and Yasser Akkaoui Editor-in-chief, Executive Magazine, Lebanon.

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The State of Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa

Posted by Alan Childress From a press release this morning: Recommendations for improving the training of lawyers to meet the challenges of the 21st century were explored at Equipping Our Lawyers: Law School Education, Continuing Legal Education, and Legal Practice…

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Joint Report Recommends Changes to Legal Education for Practice and CLE Training

I’ve been watching lots of great videos lately–all entries to the Democracy Video Challenge that CIPE, the Dept of State and a number of democracy, youth, and film groups sponsor. This year’s entries offer some great insights into how democracy is viewed and discussed around the world. It’s a diverse opinion, sometimes humorous and sometimes poignant

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Video Screening at the Hirshhorn–Join us tonight!

Today’s Daily Angle comes from  Wikinvest Wire member  Rob Powell of TelecomRamblings.com. You can read  the full article on Rob’s blog . Flash Player 9 or higher is required to view the chart Click here to download Flash Player now View the full S chart at Wikinvest  Well, perhaps ’sprints’ is a bit too strong but it has been such a long time in coming…  Sprint Nextel (S) finally returned to sequential revenue growth in its  earnings report for the first quarter of 2010 .

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Sprint Finally Sprints Forward

Given the Ottoman Empire’s history in the Middle East, Turkey’s secularism upon the founding of the republic has left many with a less than favorable perception of the country among Arab states.

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The Perception of Turkey in the Middle East: Soap Opera Diplomacy?

Participants at a Provincial Investment Commission conference in December 2008, convened by CIPE. Meetings such as these continue laying the groundwork for prosperity in Iraq. (Photo: CIPE) After years of extraordinary violence, Iraq has now shifted its focus significantly from security and stabilization to improving economic growth.

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Back on the FDI radar: Investing in Iraq

On today’s tenth annual celebration of World Intellectual Property Day , it’s worth noting that big multinationals aren’t the only firms that have use for intellectual property (IP) rights. IP also matters for franchising, which is an important step for the growth of small, entrepreneurial firms.

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No more stepping on toes – A challenge for World Intellectual Property Day

Today’s Daily Angle comes from  Wikinvest Wire member  Mark H of FundMyMutualFund.com. You can read  the full article on the Fund My Mutual Fund blog .

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Yep, It’s Starting to get 1999ish Out There – Analyst Upgrades Mercadolibre (MELI) and Slaps 60x Forward PE Ratio

Today’s Daily Angle comes from  Wikinvest Wire member Dividend Growth Investor. You can read  the full article on DividendGrowthInvestor.com

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Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble Deliver Consistent Dividend Increases

Kyrgyzstan’s self-named Interim Government of People’s Trust set the dates for the Constitutional Referendum and the Election only 2 weeks after taking power. The Interim Government’s Chairman Omurbek Tekebaev, who is also Chairman of the political party “Atameken,” and a likely presidential contender, scheduled the referendum on the new Constitution for June 27, 2010 and parliamentary elections for October 10, 2010

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Kyrgyzstan’s Window of Opportunity