Top Stories of the Week
Friday, October 7, 2016

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• Trial misconduct cited by judge in tossing $260K road-rage verdict against cop

  Oct 4, 2016, 9:10 am CDT

• A Message From Bloomberg Law

  Privacy Laws Around the World

  Aug 29, 2016, 1:35 pm CDT

• Sorry, technology isn’t easy—you take the time to learn, or you lose

  Oct 3, 2016, 8:30 am CDT

• Lawyer denies brandishing his gun during a deposition; court reporter kept typing in tense situation

  Oct 6, 2016, 11:06 am CDT

• Lawyers will have to cut 1,000 words from their arguments in federal appeals briefs

  Oct 4, 2016, 10:40 am CDT

• A Message From Thomson Reuters Firm Central

  Top Ten Reasons to Love Firm Central—A Small Law Firm’s Point of View

  Oct 2, 2016, 2:57 pm CDT

• California makes it a felony for prosecutors to withhold or alter exculpatory evidence

  Oct 5, 2016, 3:00 pm CDT

• Did publication of Donald Trump's tax return information violate the law?

  Oct 3, 2016, 10:54 am CDT

• Lawyer is ordered to pay $1.75M in punitive damages for alleged meritless suit

  Oct 6, 2016, 8:00 am CDT

• Judge is admonished for belittling potential jurors

  Oct 5, 2016, 8:45 am CDT

• Failed firm's leaders violated law by not giving proper notice before layoffs, federal judge says

  Oct 3, 2016, 3:15 pm CDT

• Federal judge is tossed from 2 cases for repeated failure to rule on pending motions

  Oct 5, 2016, 10:59 am CDT

• Suspect accepts plea deal in slaying of law prof Dan Markel; his help led to third person's arrest

  Oct 4, 2016, 3:17 pm CDT

• Which law school offers grads the best job prospects? Princeton Review issues its 2017 rankings

  Oct 6, 2016, 12:55 pm CDT

• News quiz in session: Will you prevail?

  Oct 3, 2016, 5:00 pm CDT

• Lawyer's 'free legal tips' for clueless defendants are based on experience

  Oct 3, 2016, 7:00 am CDT

Question of the Week

What advice do you have for criminal defendants or civil litigants?

This week, we took note of a West Virginia lawyer’s Facebook page, L. Scott Briscoe’s Free Legal Tips.

Briscoe’s advice is usually something like Free Legal Tip of the Day #6: “Drinking ice water just before your drug test does not adequately explain why your urine sample is cold.”

So this week, we’d like to ask you: What advice do you have for criminal defendants? Or civil litigants? We welcome both serious suggestions and quirky ones that suggest you’ve had clients who have done some strange things.

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week’s question: In law school, did you get better scores on longer essay answers?

Featured answer:

Posted by Meshugginer: “I tell people that I finished first in law school. I didn’t have the best grades, but every exam, I finished first. My classmates would make book on how long it would be between start time and when I would turn in the blue book. My grades weren’t the best, but judges tended to like my brief briefs.”