tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50780232024-03-13T12:31:26.484-07:00Digital Law BlogKey Internet Resources for the Attorney or Pro Se litigant to find the law & manage the facts by
improving the signal to noise ratio!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-51110507367247833512013-02-10T08:41:00.003-08:002013-02-10T08:45:07.975-08:00Pacerhttp://recap.s3.amazonaws.com/20110215_Lee_Schultze_RECAP_NYLS.mp4Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-90362526475394115682012-07-25T19:16:00.000-07:002012-07-25T19:16:05.264-07:00
Bankruptcy, Page-by-Page, Line-by Tedious-Line
July 25, 2012Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-6275884945284336732011-11-21T17:40:00.001-08:002011-11-21T17:47:02.632-08:00Billionaires Duck Buffett 17% Tax Target Avoiding Reporting Cash to IRSWhen billionaire Billy Joe “Red” McCombs, co-founder of Clear Channel Communications Inc., reported a $9.8 million loss on his tax return, he failed to include about $259 million from a lucrative stock transaction.After an audit, the Internal Revenue Service ordered him to pay $44.7 million in back taxes. McCombs, who is worth an estimated $1.4 billion and is a former owner of the Minnesota Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-77458577004776894682011-02-23T11:19:00.000-08:002011-02-23T11:25:00.256-08:00Big Law's $1,000-Plus an Hour ClubLeading attorneys in the U.S. are asking as much as $1,250 an hour, significantly more than in previous years, taking advantage of big clients' willingness to pay top dollar for certain types of services.A few pioneers had raised their fees to more than $1,000 an hour about five years ago, at the peak of the economic boom. But after the recession hit, many of the rest of the industry's elite wereUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-55928125893258604892010-09-16T19:15:00.000-07:002010-09-16T19:17:04.539-07:00JPMorgan Brings Foreclosure Case In Mortgage In Which It Was Just A Servicer, Court Finds Bank Committed FraudAn interesting development out of Jean Johnson, Circuit Judge in Duval Country, Florida, where in a case filed by JPMorgan/WaMu, as Plaintiff, and law firm of Shapiro and Fishman, attempted to evict defendants Hank and Marilyn Pocopanni. As basis for the legal case, WaMu had submitted an assignment of mortgage, which however the court just found never actually belonged to WaMu, and instead was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-79075336617564215222010-05-02T10:26:00.000-07:002010-05-02T10:43:36.616-07:00Who Knew Bankruptcy Paid So Well?MORE than $263,000 for photocopies in four months. Over $2,100 in limousine rides by one partner in one month. And $48 just to leave a message. Explanations for these charges? Priceless. To date, Weil, Gotshal & Manges the lead law firm representing Lehman, has billed the Lehman estate for more than $164 million. With first- and second-year associates charging more than $500 an hour in some of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-12555638818346645572010-04-08T21:37:00.000-07:002010-04-08T21:38:05.592-07:00Lawsuit Targets Mobile Real Estate AppsMobile real estate applications company Smarter Agent has filed a federal class-action lawsuit alleging patent infringement by major real estate companies including Move, Zillow and Trulia, among others.In the complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Smarter Agent alleges that the companies named in the suit violated three of its technology patents, all of which Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-4309646662776777272010-01-26T12:35:00.000-08:002010-01-26T12:36:37.596-08:00Legal Sites Plan Revamps as Rivals Undercut PriceLawyers and other researchers turn to services like Westlaw and LexisNexis to find a wide variety of legal documents, public records and analysis. A single lawyer might pay about $100 a month for a limited version, while large law firms will pay millions of dollars for unlimited access. Westlaw and LexisNexis each bring in more than $1 billion a year for their respective parent companies, ThomsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-1351099118282339902010-01-24T20:30:00.000-08:002010-01-24T20:33:16.947-08:00The Bonnie and Clyde of Mortgage FraudUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-14227805978318925782010-01-23T13:47:00.000-08:002010-01-23T13:49:44.856-08:00Authenticating Web Pages as EvidenceThis is a very thorough article about the pitfalls of getting web page screen shots or other web content into evidence at trial. While it focuses on Federal Rules of Evidence, and Federal trials, it makes clear that different Courts are going to view web evidence differently. Can you get it in with an Affidavit? Maybe. Can you get it in without the person who printed the screen shot? Maybe. The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-16669028869740507742010-01-17T19:56:00.000-08:002010-01-17T19:57:15.498-08:00BarMax: The $1,000 iPhone App That Might Actually Be Worth ItUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-55808781323461771512009-12-29T16:59:00.001-08:002009-12-29T17:02:55.716-08:00Torrent Search Engines Unlawful, U.S. Judge SaysThe operator of a popular BitTorrent search site said Monday he will likely challenge last week’s landmark decision by a U.S. judge declaring such sites unlawful and no different from conventional peer-to-peer piracy services.“We do think from our preliminary review there are a number of issues for appeal,” said Ira Rothken, attorney for torrent search engine ISO Hunt, the defendant in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-51327868864555848112009-12-09T16:47:00.000-08:002009-12-09T16:54:10.250-08:00Text Messages: Digital Lipstick on the CollarUnlike earlier eras when a dalliance might be suspected but not confirmed, nowadays text messages provide proof. Divorce lawyers say they have seen an increase in cases in the past year where a wronged spouse has offered text messages to show that a partner has strayed. The American Bar Association began offering seminars this fall for marital attorneys on how to use electronic evidence — text Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-45343687463472139822009-12-08T10:48:00.000-08:002009-12-08T10:50:27.708-08:00The American State of Bankruptcy"People borrow to stave off the day of reckoning, and then when credit tightens, the bankruptcy numbers go up." By the end of the year, Lawless got specific: "For 2009, I am expecting a little under 1,400,000 bankruptcy filings."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-74483438425470897092009-11-20T17:21:00.000-08:002009-11-20T17:28:27.792-08:00Google Scholar - Wow free Case Law Research!!!State Appellate and Supreme Courts since 1950US Federal District, Appellate, Tax and Bankruptcy since 1923US Supreme Court since 1791The search can be limited to legal opinions, US Federal opinions and state court only searches. The results include the full text of the case, with original page numbering, along with internal links to cases cited. Perhaps most welcome is the tab feature showing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-85073998235560008942009-10-03T11:18:00.000-07:002009-10-03T11:19:11.420-07:00Order for Relief from Stay & AbandonmentOrder For Relief From Stay And Abandonment-Chapter 7 Order For Relief From Stay And Abandonment-Chapter 7 - Ohio - Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-47398912899608576672009-05-13T17:54:00.000-07:002009-05-13T17:55:23.606-07:00Legal terms of video hosting services comparedFor the Air Canada article I was researching a video hosting service that would match my requirements of:Which rights of my work I would have to give away,what usage rights I could assign to my viewers,what level of privacy I could expect in terms of disclosure of my data,and where a service had its legal residence in case of a dispute.I’ve decided to collect and extend my findings in this post Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-32540835187417606722009-04-12T17:13:00.000-07:002009-04-12T17:15:03.423-07:00Twitter boosts public access to federal courtroomsIn a victory for news technology in federal courts, a judge is allowing a reporter to use the microblogging service Twitter to provide constant updates from a racketeering gang trial this week.It's not the first time online streaming has been allowed in courtrooms, but the practice is still rare in the federal system, especially in criminal cases.A couple of lawyers voiced concern about the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-67602200186422352972009-03-20T19:57:00.000-07:002009-03-20T20:00:53.565-07:00Positioning and pitch decks for startupsIMHO, a great pitch deck is concise (15 slides) and highly focused. And in the deck I like to see the following points covered (yes, this is my preferred order):One/Two sentence pitch for company -value proposition (1 slide)Brief history - founded when, capital raised to date and from whom, capital needed in new round (1 slide)Who/Team - give me some context of who you are, your backgrounds, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-8122930143094528662009-03-10T21:09:00.000-07:002009-03-10T21:11:24.592-07:00JD SupraStartup JD Supra is hoping to merge user generated content with the legal community. Founded by attorney Aviva Cuyler and launched last year, the site enables lawyers, law firms, and legal professionals to publish legal documents online. The source is credited for his or her work via a LinkedIn-like profile on the site. Access is free and anyone can search the database of memos, court filings, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-50514536592457294232009-03-03T09:24:00.001-08:002009-03-03T09:28:00.813-08:00Steve Forbes on Taxes--Individuals and businesses spend 7.6 billion hours a year filling out tax forms for the IRS. "And that figure does not even include the millions of additional hours that taxpayers must spend when they are required to respond to an IRS notice or an audit." Those 7.6 billion hours consume the equivalent of 3.8 million full-time workers.--The cost of complying with the code comes to $193 billion. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-60274792873435154352009-03-02T17:45:00.000-08:002009-03-02T17:49:50.739-08:00Lieberman Asks, Why Are Court Docs Still Behind Paid Firewall?Online Rebel Publishes Millions of Dollars in U.S. Court Records for FreeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-65498209983386444132008-05-29T09:22:00.000-07:002008-05-29T09:24:14.941-07:00BK Judge Rules Stated Income HELOC Debt DischargeableThis is a big deal, and will no doubt strike real fear in the hearts of stated-income lenders everywhere. Our own Uncle Festus sent me this decision, in which Judge Leslie Tchaikovsky ruled that a National City HELOC that had been "foreclosed out" would be discharged in the debtors' Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Nat City had argued that the debt should be non-dischargeable because the debtors made Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-45555057995370704402008-05-25T10:16:00.000-07:002008-05-25T10:29:21.054-07:00Back Door Cram Down on 2nd T.D. Refi [11 U.S.C. 1322 (b)]A lot has been written by me and others about How To Walk Away From Your Home. My blog has become more of a self-help guide to walking away in California. I get at least 25 calls and emails a week from people who want to get out from their underwater homes, but are scared they will be liable for the unpaid mortgage debt. As I previously explained, California homeowners who used 80/20 loans to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078023.post-84692936121114658222008-05-23T07:52:00.000-07:002008-05-23T08:26:36.454-07:00Show Us Your Money - Patriot & Bank Secrecy ActThe Patriot Act authorized broad surveillance of financial transactions, bypassing the Fourth Amendment's normal protections against "unreasonable searches and seizures" by requiring businesses to collect and share information with the government.After the measure passed and was signed into law, the debate was far from over. The American Civil Liberties Union and other critics continued to rail Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0