Groundbreaking Achievement: NBA Player becomes first Active U.S. Athlete to come out as Gay

    It’s the biggest move of Jason Collins’ career, and it occurred off the court.    Jason Collins, who has played 12 years in the National Basketball Association most notably for the Washington Wizards and the Boston Celtics, has disclosed to the nation that he is a homosexual. This announcement ...

Time to Pay the Piper: Level Global Agrees to Pay Nearly $22 Million to Settle Insider Trading Charges

  The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Greenwich.-based hedge fund advisory firm Level Global Investors will pay in excess of $21.5 million to settle charges that one of its founders, who also served as the funds’ portfolio manager and its lead analyst engaged in numerous insider trading in ...

The Importance of English in America - ProEnglish on Devising a Sensible Language Policy

Most studies have shown that the single most important factor in determining the economic success of immigrants in the United States is their ability to speak English. One study has shown that immigrants can increase their earnings by 20 percent by improving their English language speaking ability from “not well” to “very ...

Bankruptcy Attorney, David Edelberg Makes the Best Out of a Challenging Situation.

New York, NY—For David Edelberg, bankruptcy attorney at the New York and New Jersey firm of Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, working in bankruptcy at a general practice firm means being able to give better service to his clients. (More on  News at IsLAWS.com) “It allows me to service someone—even if ...

Divorce Attorney Discusses the Shift of Opinion in Family Law

Birmingham, MI—In the 1970s, John Schaefer didn't think that he wanted to be a divorce lawyer.  “I wanted to be a business trial lawyer,” he recalled in a recent interview with laws-info.com.  “What transpired was that the firm for which I worked represented a couple of very notable people in divorce ...

Family Law Practitioner Addresses Conflict Resolution for a Changing Legal Landscape.

Fairfax, VA—After becoming one of the best family attorneys in the Washington DC area, Richard Colten knows one place that divorcing spouses shouldn't start their search for a divorce lawyer. “First and foremost, don't go to the phone book when searching for an attorney,” he told laws-info.com in a recent ...

Guns Save Life and the Debate on Gun Rights

Earlier this month, a legislation offering expanded background checks on gun purchases was blocked in the Senate. The legislation, which set to expand background checks to cover gun purchases made online and gun-show purchases, did not receive the 60 votes needed to make it through the Senate. Instead, it was only able to get the support ...

Emergency Situation: Millions of Americans can’t afford to go to the Doctor

    An increasing number of Americans are skipping medical care simply because they cannot afford it. Roughly 80 million people, or close to 45 percent of America’s working-age adults, did not go to the doctor in 2012 because of the cost, according to various studies conducted by the Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial ...

Ohio-Based Attorney Ian Friedman Finds Satisfaction in Criminal Law

Cleveland, OH— For 42 year old criminal defense attorney Ian Friedman, the law bug bit him early. “My mother would tell you I wanted to be a criminal defense lawyer when I was in the fifth grade,” Friedman told laws-info.com in a recent interview.  “I took a position against the death penalty during ...

Top Trial Attorney James Brosnahan Reflects on Over 50 Years of Law Practice

San Francisco, CA—One of the top 30 trial lawyers in the United States, James Brosnahan first realized he wanted to practice criminal law before he even went to law school. Once he graduated, he was plunged directly into the deep end.  “My very first trial was a first degree murder case,” Brosnahan recalled in ...

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