ATLANTA – Thomas Ukoshovbera A. Gbenedio has been sentenced for illegally dispensing and distributing controlled substances from his pharmacy. After Gbenedio was found guilty by a jury, he attempted to flee the country to avoid prison. […]
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California’s MICRA law modernized after nearly 50 years
For the first time in nearly 50 years, California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) has been modernized and the state’s limit on noneconomic damages will no longer be capped at $250,000. Instead, starting in January 2023: If the case doesn’t involve a patient death, there will be a limit […]
Will We See Big Law Gender Parity in 20 Years? Dream On.
When I started covering women in Big Law almost two decades ago, I thought female lawyers would bloom like wildflowers—everywhere. Although female partners were like rare orchids in 2003—they constituted a scant 16% of all partners then, according to The American Lawyer—they seemed to have momentum on their side. We […]
Vince McMahon’s WWE Names Third General Counsel in Three Years
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., coping with a raft of lawsuits over its business pursuits, has hired its third top lawyer since late 2020 in Elisebeth Collins. Collins, who will take over immediately as WWE’s general counsel, most recently was deputy general counsel for sales and services at Caterpillar Inc. She […]
Legislation seeks to fund criminal justice alternatives almost six years after law’s passage | News
Oklahoma voters passed State Questions 780 and 781 in 2016 in a criminal justice reform effort that would reduce felonies and use the savings to fund mental health and substance abuse programs. While the formula for funding went through several stages of debates, no method for funding was offered by […]
DeSantis should sign this year’s alimony overhaul bill, advocate says
Marc D. Johnson On behalf of thousands who have been exposed to Florida’s family courts, Florida Family Fairness is urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign into law a bill (SB 1796) to modernize Florida’s family laws. The reasonable bill that passed during the 2022 legislative session is a thoughtful and […]
‘I voted for divorce 25 years ago. I never thought I’d need it’
25 years on from a divisive referendum, divorce in Ireland remains a costly, traumatic and isolating experience Twenty-five years ago, the first divorces were granted in Ireland. Sixty-two per cent turned out to vote on a day that was wet and miserable along the west coast, and it passed by a whisker, with […]
Demand for criminal justice reform remains 10 years later
SANFORD – There is nothing near the light brown and gold block buildings of The Retreat at Twin Lakes to note that this is where Trayvon Martin was killed a decade ago. On a late afternoon in mid-December, children walk and laugh along a sun-brightened sidewalk on the outer edge of […]
Lawyers prepare for biggest shake-up to divorce law in 50 years
Lawyers in England and Wales are preparing for a rise in divorce cases this spring as estranged couples turn to new legislation allowing them to end their marriage without having to blame each other. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation bill will come into effect in April and has been hailed […]
Ex spouses consider a do-over 16 years after divorce
Dear Abby: I reconnected with my ex-husband, “Liam,” a year ago, 16 years after our divorce. (We hadn’t seen or talked to each other during that time.) He’s remarried with four kids; I am single with two kids. We got married when we were young, but we’re now in our […]