The Supreme Court recently released its opinion in Padilla v. Kentucky, holding that legal counsel must inform his client when his guilty plea carries a risk of deportation. Justice Stevens wrote the majority opinion, which justices Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor joined. The court concluded: “[A]s a matter of federal law, deportation is an integral […]
The Austin American Statesman is reporting that federal judge Lee Yeakel ruled that the law that bars medical professionals from contacting victims within 30 days of an accident is unconstitutional. In his ruling, Yeakel wrote that the chiropractor plaintiff showed that early medical treatment was beneficial to accident victims. Yeakel also struck down the banning of […]
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog is carrying a post about the “new” bloggers movement advising anyone and everyone to avoid law school at all costs (or at least its high tuition costs). One quote from Big Debt, Small Law: We prefer not be crammed elbow to elbow in document review gulags for less money […]
