Bill Cosby’s conviction leads Cecil Adams to a consideration of whether and how presidential pardons could be overturned.
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Now you, too, can experience Stuart V. Goldberg’s The Snake Charmer
Chicago’s flashiest criminal defense attorney drops his novel with an Instagram invitation: “Is it fact or fiction?”
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The trials of Stuart V. Goldberg, Chicago’s flashiest defense attorney
He wears $5,000 suits and is chauffeured to court in a Rolls-Royce. He’s made a fortune off the war on drugs. He claims Oprah once wanted to have his baby. He is the most interesting lawyer in Chicago. But who’s the man behind the megawatt smile?
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Art imitates life—badly—in The Good Wife’s riff on photographer Sally Mann
The CBS drama tackled an art scandal, minus the media attention.
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Meet David Ellis: lawyer by day, writer of legal thrillers by night
The Chicago author/lawyer has two new books out this month and is running for appellate court judge.
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Trying to make separate equal
“By one means or another, our schools will be integrated,” federal judge Julius Hoffman said of Chicago schools in 1962. It was wishful thinking.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 2/25: Polar Bear Awareness Week, Michael Hainey, and Amos Guiora
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, February 25, 2013
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Abbate case is just the tip of the iceberg in city legal payouts
The city of Chicago has shelled out nearly $417 million in lawsuits since 2005
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Lori B. Andrews, the bioethicist
The People Issue: Lori B. Andrews, professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and author of genetic thrillers
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Alan Mills, legal director, Uptown People’s Law Center
This week’s Chicagoan: Alan Mills, legal director, Uptown People’s Law Center
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In Music and Law News
Radius clauses investigated, YouTube’s safe-haven status upheld
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6/19 — Free Legal Advice from Chicago Bar Association Members
On Sat 6/19, the Chicago Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service hosts its free monthly Call-A-Lawyer program.