Blog Entries tagged 'General News'

Poetic Justice in Action

james.crane@altep.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0100

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I always enjoy when a judge provides entertainment in his opinion, either in the way of comedy, emotion, or just plain wit. In a recent case in the U.S. District Court of Washington, Judge Ronald Leighton granted a Motion for a More Definite Statement in a complaint alleging racketeering against GMAC Mortgage.

Judge Leighton was not impressed with the 465 page lawsuit and set out his conclusion in a limerick:

"Plain [...]

The NFPA Tech Show is in Denver This Year

james.crane@altep.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0100

I have bragged about the high quality professionals that are members of the National Federation of Paralegal Associations in this blog before. I am happy to report that I will be presenting a program at this year's Tech Show in Denver later this month.

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Milberg-Weiss Round Up

james.crane@altep.com — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Most attorneys have at least casually followed the Milberg Weiss scandal that has been playing out for the last couple of years. The felony settlement by one of the class-action leaders included some troubling details that many people suspected, but hoped were not true. The partners at Milberg, Bill Lerach and Melvyn Weiss, admitted to felonies and settled for $75 million.

The firm admitted that over the decades, seven former partners paid sec [...]

Happy Birthday America!

james.crane@altep.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0100

The "Committee of Five" (John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman) worked together for three weeks to draft the United States Declaration of Independence. Two hundred and thirty-two years ago today, the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress and sent off for publication. It w [...]

Even a Divorce Can Trigger a Look Into a Corporation�s ESI

james.crane@altep.com — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:00:00 +0100

The June issue of the ABA Journal featured an article about how divorces are as ugly as ever despite the legal profession’s efforts to provide nuanced and sophisticated solutions like the “collaborative approach.” Because my practice focus is the defense of corporations, I was reminded how easily a company and its electronic data can get dragged into disputes despite no wrongdoing on its part. With so many company employees using portable technology belonging to the co [...]

Corporate Counsel Magazine Names Qwest the Nation�s Top Legal Department

james.crane@altep.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:00:00 +0100

As a Denver-based attorney, I was proud to see that Qwest and their General Counsel Rich Baer were given the honor of Top Corporate Legal Department in Corporate Counsel. In the Denver legal community, Mr. Baer is known as hard working attorney, and an all-around great guy. I’ve always been impressed that Qwest was able not only to withstand all of the lawsuits and inquiries that swirled around telecom earlier in the decade, but that they came out if it that much s [...]