In a rapidly changing legal marketplace, law firms need to make bold, proactive changes in how legal services are delivered, according to the 2016 Report on the State of the Legal Market by the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor. In the report, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Washington, it’s the art of the parse. Everyone splits rhetorical hairs from time to time, but politicians are especially adept at trying to dance their way out of a bind with carefully crafted explanations. Now, here comes Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who met with the Russian ambassador twice last year, maintaining [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angels Flight, LA’s beloved little railroad, had its cameo in the hit musical “La La Land” and now it’s almost ready for its close-up. The narrow-gauge railroad that for more than a century hauled people 298 feet up and down the city’s steep Bunker Hill was shut down in 2013 after [...]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nearly four decades after Elvis sang his last tune, his legacy got a $45 million boost with the opening last week of a major new attraction at his Graceland estate — an entertainment complex that Priscilla Presley says gives “the full gamut” of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. About 200 people [...]
NEW YORK — Is “fake milk” spoiling the dairy industry’s image? Dairy producers are calling for a crackdown on the almond, soy and rice “milks” they say are masquerading as the real thing and cloud the meaning of milk for shoppers. And a group that advocates for plant-based products, the Good Food Institute, countered by [...]
NEW YORK — The stock market is hitting new heights, and yes, excitement about President Donald Trump’s policies is part of the reason for it. But it’s not the only one, analysts say. Even if Trump had lost the election, many professional investors and analysts say they still would have expected stocks to rise, just [...]
LONDON — Claire Brynteson had a house, a job and a dining table that was empty once she got her three children out the door every morning. When she received a flyer telling her she could make money by renting seats at the table to people looking for short-term office space, she jumped at the [...]
WASHINGTON — In a White House laden with competing power centers, a trio of military men has emerged as a force to be reckoned with. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Joint Chiefs Chairman Joseph Dunford have quickly formed a stabilizing alliance in an administration whose earliest days have been marked [...]
A new push to gives judges access to a prescription drug database is quietly gaining ground in Ohio. Buried deep within House Bill 49, the state’s fiscal year operating budget bill introduced last month by State Rep. Ryan Smith, is Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to give drug court judges direct access the Ohio’s automated prescription [...]