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Challenge to grant of postjudgment interest from the date of original judgment on remand Fiorentino v. Rio Mar Assoc., LP, 09-2688, concerned a challenge to the district court’s grant of plaintiff’s request for postjudgment interest from the date of the original judgment on remand, after granting a hotel’s motion to alter the original $1.844 million judgment and reducing the amount it owed to $553,200, in finding that another defendant, a hospital, was 70 percent at fault, in a suit brought by a plaintiff and his wife against a hotel for negligence, arising from a swimming accident at the hotel which rendered the plaintiff a quadriplegic, and against a hospital that treated the plaintiff for medical malpractice (which resulted in a settlement for $1....

Here is something to mark down on your list of things not to do: orchestrate an elaborate tax fraud scheme. A jury found Koehler guilty of conspiracy and assisting in the filing of a false federal income tax return. During trial, the evidence demonstrated that Koehler conspired to defraud the United States by having Rozin, Inc., dba Buddy’s Carpet, purchase sham “Loss of Income” insurance policies from an insurance company in the U....

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that a North Carolina inmate can proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) “three strikes” rule with his lawsuit alleging the importance of a sanitary shave. In 2011, Jonathan Leigh Henslee filed an inmate grievance with the North Carolina Department of Corrections stating that Alexander Correctional Institute’s (AXCI) failure to enforce its grooming policy puts inmates at risk of contracting various infections....

Two years ago this month, one of the nation’s biggest venture capital firms prevailed in the most-watched gender discrimination case in the history of the Silicon Valley. As for gender discrimination in the Silicon Valley, however, not so much. According to reports, women are still fighting an uphill battle for equality in the high tech hub of the world. According to a survey of 200 women in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area last year, a majority of respondents said they experienced some form of gender discrimination in the workplace....

Here’s an idea by financier R. Allen Stanford: obtain legal defense insurance, swindle investors out of $7 billion and if anything goes wrong, pay your attorneys with your $100 million insurance policy. Sounds like a plan, right? Perhaps you’re thinking that your company should get it’s own insurance policy so that your in-house work would be paid for by insurance in the case of bad acts by the company or its executives....

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Stephanie Thacker is one step closer to being confirmed for a seat on the bench. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Thacker’s nomination on Thursday. President Barack Obama nominated Thacker to the Fourth Circuit in early September, so her nomination is proceeding quickly. Thacker’s home state senator, Jay Rockefeller, firmly supports her nomination. “In every sense, Ms. Thacker represents the best and brightest West Virginia has to offer....

Iconic photography company Eastman Kodak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Kodak has been in business for 131 years. The company pioneered innovations in print film. It was widely considered the “Google” of its day. Kodak film accounted for 90% of the market in 1976. Kodak cameras accounted for 85% of the camera market. Up through the 1990s the company was heralded as one of the top 5 most valuable brands, according to The Economist....

It’s hardly news when a lawyer misses an important email because it happens all the time, right? After all, what with all the junk mail from vendors and others, it’s easy to overlook an important email once in a while. But what if that important email went straight to the junk mail? Attorney Stan Davis, whose case could be dismissed over it, is asking a judge to decide the issue. But many lawyers know the answer because they have been there, done that....

Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) has announced the launch of its M&A In Practice product. This new research service provides attorneys handling mergers and acquisitions with historical documents from thousands of successful and unsuccessful transactions. The Accelus suite adds this new research database, adding to Accelus global and U.S. transactional resources already available. The new M&A In Practice service provides a compendium of global deal documents. That means the attorney leading an M&A team can find sample documentation, both successful and unsuccessful, in realtime as a transaction unfolds....

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. The imposition of duties on the global trade of technology products is significant from a monetary standpoint. However, Reuters reports that a potential agreement among the United States, China, the European Union and almost two dozen other countries that could eliminate billions of dollars of such duties might be achieved as soon as within in the next two months....

When former Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner retired to pursue a higher calling of assisting pro se litigants, we all knew some judges would fear the Poz’s larger-than-life persona. But the Fourth Circuit, as Above the Law suggests, seems to have just tucked its tail between its legs and scurried off, after eating Posner’s steak dinner. Not only did the panel of judges reject Posner’s appeal, which on its face, seems to have quite a bit of merit, they did so rather cursorily, and without even hearing oral argument....

Returning to wrap up business after last week’s bankruptcy announcement, Solyndra executives were surprised to find federal agents executing search warrants issued by the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General. A spokeswoman for the FBI, who confirmed that the Bureau is acting in partnership with the Department of Energy, declined to explain the purpose of the Solyndra raid, indicating that the documents are under seal. Solyndra executives have also been left in the dark....

Technology is constantly changing, but who has time to keep up? Even the most tech-savvy law students can quickly fall behind the curve. So as a lawyer with a busy practice, you may feel like it’s next to impossible to keep abreast of all the changes that may affect your bottom line. As we review some of our most popular Technologist stories from 2012, here are the Top 5 high-tech tips that lawyers found particularly helpful in the past year:...

This is not a distinction worth bragging about. The Center for Public Integrity recently reviewed three years’ worth of judicial financial disclosures to determine how often, if ever, judges heard cases despite a conflict of interest. While some might argue that any conflicts are too many conflicts, the results weren’t completely damning of our federal appeals court system: 26 missed conflicts over three years, out of how many cases? Tens of thousands?...

Even if the internet seems like it has all the answers, don’t pray to it. Reality check: the internet is a soulless amalgam of information. But that’s what blog writers are for: to give human perspective. Like, how do you monetize your legal passion? You know you’ve been asking yourself the same question. Know Your Passion If you are dreading your decision to become a lawyer, welcome to the cruel world....

Attorneys have been cloud-cautious for awhile, worried about potential breaches of confidential data and other legal considerations. But that hasn’t stopped them from jump onboard – and they lag well behind businesses generally. But it’s not just law firms who should think carefully about their cloud usage. According to a recent survey, 88 percent of businesses with over 100 employees have to comply with some regulatory standards when using the cloud....

Thomas Locke was in quite a catch-22. Locke, an employee at Logan International Airport in Boston, was given one more chance to be good after he was found stealing soda, beer, sandwiches, soap, and toilet paper from airplanes. He couldn’t, however, because his employer, US Airways, refused to issue him a new badge, his old badge having been lost during the investigation. Locke sued, alleging that the airline acted in bad faith by preventing him from returning to work, as he couldn’t even go to his job without a security badge....

Cab drivers are the modern day equivalent of the Greek oracles. In the last year, talkative cabbies have offered us tips on life, literature, and how to deal with a traffic stop. We know the ins and out of search and seizure, but a cab driver held the key to avoiding a traffic ticket: Beat yourself up about how stupid you were to speed/roll through a stop sign/cut off a cyclist....

The Fourth Circuit’s Court of Appeals laid down clear law in ruling that the police may only use their tasers against persons who pose an “immediate safety risk.” Unfortunately, this law came a little too late for Ronald Armstrong, a mentally ill man who was accidentally killed by police who’d hoped the “excruciating pain” would produce a desired effect of “compliance.” “Let the Air Out” Ronald Armstrong was a mentally ill man....

Atlanta-area stagehands are contractors, not employees, the Eleventh Circuit ruled last week. In so doing, the court reversed a finding by the National Labor Relations Board that stagehands placed through Crew One Productions were employees entitled to union representation. Instead, the court found that Crew One exercised too little control over the stagehands for them to be considered employees. The finding could have an impact on similar lawsuits throughout the country, including recent challenges to “sharing economy” companies like Uber....