Archived entries for Law

Hogan & Hartson (in case you hadn’t heard)

We’re really behind on our news reading…

…we wonder what people thought about Hogan & Hartson’s offer to buy out legal staffers.   (“Hogan & Hartson Offers Buyouts to 240 Staffers“)

Legalese for Techies

note to self:  start reading this column called “You Are Not A Lawyer” by Paul Ohm on Freedom to Tinker.

Student Loans: When Fake Money Turns Real

How many of you played with your student loans as if they were free money? 

Take a look at this story from Law.com:

“Government Cracking Down on Unpaid Student Loans”

The United States is filing a slew of civil lawsuits this month in federal court in Chicago against people who received government student loans, as long ago as the 1980s, and have failed to repay the funds.