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Cartoon: BoPeep Going Home? Not So Fast!

August 18, 2010

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YouTube Miranda Warning

May 28, 2010

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A Morning in the Life of a Lawyer

May 17, 2010

By Jeffrey Koenig
New York Personal Injury Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Okay, my day started today at about 5:00 am.
The coffee is on, the caffeinated air is floating like a haze around my head, and my computer is humming.
Considering that I didn’t leave my office until about 8:00 pm [...]

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Kan. lawyer is architect of many immigration laws

May 10, 2010

By John Hanna
The Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. — When politicians and police across the country want to crack down on illegal immigration, they often reach out to the same man: a little-known Kansas attorney with an Ivy League education who is the architect behind many of the nation’s most controversial immigration laws.
Kris Kobach could [...]

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Spar & Bernstein’s Law Link’s Greatest Blog Hits!

May 7, 2010

In the five months we at The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein have been doing this blog, while we put everything we have into everything we post, we’re especially proud of these. If you haven’t read all of them yet, we urge you to do so. Please. We guarantee you won’t be disappointed.
Enjoy!
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Puppet Problems

May 6, 2010

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Law – What is summary judgment?

May 4, 2010

By Jeffrey Koenig
Personal Injury Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
What is summary judgment?
Summary judgment is when a court finds, as a matter of law, that there are no genuine issues of material fact that need to be submitted to a fact finder—be it judge or jury.
For instance, think about an automobile accident where [...]

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One Fave Courtroom Movie Scene: My Cousin Vinny

April 19, 2010

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Don’t Squander Your Personal Injury Settlement!

April 16, 2010

By Jeffrey Koenig
Personal Injury Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Professionally, there are few things I enjoy more than calling or writing a judge to advise that I’ve reached a settlement with my adversary.
That usually means a case’s end of the line.
It’s simply a matter of drafting some final paperwork, [...]

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Our Society Will Dearly Miss Justice Stevens

April 15, 2010

By Stella Templo
Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
Last week, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he would retire at the end of this term.
Stevens was nominated in 1975 by President Gerald Ford, who wrote 30 years later that he was prepared to allow history’s judgment of him to [...]

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Arizona House Backs Strict Immigration Bill

April 14, 2010

This is NOT great news in the fight for fair immigration reform.
Source: The Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House on Tuesday approved a bill that would draw local communities deeper into the fight against illegal immigration despite arguments from opponents that it would do nothing to keep people safer.
House Republicans advanced the measure [...]

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Weird Law Words

April 14, 2010

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Law Quotes of the Day

April 13, 2010

“No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is.”
- Isaac Rosenfeld
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“Somebody recently figured out that we have 35 million laws to enforce the 10 Commandments.”
- Attributed to both Bert Masterson and Earl Wilson
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“I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.”
- Keith Richards
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“Although the legal and ethical definitions [...]

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Person of Interest

April 12, 2010

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Rob Reiner on What Makes a Great Courtroom Drama

April 8, 2010

Rob Reiner, of course, directed two films with great courtroom drama, A Few Good Men and Ghosts of Mississippi.
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Contemplating a Lawsuit? Don’t Worry, Be Happy!

April 6, 2010

By Jeffrey Koenig
Personal Injury Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
When you’re injured and contemplating a lawsuit against a person or an entity that caused your injury, you might think, “Hmm. What happens if I actually go ahead with this lawsuit?” Then come all the negatives: “Will I be penalized somehow? Will the [...]

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Retainer

April 6, 2010

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Weird Law Words

March 30, 2010

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The Delicate Balance Between Attorney-Client Relationships

March 25, 2010

By Katie Sae Jung Lee
Immigration Attorney, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
As attorneys we are seen as counselors, teachers.
Clients come to us in order to find solutions to their problems, which may not be necessarily in immigration law; it can be in criminal law, family law, real estate law, etc.
Our [...]

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Objection

March 25, 2010

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