By Mike Wells
Published: May 11,2012
There were lots of options I could have taken, but this was not one I would have ever considered at the time. But I would come to see it was really the best option. And the teacher of this lesson was the last person I would have imagined.
Without social media, the killing of Martin, an unarmed teenager in Sanford, Fla., probably would have remained forever a four-paragraph news brief in the local newspaper. However, within social media channels, millions of people have taken sides as to whether the shooting was justified.
By Nicole Black
Published: March 23,2012
Since we already imprison people at a rate that some estimate is 10 times that of other Western democracies, I would suggest that it’s time to stop criminalizing trivial infractions. For example, it’s hard to believe that jurors are being jailed for using social media during trials. And no, I am not making this up.
By Mike Wells
Published: March 23,2012
Accounts receivable may seem like pretty dull fare to many of us, but if your regular check was fully dependent upon good business practices, you would know why your business manager pushes you so much about collecting on them. A missed paycheck would likely cure you of your indifference.
By Submitted Article
Published: February 10,2012
The U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed the duty of the prosecutor to be fair to persons charged with crimes. In Smith v. Cain, the court ruled that a prosecutor in New Orleans engaged in prosecutorial misconduct when he failed to disclose prior statements made by an eyewitness who identified Juan Smith as the person who killed five people in a 1995 shooting. Prior written interviews of the eyewitness were never produced to Smith’s attorney.
By Submitted Article
Published: February 10,2012
Is a convicted felon ever a proper person to hold a position within a profession or regulated industry? In one news report, it was questioned whether a convicted felon was a suitable person to transport human remains. More recently, the State Bar chose to continue the suspension of former Gov. Mike Easley rather than to apply the harsher penalty of revoking his law license. In each case, the party had previously pled guilty to one or more felonies.
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: February 10,2012
With 2011 now over, a lot of us are looking at our holdings and assessing what worked well and what didn’t. There were blue chips that did phenomenally well — way better than we expected — and boosted our profitability. But some of our holdings that had breakout years in 2010 pretty much crashed in 2011. Now it’s time to re-group, roll up our sleeves and make changes where necessary for 2012.
By Tonda Rush
Published: February 3,2012
The American Bar Association in February will be asked to endorse a proposed uniform law aiming at new standards for state government websites that host legal materials. The Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA) is proposed by the Uniform Laws Commission to address a trend, still in its infancy, of shuttering public printers and posting laws only online. But shifting an entire system of laws to online-only postings puts our legal system at risk.
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: January 20,2012
Significant challenges hit the commercial real estate finance market in the last two years, but 2011 saw significant recovery and progress over the previous year. Mortgage bankers are optimistic that 2012 will be another solid year. For most commercial mortgage originators, 2011 was a dramatically better year than 2010. For instance, most companies in Strategic Alliance Mortgage, a national network of independently-owned mortgage banking firms, reported production increases of more than 50 percent year-over-year. Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services saw production rise more than 75 percent. While 2012 may not be a record year, it is expected to bring moderate growth.
By R. Michael Wells Sr.
Published: January 13,2012
If you had to identify some of life’s greatest gifts, other than your faith, what would they be? Two different stories, with two different people, and two very different circumstances, give us a big clue. One of the organizations in our area which deals with the aging population does so with kindness and special insight. It deals with seniors suffering through the ravages of dementia in all of its forms. But it sees past the loss of a mind that once was to what remains in the core of us all. It’s a sort of double vision which sees the character of every life.
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