University of Nebraska launches program encouraging more attorneys in state’s rural areas
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Foreclosures Up in Areas Where Gas, Coal Employees Lost Jobs
“We're struggling to pay every bill we have,” said McGrath, 50, of West Wheatfield in Indiana County, Pa., who is trying to support his wife and four children on about $ 600 per month in Social Security benefits he gets for an autistic son. A longtime worker on shallow oil and gas sites, McGrath went […]
In a first, a BigLaw firm announces it will use artificial intelligence in one of its practice areas
Baker & Hostetler is the first law firm to announce that it will use a ground-breaking artificial intelligence product for legal research. The law firm… ABA Journal Daily News
The pioneers of gentrification: home prices are up even in areas…
Every time a housing bubble forms you get the same typical housing cheerleaders talking about massive gentrification. Many areas have gentrified in dramatic fashion but at the end of a housing bubble, you start seeing wild prices in areas where it is questionable if gentrification will or has occurred. Foreclosure News
Why the area’s 4K tally of homeless students is likely higher
The surge of homeless schoolchildren in Kent and Ottawa counties to more than 4,000 is driven by unemployment, family dysfunction, foreclosures, rejection of sexual orientation, and unaffordable housing, according to educators and advocates. In 2014-15, the number of students without stable housing enrolled in local schools, including charters, was 4,128, up from 3,325 in 2013-14, […]
Goldman: Housing Prices Will Weaken In Oil-Driven Areas Of U.S.
The first signs of oil-related housing market weakness may finally be starting to show in regions of the country that have high exposure to the U.S. oil industry. According to Goldman Sachs analyst Hui Shan, the labor markets in Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming have finally started to diverge […]
IP analytics company Lex Machina is sold to LexisNexis; it plans expansion to new practice areas
LexisNexis has agreed to buy Lex Machina, a company that analyzes data from intellectual property cases. The acquisition will allow Lex Machina to expand its… ABA Journal Daily News
Feds secretly bugged areas outside courthouse to eavesdrop on private conversations, motion says
Wiring a federal agent or informant would have been legal. But the feds crossed the line by secretly installing microphones in at least three locations… ABA Journal Daily News