Mueller reportedly subpoenaed Trump Org | Gas chamber executions planned | Harper Lee estate sues over play

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From the ABA Journal

Mueller reportedly subpoenas Trump Organization for documents

March 16, 2018, 8:55 am CDT

LawyerSmack is reinventing the way lawyers communicate

March 16, 2018, 8:00 am CDT

Security may be lacking for Supreme Court justices, watchdog group says

March 16, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

Minnesota Supreme Court rules that warrants are required for searches in driveways

March 15, 2018, 4:09 pm CDT

Program places law students in paid internships that help them see the business picture

March 15, 2018, 3:00 pm CDT

Video of lawyer wearing his Elsa dress pushing police vehicle out of snow goes viral

March 15, 2018, 2:30 pm CDT

Harper Lee's estate sues over Atticus Finch's depiction in planned Broadway adaptation

March 15, 2018, 12:17 pm CDT

Man drove stolen car to court to face stolen car charge, police say

March 15, 2018, 10:37 am CDT

Oklahoma hopes to become first state to replace lethal injections with nitrogen gas

March 15, 2018, 9:59 am CDT

Question of the Week

We want to hear from you

What's the strangest thing you've seen forfeited or used as collateral or payment in a case?

Last week, before former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud, he was ordered to forfeit more than $7 million from his own funds or "substitute assets."

Among the substitute assets listed in the preliminary order of forfeiture? The sole copy of the Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album by Wu-Tang Clan, which Shkreli paid $2 million for in 2015, and a Picasso painting.

This week, we’d like to ask you: What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen forfeited or used as collateral in a case? Or what’s the strangest thing you’ve heard of being accepted as payment for legal services?

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week’s question: Have you ever felt you had to limit contact with a difficult client?

Featured answer:

Posted by Take A Deep Breath: “I had a client who was dysfunctional on the telephone. The client could not stay focused upon the subject of the conversation. I had to restrict conversations to email, and I told her why. Another former client became evasive when I focused upon material matters that he did not want to confront. I had to cancel a mediation and withdraw.”

In the Magazine

From the March 2018 issue

Truth in Advertising

Supreme Court to weigh whether law aimed at crisis pregnancy centers violates First Amendment

Reckless Requests

Abuses revealed of watchdog public-records laws

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Faughnan on Ethics

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