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Penn law prof won't be teaching required courses after remark about black students' class rank

March 15, 2018, 9:08 am CDT

Parents of slain DNC staffer sue Fox News for alleged distress caused by retracted WikiLeaks story

March 15, 2018, 8:15 am CDT

Report describes 18 reforms that address workplace misconduct in federal courts

March 15, 2018, 7:15 am CDT

Your Voice: Go ahead, let someone else own your web presence (not!)

March 15, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

Plaintiffs file motion to settle lawsuit alleging gender discrimination at Chadbourne & Parke

March 14, 2018, 3:36 pm CDT

Sessions is reportedly mulling a recommendation to fire former FBI deputy director McCabe

March 14, 2018, 3:11 pm CDT

CEO of blood testing company Theranos is accused of 'massive fraud' in SEC complaint

March 14, 2018, 1:23 pm CDT

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

March 14, 2018, 12:50 pm CDT

5th Circuit upholds Texas ban on sanctuary city policies, with an exception

March 14, 2018, 12:30 pm CDT

Alabama sheriff pocketed $750K in inmate food money as a result of unusual law

March 14, 2018, 11:44 am CDT

ABA announces finalists for the 2018 Silver Gavel Awards

March 14, 2018, 11:00 am CDT

ABA calls for release of detained Maldives Supreme Court judge and chief justice

March 14, 2018, 10:36 am CDT

Fisher Phillips cut partner's pay and demoted him before he shot his wife, firm leaders testify

March 14, 2018, 9:38 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.”

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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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