Although for the most part Sidebar covers only civil law and litigation, I just picked up this story about a federal criminal case from the New York Law Journal.
If you civil plaintiffs need an excuse to read it, you can look at the problems this criminal defendant had with his lawyer.
Who is now in prison for murder.
But you don’t need an excuse. It’s a jaw-dropping tale: Panel Orders Hearing for Drug Dealer Who Lacked an Advocate.