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December 20, 2023 | Law.com

Prosecutor's Comments About Potential Jurors' Racial Bias Violated Due Process Rights, Appellate Court Rules

"Just as racial bias odiously infects a jury's deliberations, it can have a deleterious impact on the decision-making of a defendant weighing the merits of a plea offer," Judge Rebecca Pennell wrote. "The abrupt injection of racial bias into one's decision-making process can engender feelings of inferiority, distrust, helplessness, and self-doubt."

By Marianna Wharry

3 minute read

December 15, 2023 | Law.com

Wyoming Attorney Disbarred for Breaching Fiduciary Duty to Elderly, Vulnerable Clients

The formal charges against a Wyoming attorney arose from two complaints the bar counsel received about how she improperly handled financial transactions for two of her elderly clients.

By Marianna Wharry

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December 15, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Sarah Lawrence 'Sex Cult' Students Claim College Was Negligent, Failed to Protect Them

A lawsuit claims that a student's father staying in the school's dorm used abusive tactics and threats to create a "cult" with Sarah Lawrence students.

By Marianna Wharry

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December 11, 2023 | Law.com

Washington High Court Says Law Limiting Medical Malpractice Claims to 8 Years Is Unconstitutional

"This decision is a win for the people of Washington, and hopefully will help inform the court's Article1, [Section] 12 analysis in other cases involving fundamental rights," Bailey told Law.com.

By Marianna Wharry

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December 08, 2023 | The Recorder

9th Circ. Vacates Settlement in Tinder Age Discrimination Class Action Due to 'Inadequate' Class Representative

Reversing a lower court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has vacated the settlement in a discrimination class action against the social media dating app Tinder, determining that the class's representative had a strong interest in settling her claim because she had "no chance of going to trial" and failed to conduct "extensive discovery" related to the case.

By Marianna Wharry

5 minute read

December 07, 2023 | Law.com

Judge Declines to Hold Medical Staffing Agency in Civil Contempt for 'Honest Efforts' to Fix Payroll

"Although the [c]ourt finds [p]laintiff arguments for civil contempt compelling, [d]efendants have now come into compliance, thus rendering it unnecessary for the [c]ourt to address sanctions and attorneys' fees," wrote U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson of the Eastern District of Virginia. "Further, [d]efendants provided a good-faith defense for delaying compliance with the [c]ourt's [o]rder. Therefore, the [c]ourt does not find [d]efendants in civil contempt."

By Marianna Wharry

3 minute read

December 05, 2023 | Law.com

Negligence Suit Can Continue Against County Jail, Appellate Court Holds

"Allowing the [c]ounty to forsake its duty because Mr. Batton acted in a manner that the jail was required to protect him from is 'unsupportable from a policy perspective,'" the opinion said. "Anything short of requiring a jail to protect its inmates from a reasonably foreseeable self-injury would render a jail's duty meaningless."

By Marianna Wharry

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