Marianna Wharry

November 29, 2021 | Law.com

How much lawyering is too much lawyering? A Twitter thread that went viral last week began with a cautionary tale about how even very good lawyers can go overboard without proper guidance from their clients.

By Marianna Wharry

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November 24, 2021 | Law.com

"In reviewing the record before us, we find no mitigation," the Disciplinary Board for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania wrote.

By Marianna Wharry

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November 19, 2021 | Law.com

A federal jury convicted a former West Virginia police officer in Charleston for using excessive force against an arrestee Thursday. The jury heard…

By Marianna Wharry

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November 18, 2021 | Law.com

A viral Reddit thread on substance abuse in the legal profession began Tuesday with a simple question from an undergraduate student considering law school: "Any practicing lawyers here that still smoke weed?"

By Marianna Wharry

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November 18, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

A pedestrian who suffered a traumatic brain injury after he was struck by a New Jersey Transit bus has accepted $2 million to settle his Essex County…

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November 16, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The three-judge panel examined for the first time whether the phrase "lack of diligent preparation" in the Speedy Trial Act refers to any discovery violation or only egregious violations.

By Marianna Wharry

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November 15, 2021 | Law.com

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent denial of a stay for a tobacco company's electronic cigarettes brings into question the department's role in public health and safety as popularity of flavored e-cigarettes increases among children.

By Marianna Wharry

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November 12, 2021 | Law.com

The three-judge panel cited the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act as the basis for the denial of the appeal.

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November 12, 2021 | Law.com

"In our view, the Court missed an opportunity to reaffirm the principle that only in the rarest of cases should summary judgment be granted before discovery has begun," plaintiffs attorney Timothy J. Atler said.

By Marianna Wharry

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November 11, 2021 | Law.com

"At most, however, the district court has identified one reasonable interpretation of Sawant's words, not the only reasonable interpretation," Ninth Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima wrote in the opinion. "Where a communication is capable of two meanings, one defamatory and one not, it is for a jury, not a judge, to determine which meaning controls."

By Marianna Wharry

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