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July 30, 2013 |

Ruling A Boon To Home Birth Advocates

A state Appellate Court ruling is being hailed as a victory for midwives and the right of Connecticut families to choose home births.
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May 08, 2000 |

Hearings Scheduled on Four Nominees to Federal Court Judgeships

Some federal court judicial nominations must die that others may win Senate confirmation. That was the unspoken message at a joint press conference held for Sens. Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum to announce that they have struck a deal with their Republican colleagues to get committee hearings for four pending nominees to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania bench.
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April 18, 2006 |

Internet Services Found Not Subject to State Tax

Independent Internet service providers struggling against the twin behemoths of major telecommunications companies and state regulatory structures have won a key battle in New York, where the Tax Appeals Tribunal has held that telephony and telegraphy services are inherently interstate and, therefore, exempt from sales tax. The ruling could spell the end of a tax policy that had frustrated and burdened independent Internet service providers.
5 minute read
March 18, 2009 |

Chen v. Filion

State Prisoner Denied Habeas Relief; No Basis For Claim Trial Judge's Comments Prejudicial
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August 24, 2012 |

Calendar

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Law Journal Press | Digital Book Pennsylvania Causes of Action, 12th Edition Authors: GAETAN J. ALFANO, RONALD J. SHAFFER, JOSHUA C. COHAN View this Book

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December 20, 2007 |

Lockheed Employee's YouTube Video Sounds Ethics Alarm

In 2003 Michael DeKort faced an ethical quandary. He thought his company's shipbuilding project for the U.S. Coast Guard was dangerously off-course. He was convinced that both sailors and national security were at risk -- but he couldn't persuade his superiors. When his concerns were ignored by managers up the line, he spent two years pursuing three separate internal investigations. Finally he contacted the press and elected officials -- to no avail. That's when he hit on a desperate gambit: YouTube.
16 minute read
November 24, 2003 |

This Week in 'Law Journal' History

'Law Journal' stories through the last century.
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February 11, 2009 |

Sharp 10-year rise in prison time for federal offenders, but alternative sentencing takes a dive

The rate at which federal offenders are being sentenced to prison time has increased by 10 percentage points in the past 10 years — from 75.4% to 85.3% since fiscal year 1997 — while the use of alternative sentences, such as probation and probation with confinement, has decreased over the same period.
3 minute read
June 09, 2003 |

Shakeup by the Bay

The San Francisco Bay Area has long been home to some of the most diverse firms in the country, but three no longer exist. McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen and Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May have been swallowed up in mergers, while Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison fell apart in a spectacular collapse. The biggest beneficiaries were East Coast firms that acquired some California-style diversity along with legal talent.
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April 23, 2013 |

Heavens v. Department of Envtl. Prot., PICS Case No. 13-0872 (Pa. Commw. April 9, 2013) Colins, S.J. (13 pages).

In this case involving a Right-to-Know Law records request for files relating to DEP investigation of an accident, DEP properly excluded privileged information. Affirmed.
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