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December 03, 2008 | National Law Journal

A Minneapolis lawyer litigating the I-35W bridge collapse explains how bridges 'talk to you' long before buckling

The Interstate 35W bridge across the Mississippi River linked the north and south of Minneapolis for decades until its collapse on Aug. 1, 2007, killed 13 people, injured 150 and ignited a national urgency to rebuild roads, bridges and other infrastructure. Richard Nygaard of personal injury law firm Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben recalled the day the bridge collapsed and explained why not all of the nation's bridges are as dangerous.
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April 08, 2009 | National Law Journal

Two more firms open up offices in the Los Angeles area, continuing a strong trend

Two more law firms have opened their first California offices in the Los Angeles area. Boston's Edwards Angell is opening its first California office in Newport Beach, Calif. Minority-owned Milwaukee firm Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan is acquiring eight lawyers from Los Angeles-based Atkins & Evans to open an office in Los Angeles.
3 minute read
March 14, 2011 | National Law Journal

The Power of Hope

As Congress considers deep cuts in legal assistance to the poor, The National Law Journal presents an in-depth report examining the impact of legal aid programs on clients and the politics surrounding funding.
4 minute read
February 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

No gatekeeper of justice

The rape prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players has exposed to a national audience an unbridled abuse of prosecutorial power. From the outset, the Durham County, N.C., district attorney, Michael B. Nifong, violated so many legal and ethical rules that the case has become a national scandal.
5 minute read
October 25, 2010 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

Curtis Graham joins Ford & Harrison as partner in the Los Angeles office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
3 minute read
November 19, 2012 | Law.com

No government liability for explosives experiment gone wrong, split Sixth Circuit rules

The Federal Tort Claims Act's discretionary-function exception shields the government from a negligence claim related to an accident involving experiments with improvised explosive devices, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled.
5 minute read
June 23, 2003 | National Law Journal

Rite Aid GC still scheduled for trial

Franklin c. brown is not your typical high-rolling, white-collar criminal defendant.
4 minute read
April 30, 2008 | National Law Journal

A first: Japan's high court accepts amicus from U.S. law school clinic

The Supreme Court of Japan recently accepted its first amicus brief from an American legal organization — The Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. The center's brief marks the first time, as well, that it has sought to educate a foreign court on the subject of wrongful convictions. The case involves the appeal of a Japanese man who has been on death row more than fory years for allegedly poisoning five women in his village.
4 minute read
June 02, 2010 | National Law Journal

Judge Mayer of Federal Circuit takes senior status

Lawyers expect the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to approve more en banc case hearings after Judge Haldane Robert Mayer takes senior status on June 30.
3 minute read
October 02, 2006 | National Law Journal

The 'Murphy' Bombshell

In Murphy v. Internal Revenue Service, the DC circuit stunned tax practitioners and plaintiffs' lawyers alike, stating that the Internal Revenue Code unconstitutionally taxed Marrita Murphy's award of compensation for a nonphysical personal injury because it is unrelated to lost wages or earnings in violation of the 16th Amendment.
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