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Victim's Attorney Fees for Theft of Funds Not Applicable for Restitution Losses, Appellate Court Finds

In an issue of first impression, the Appellate Court of Maryland held that the circuit court erred in awarding a victim attorney fees and that under the plain language of the applicable statute, the "direct out-of-pocket loss" provision exclusively authorizes courts to award restitution losses resulting from a victim's physical or mental injury.
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Judgment Reversed: COVID-19 Restrictions, Economic Challenges Alone Don't Excuse Tenants' Failure to Pay Rent

"Is the contract still able to be performed? If the answer is, 'No,' then there's certainly the argument that performance may be impossible or impractical, the purpose of it may have been frustrated, and so forth," said Peter Byrnes on behalf of the landlord.
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State High Court Green-Lights Woman's Suit Against Ex-Husband's Divorce Lawyers

A woman will be allowed to proceed with claims of abuse of process and intentional infliction of emotional distress against a law firm that represented her ex-husband in a divorce proceeding after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court concluded that her tort complaint was not barred by the doctrine of issue preclusion.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

6 Attorneys Face Consequences for Ethics Violations

"The respondent violated every attorney's fundamental responsibility to a client," the decision said.
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Attorney Says His Dishonesty Doomed His Texas License While His Honesty Led to Maryland Disbarment

"My question to the court would be that if a lawyer who reports his or her own misbehavior is going to be disbarred anyway, then what incentive does that lawyer have to report the misbehavior in the first place?" said former Maryland attorney Edward A. Malone.
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Maine State Bar Association Report Says Attorneys of Color Are 'Largely Invisible' to White Colleagues

"The survey results are more or less what could be expected from members of a Bar that is more than 99 percent white," attorneys Thomas Douglas, Deborah Ibonwa and Shamara Bailey wrote in an article included in the report.
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Texas Lawyer

Jurors to Decide: Is This Tech Patent Worth Billions or Is It Hopelessly Obsolete?

Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu and WilmerHale's William Lee are back before U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, duking it out for a fourth time over semiconductor patents asserted against Intel.
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Pizza Delivery Drivers Reach $250K Settlement With Domino's Pizza Franchises for Wage Violations

"I believe the relief the settlement affords the class members is adequate and reasonable because the settlement achieves a significant benefit for the named Plaintiff and the class members in the face of substantial litigation obstacles," U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen wrote in the order. "While there is a possibility the class could recover more money after trial and appeal, the Settlement Agreement provides the benefit of a guaranteed and considerable payment to class members, rather than a speculative payment of a hypothetically larger amount years down the road."
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Dunkin' Franchisees to Pay $145K for Child Labor Law Violations, Massachusetts AG Announces

An audit revealed that more than 1,200 child labor violations had occurred over a period of 1.5 years, impacting more than 50 employees.
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Class Action Claim Against Brown University Over Handling of Title IX Complaints Partially Allowed to Proceed

"The judge's decision in Soenen v. Brown dismisses the majority of the plaintiffs' claims at the outset and significantly narrows the scope of the case," said Brian E. Clark, Brown University's associate vice president for news and editorial development.
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