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Bourbon St. bouncer acquitted in death of Ga college student
BATON ROUGE, La. AP - A second Bourbon Street bouncer was acquitted Thursday of squeezing the life from a visiting Georgia college student whose friends had been turned away from a New Orleans karaoke bar on New Year's Eve 2004.Jurors deliberated 2 hours before acquitting Clay Montz of Metairie of manslaughter in the death of Levon Jones, 26, of Statesboro, Ga.Judge Throws Party in Court Before Sentencing Man to Life in Prison
A judge welcomed a former fugitive back to her courtroom by throwing a mock party complete with balloons, streamers and a cake -- before sentencing him to life in prison. Billy Wayne Williams had been convicted in absentia of aggravated assault against his former girlfriend. The bizarre incident raised questions of whether Judge Faith Johnson violated decorum and impartiality. If a complaint is filed, she may face misconduct charges.Use the Internet in Your Daily Practice
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Corporations Never Intended as Electoral-Process Participants
On Jan. 21, a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court set back the United States electoral process to the 18th century in its decision in Citizens United v. FEC. The five self-styled "strict constructionists" stood the First Amendment on its side, diluted the strength of our citizens' control of the electoral process and empowered the vast combination of financial giants we call private corporations.Federal Circuit Upholds Sanctions Over Patent Suits Brought in "Bad Faith"
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld sanctions without a finding of inequitable conduct — i.e., fraud on the patent office. The court affirmed a finding that patent holding company Eon-Net "pursued baseless infringement allegations in bad faith and for an improper purpose." Melissa Baily represented Flagstar Bancorp in the suit.Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 21, No. 166 - August 24, 2012
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