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February 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Ruling Near on Securities Fraud Pleading Standards

Gregg L. Weiner, a partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, writes that the Supreme Court has recently agreed to hear a securities fraud pleading case that will address the standard for measuring whether the facts alleged in the complaint are sufficient to create a "strong inference" that the defendant acted with fraudulent intent. It is difficult to predict how the Supreme Court will resolve the question, and what impact the Court's two new members will have.
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May 04, 2009 | The Recorder

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February 03, 2005 | Law.com

Court Sets Aside Settlement by WorldCom's Directors

The $54 million settlement between class action plaintiffs and 10 former WorldCom directors collapsed Wednesday. A federal judge's rejection of a key provision left plaintiffs with "no choice but to terminate the settlement" because they couldn't take the risk that a jury verdict might be reduced by an amount higher than the settling directors' ability to pay, said a plaintiffs' attorney. If the case goes to trial, it will be the largest securities class action to go before a jury.
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August 11, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Court Allows Testifying Doctors to Rely on Third-Party Records

Jeffrey S. Siegel, a partner at Bruno, Gerbino & Soriano, and Mitchell S. Lustig, an associate at the firm, write that in a recent decision that is an obvious boon to the New York no-fault insurer, the Appellate Term, Second Department, expressly allowed a peer review doctor to testify based upon review of medical records prepared by third-party providers that were not in evidence, despite the hearsay objections of the plaintiff's counsel.
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March 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Sanders, PICS Case No. 12-0470 (Pa. Super. Feb. 29, 2012) Bowes, J. (18 pages).

There was sufficient evidence to support the verdict, it was not against the weight of the evidence and the trial court properly instructed the jury regarding the prior identifications in this case involving an out-of-court identification of appellant where the witness was being prepared for surgery, had no memory of the interaction with police and his mother signed his name on the photographic array. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
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April 07, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Justice's former voting rights chief now in Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. AP - The former chief of the Justice Department's Voting Rights Section, who stepped aside in December after apologizing for remarks about minority voters, is now working on election-related issues for the Alabama Law Institute.John Tanner, who is being paid by the Justice Department under a federal program, also will teach at two Alabama law schools.
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September 03, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Deportation Without Representation

To deal competently and fairly with the millions of foreign nationals living here who may be subject to removal, a competent corps of lawyers is needed, and Congress should consider how to finance it.
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September 20, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Long Island: Briefly Noted

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December 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Mother, boyfriend charged in 2-year-old's death

ATLANTA AP - The mother and boyfriend of a 2-year-old Atlanta boy have been charged in the toddler's death.Atlanta Police arrested 23-year-old Gloria Singleton and 20-year-old Mario Cunningham Monday night. Each were charged with cruelty to children, felony murder and giving a false name.Authorities said the boy was found dead Friday in a motel bathtub.
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November 17, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Is a teen's IMs with adult males admissible in court?

A state supreme court is considering whether a man convicted of sexually assaulting his girlfriend's daughter should have been allowed to introduce sexually explicit instant messages that the girl sent to other men.
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