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Florida Judge Orders New Secondhand Smoke Trial
Rebuking tobacco industry attorneys for misleading her with regard to evidentiary law, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge granted a new trial in a secondhand smoke case that had resulted in a tobacco victory. The Wednesday ruling gives new life to the case of a former flight attendant who sued several tobacco companies, claiming that secondhand smoke she inhaled while working aboard airliners caused her chronic sinusitis.GC Applies Dinner Table Lessons to Career
Matthew P. Drain learned his most important early lessons about law and life at the dinner table, where his family typically lingered over highly articulate discussions that Drain compares to "a moot court program at law school." Those family talks ultimately led Drain to a 30-year career in corporate law. The Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta recently named him one of its corporate attorneys of the year.3rd Circuit: Utility Commission Must Hear Phone Companies' Dispute
When two telephone companies disagree over an interconnection arrangement, they must first litigate their dispute before a state utility commission before coming to federal court, the 3rd Circuit has ruled. In Core Communications Inc. v. Verizon Pennsylvania Inc., a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that a lower court had correctly dismissed a claim under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on the grounds that it had not yet been reviewed by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.Musicians Ask FCC to Probe Radio Boycott
Radio stations across the nation have allegedly blackballed artists who are members of MusicFirst, a coalition that wants to require AM and FM radio stations to pay royalties for the music they broadcast. Now the FCC is being called upon to investigate whether such tactics run afoul of broadcasters' obligation to serve the public interest. The agency has put out a notice seeking information regarding whether broadcasters are "targeting and threatening artists" or engaging in a media campaign that "disseminates falsities."Trending Stories
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