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When a Prosecutor Doubts the Defendant's Guilt
Joel Cohen, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, writes that the inescapable fact is that a prosecutor who is potentially inspired to "play God" with his case might simply be wrong about the defendant being innocent. And if a very public defendant (who is in fact innocent) benefits from a prosecutor's unorthodox willingness to help vindicate him, yes, the prosecutor's obituary will surely present him as a hero for having corrected an injustice, at risk to his own reputation.Firms See Insurance Rates Rise After Sept. 11 Attacks
W hat Did the attacks of Sept. 11 cost the Am Law 100 law firms? In one sense, the sum is incalculable. The immediate paralyzing effect on business and the longer-lasting blow to investor confidence hurt law firms in ways both real and imagined, no matter how far they were from the actual scenes of the attacks. But traditional Wall Street firms, or at least the eight on The American Lawyer list with offices within a mile of the World Trade Center Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Cahill Gordon & Reindel; ClearFairness, Empathy and the 'Interfering' Judge
Judges increasingly find themselves in the spotlight as court watchers ponder the qualities that a judge should, or should not, bring to a case. Looking, in part, at the controversy over a judge's handling of 9/11-related lawsuits, Joel Cohen and Katherine Helm ask: Is it an appropriate exercise of a judge's power to refuse a settlement if the parties, represented by competent counsel who know the case's weaknesses and are intent on resolving a routine or even extraordinary case, have chosen to settle it on stated terms?Trending Stories
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