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Porn victims demanding restitution
When a registered nurse named Michael Monzel pleaded guilty in 2009 to possession and distribution of more than 800 images of child pornography, his legal woes were far from over.More than a year later, prosecutors, defense lawyers and attorneys for a victim whose image was included in the seized cache of illicit photos are quarreling over how much Monzel should pay in restitution - and whether he should have to pay at all.Lawyer Teaches from Kingston to Manhattan
Jay Sullivan left the practice of law in 1998 to join the communications consulting firm Exec/Comm, where his clients include law firms like Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells. "It's gotten me back to helping people in a much more hands-on way," Sullivan said.The law prof behind the Arizona immigration law
As the Justice Department and others weigh challenging Arizona's controversial new immigration law, the Missouri law professor who helped to draft it is preparing to defend it. In addition to teaching law, Kris Kobach has developed a busy side career representing local governments in their efforts to attack illegal immigration. Kobach spoke to the NLJ about the Arizona law and his role in it.Are Arbitration Agreements in Job Applications Enforceable?
With increasing frequency, employers in many industries are embracing the use of arbitration as the exclusive dispute resolution mechanism with their employees. Two recent cases addressed the enforceability of arbitration agreements contained in job applications -- and came to opposite conclusions. Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas, partners at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, discuss those cases and their significance for employers who might be thinking of using such clauses.View more book results for the query "New York University"
Silica Plaintiffs Suffer Setbacks
Silica plaintiffs have suffered a series of setbacks that, defense lawyers assert, have not only changed the landscape for that tort, but may have broad ramifications for other mass torts. Over the past four months, a half-dozen doctors who examined the X-rays of thousands of plaintiffs backed off from their findings. Defense lawyers called some of the claims these doctors signed off on "fraudulent," and so did a federal judge presiding over the silica multidistrict litigation in Texas.Baggage Check: Next Trial True Test for Enron Task Force
When Enron Task Force prosecutors enter U.S. District Judge Sim Lake's courtroom in Houston on Monday for the long-awaited trial of former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay and former Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling, the government lawyers will be toting baggage. In the literal sense, the big criminal trial is document-intensive. In the figurative sense, government lawyers have stumbled more than once in their four-year pursuit of Enron employees, and that track record follows them into the courtroom.Efforts to Overturn Asbestos Settlement Pay Off
Two down, one to go for Dallas' Fred Baron in U.S. Supreme Court challenges. He won Amchem in 1997 and Ortiz on June 23. "We were just tickled," Baron says of the court's decision in Ortiz to overturn a $1.5 billion asbestos class action settlement on Seventh Amendment grounds, among others. Now, he's hoping the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will reject the class action settlement in Lillian Hayden v. Atochem North America, a groundwater contamination case.Parties Settle for $1.3 Mil. in 'Wrong Site' Surgery Case
The parties in a medical malpractice case involving a man who had the wrong section of his colon removed during surgery have resolved the matter for $1.3 million, The Legal has learned.Overwhelmed by the pace of patent litigation news? Here's some of what you may have missed.
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