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Court Must Decide Right to Post-Conviction DNA Test Under Fifth, Fourteenth Amendment Due Process ClausesKatrina's Lingering Effects on New Orleans Lawyers
Five months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, where it's estimated that half of all attorneys work as solos or in small firms, lawyers are still dealing with the aftermath and facing the biggest challenge of their careers. Some are struggling simply to make a living in a town where much of their client base has disappeared. But other attorneys have found their more familiar caseload replaced by disputes arising from the destruction. Says one: "Everything's in limbo."The ABCs of How Law Firms Reward Hard Work
In most professions, employees were happy to have made it through 2002 with their jobs intact. But large-firm associates live in a different world. Though billable hours were down in most transactional practice areas, some law firms are still offering generous bonuses. The method for determining how much the bonuses will be and who gets them, however, varies from firm to firm and city to city.The Risk of Executing the Innocent
Since the death penalty was reinstated, 758 people have been executed in the United States. Reports suggest that some of those may have been innocent, a possibility underscored by the fact that 99 individuals condemned to death were subsequently exonerated, some within days of their scheduled executions.In Wake of Record $105M Verdict, Fee Fights and Coverage Contests Emerge
Two weeks after a paralyzed drunken-driving victim won a $105 million verdict against New York Giants Stadium concessionaire Aramark, dueling sets of plaintiffs lawyers are girding for a fight over the size of their fees. A coverage dispute among insurers is also possible. Aramark's vow to appeal has caused the spotlight to shift from the record award to some of the trial judge's rulings and the bizarre behind-the-scenes twists in the litigation's five-year history.Trending Stories
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