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Inadmissible: Sentencing Commission; Wiley Rein; and More
New front in sentencing war?; Wiley Rein scores big win; JAMS Foundation seeks minorities; Brobeck files suit against Clifford Chance; and more.CUNY Law School Hosts Justice Ginsburg
Despite it being "Supreme Court Day" at City University of New York School of Law, a visit to Flushing, Queens, by an associate justice of the nation's high court is not common. So it was that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recent campus address not only packed the main auditorium at CUNY Law, but filled two overflow lecture halls with an audience so enthralled, one could have heard a pin drop.Court Watchers Assess Term's Impact on Rehnquist Legacy
Even without any official announcements from the ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist on his future, some were saying this term's rulings on property rights and federalism -- along with a batch of decisions overturning prisoners' death sentences, expanding civil rights remedies and striking down a Ten Commandments display -- served as something of an ending point to the Rehnquist Court. Says attorney Thomas Goldstein: "This term was the closing of a chapter, if not the closing of a book."Duke Lacrosse Rape Case Prosecutor Found in Contempt of Court
A disgraced former North Carolina prosecutor was sentenced to one day in jail after being held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing rape charges against three falsely accused Duke University lacrosse players. Former Durham County DA Mike Nifong, who had already been stripped of his law license and had resigned from office, was found to have "willfully made false statements" to the court when he insisted he had given defense attorneys all results from a critical DNA test.View more book results for the query "White"
Stop Prosecuting Teens for 'Sexting'
Some prosecutors have hit upon the idea of criminalizing immaturity - filing "kiddie porn" charges against teenagers who send nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves or other youths to friends' cellphones or posting these photos on social Web sites. Instead of grandstanding, often at the victims' expense, prosecutors ought to focus on bringing to justice the grownups the legislators meant to target.Belnick Starts His Own Litigation Boutique
After being found not guilty in one of last year's most closely watched criminal trials among members of the legal profession, former Tyco International Ltd. general counsel Mark Belnick is returning to practice, this time at his own one-lawyer firm. "After all I've been through, I'm especially itchy to get back in court as a lawyer, not as someone unjustly accused," he said, adding, "There's something very exciting about hanging up your shingle and seeing what will happen."Racketeering Law Can't Be Used Against Abortion-Clinic Protesters
The Supreme Court last Wednesday sharply curtailed use of federal extortion law and RICO as legal tools against aggressive abortion clinic protesters.Ethics Report Charges Attorney Moonlighted and Falsified Records
An investigation conducted by the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender reveals that Robert Tarver, chief of the Ocean County branch, was one very busy man. Tarver, the report alleges, falsified his time sheets and spent numberless days AWOL, appearing on national television shows as a legal commentator. Clients angrily called the office because they couldn't reach him at work even though they could see him on TV, the report says.Trending Stories
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