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Municipalities' Duty to Install Traffic-Control Devices Limited
Although a municipality may be held liable for the negligent failure to erect a traffic-control device at the intersection of a local road and a state highway, plaintiffs have a significant burden of proving that negligence, the state Supreme Court has ruFor Veteran Advocates, an Uphill Climb at the Court
Legal Times Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro spoke with Donald Verrilli Jr. and Paul Smith, who co-chair Jenner & Block's appellate and Supreme Court practice, after the duo may have gotten a drubbing at the Supreme Court last week in arguing Baze v. Rees and Crawford v. Marion County Election Board.View more book results for the query "*"
Jailed Trader Admits Crime; Contempt Hurdle Remains
Martin Armstrong, the disgraced former commodities trader who cost Japanese investors as much as $1 billion, pleaded guilty last week to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. But the plea doesn't resolve the problem that has kept Armstrong jailed for more than six years on civil contempt charges, based on his alleged refusal to give the SEC millions in valuables -- including a bust of Julius Caesar. And Armstrong won't begin serving his conspiracy sentence until the contempt order is lifted.Appeals court tosses out landmark Katrina ruling
A federal appeals court reversed itself Monday and threw out a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers was liable for billions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina flood damage that property owners blame on the corps' maintenance of a New Orleans shipping channel.In Securities Dealer's Sentencing, Judge Blasts 'Corrupt' Wall Street Culture
In sentencing former Credit Suisse securities dealer Eric Butler to five years in prison for his role in a scheme to trick investors into purchasing high-risk and high-commission subprime securities, a New York federal judge has condemned "the pernicious and pervasive culture of corruption" on Wall Street. The judge also fined Butler $5 million, about $1 million more than Butler's estimated assets. The case marked perhaps the first major criminal action stemming directly from the subprime crisis.Trending Stories
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