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What Estrada's Withdrawal Means for Other Nominees
The demise last week of the nomination of Miguel Estrada, 28 months after he was tapped for a seat on one of the nation's most prestigious federal courts, will likely cast a shadow over the turbulent politics of judicial selection -- and signal serious trouble for other nominees as the 2004 elections draw near.In Rare Action, U.S. Hit With $4.5 Million Medical Malpractice Ruling
A head-on collision in West Virginia has led to an unusual third-party medical malpractice judgment against the U.S. government, in a case involving a federally funded rural clinic. U.S. District Judge Charles H. Haden ruled that a doctor of the clinic was negligent in prescribing addictive medications to the defendant driver, and that this negligence was a proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries.Prison Officials Lose Bid to Assert a Qualified Immunity Defense
A qualified immunity defense may be presented in a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim in certain limited circumstances under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Outlining an exception to the general rule that affirmative defenses must be presented in the answer to a complaint and not in a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), the court upheld the rejection of a qualified immunity claim made by prison officials and doctors.View more book results for the query "US Department of Health and Human Services"
N. Carolina Gets Shot at 4th Circuit with 'Consensus Builder'
Allyson Duncan has been a judge, a law professor, and is now president of the North Carolina Bar Association. But the one thing she's never been is controversial -- and that could secure her a seat on the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.Decision summaries from The NLJ
Missed damages hearing isn't the end for plaintiff�and other decisions from The National Law Journal.Tech Groups Press Senate on Stock Options
The well-oiled tech industry lobbying machine is mobilizing to take on the Senate after scoring a huge win last week when House lawmakers voted to limit the expensing of employee stock options. The 312-111 vote in the lower chamber has the tech industry basking in the afterglow and hopeful that the options issue will now have a higher profile.Trending Stories
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