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Decades After Crime, Rehabilitated Alien Still Faces Removal
A reluctant Second Circuit panel has ruled that Savario Perriello cannot use his pending petition for naturalization to block removal proceedings under the law as it now stands, even though it took the government more than 16 years after he was released from prison to start the proceedings. "We acknowledge the significant hardship that Perriello and his family will face as a result of the unaccountable delay in the decision to seek his removal decades after his conviction, and notwithstanding his evidently lawful and productive life in the interval," Judge Dennis Jacobs wrote for the court.NY: Debt collector used sex threats, harassment
ALBANY, New York AP - New York's attorney general said Tuesday he is trying to shut down a debt collector whose employees used outrageous tactics in several states, such as threatening to sexually attack one debtor's daughter, berating people as drunks and deadbeats, and bullying others with threats of arrest.Federal Courts Not Place for ADA Discrimination Claims
State employees cannot sue their employers in federal court for alleged discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a split panel for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. According to the majority, the 11th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution made states immune to such lawsuits. However, they stressed that the plaintiff can still prosecute a disability discrimination lawsuit in state court because Illinois is a state that has not asserted its right to blanket immunity.realLegal.com Selected to Produce e-brief for All Parties in Microsoft Appeal
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In Final Moments, Death Claims To Sept. 11 Victims Fund Surge
Fumo Investigation Produces Disturbing Decision on Defense Attorney Tactics (Part II)
The court's decision in holding that counsel's failure to permit their client to proffer was evidence of a conflict fails to consider the reality of the role of competent defense counsel in representing a witness, either subject or target.Vets With PTSD Put New Strain On Courts
Already, many Iraq and Afghan vets with emotional problems have found their way into the criminal justice system. Soon, the numbers could be overwhelming.Legal Malpractice Suit Yields $4.4 Mil.
A Philadelphia law firm was hit with a verdict of more than $4.4 million in a legal malpractice case after a Philadelphia Common Pleas judge concluded that the firm had provided a false opinion letter to a bank prior to the closing of a $7.3 million loan.Trending Stories
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