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No Tort Claims Liability for County's Alleged Laxity in Road Inspections
Declining to adopt a novel theory of public-entity liability, the state Supreme Court holds that lack of a proactive road-repair program does not open a county to a suit in behalf of the victim of a fatal bicycling accident on a public thoroughfare.CRIMINAL PRACTICE | Defendant's relatives can be in court
Granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a trial court judge's ruling that a defendant's relatives could not be present for the testimony of an undercover narcotics officer, unless they were blocked from seeing the officer by a screen, violated the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial.Williams & Connolly raises first-year salaries to $180,000
The race to throw vast sums of money at first-year associates continues. Amid speculation as to which Washington, D.C., firm would be the next to raise salaries to $160,000, Williams & Connolly has reportedly jumped out of the pack and boosted first-year pay all the way up to $180,000. One reason for the firm's sometimes higher base salaries: Unlike most firms, Williams & Connolly doesn't offer year-end bonuses.Fryman Leaves Fox Rothschild To Join Conrad O'Brien
After 26 years at Fox Rothschild, including a long stint as managing partner and later as chair of the firm, attorney Louis W. Fryman is leaving to join Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn, a 35-lawyer litigation boutique, saying he decided to make the move because he was facing the prospect of mandatory retirement.View more book results for the query "*"
Employers add 215,000 jobs in December
A private survey shows U.S. businesses sharply increased hiring in December, helped by a surge of new construction jobs created to help rebuild from Superstorm Sandy.Motorcycle club sues over 'colors'
Lawyer Waverly Nolley, president of the Houston-based HardRiders Motorcycle Club, has sued eight members of the club, stating they "misappropriated" the HardRiders' name and logo without legal authorization or compensation.Board of Contributors: Variations To Contracting Methods Can Minimize Risk
Engaging in some form of sale of an asset — usually a facility or fee for service operation — to the private sector in a public-private partnership can help minimize risk for the public entity, attorney Frank M. Rapoport writes.Politician's Allegations Not Protected as Opinions
In a case arising from a bitter county sheriff's race in New York, a state judge ruled that the fact a person is a political candidate doesn't convert his allegations of facts into opinions. The decision gives a green light to former Putnam County Sheriff Robert Thoubboron's defamation suit against sheriff candidate Peter Convery, who'd issued a press release claiming Thoubboron bought an airplane at taxpayers' expense.Trending Stories
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