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State Bar Seeking to Clean Up the Image of Lawyers
Sex crime charges shock Oregon wine country town
NEWBERG, Ore. AP - Darrin Daily's neighbors say they had no reason to suspect the depravity that police and court documents describe in the one-story apartment on River Street.Daily, 44, of Newberg, was accused of rape, sodomy and other sex-related crimes, including posting Craigslist ads to solicit others to join in group sex with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said.Court System Is Enlisting Retired Lawyers for Pro Bono
The court system is moving on several fronts to tap the state's 11,000 retired lawyers as volunteers to help those unable to afford legal counsel. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman in an interview yesterday said the plan was to create an "emeritus" category of attorney registration that will permit retired attorneys age 55 and over to handle pro bono cases without having to pay the biennial $350 registration fee or to meet mandatory continuing legal education requirements.Woman Can Leave State With Son Despite Custody Order, Judge Rules
Landmark Settlement Rejects Medicare 'Improvement Standard'
In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish of Daniel G. Fish, LLC writes that despite a history of successful challenges, it has been a long accepted article of Medicare faith that once a patient is no longer improving, coverage ceases, even if skilled care is necessary to maintain the patient's condition. A signed settlement agreement may soon fundamentally alter that practice of automatic denial.All I Needed to Become Partner I Learned in Elementary School
While the new year brings a host of emotions to associates, the winter season is also the time when many firms name new partners.With Senate Votes, Joint and Several Liability on Track to Be Transformed
As state Sen. Jake Corman fought back a proposal to temper changes to Pennsylvania's joint and several liability doctrine, he said the original proposal to limit the circumstances under which a defendant has to pay for another defendant's part of a judgment was the result of a compromise struck back in 2002.Lippman Confirmation Expected in Senate Tomorrow
Attorney convinces jury that principal was set up as scapegoat
For Michelle A. Delancy, it was the kind of closing argument criminal defense attorneys dream about. One that catches the prosecutors unaware and has the jurors nodding their heads in agreement.Trending Stories
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