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Panel Seems Skeptical to Expand Protections Against Eyewitness Evidence
During oral arguments yesterday, Justice Scalia asked if due process is not limited to suggestive circumstances created by the police, while Justice Kagan suggested that "eyewitness testimony is not the only kind of testimony which people can do studies on and find that it's more unreliable than you would think."Jury Sides With Plaintiffs After Failed Cancer Diagnosis
A Bucks County jury has awarded $700,000 to a woman and her husband after they alleged doctors failed to timely diagnose her breast cancer and that one doctor, a gynecologist, altered her medical records to make it appear as though she had taken different steps while treating her former patient.Mind 90-Day Notice in Adding Claims in Contract Suit Against State, Court Says
Parties litigating contract disputes with the state of New Jersey must file a new notice of claim if they want to expand the lawsuit, a unanimous state Supreme Court rules.Jackson Lewis Expands With Former Sports Agent
Sports agent Gregg Clifton is giving up his portfolio of athletes and joining the sports industry practice of labor and employment giant Jackson Lewis -- where he began his legal career -- to advise management from individual franchises, leagues and college teams.New Demographics and Credit Markets in Franchising
What is the biggest sea change for retailing and franchising? We can learn a lot from research conducted in shopping malls and restaurants about new trends.Aviation Cases Address Pre-Emption, Jurisdictional Matters
Texas is a national and international hub of aviation activity. The following are some of the more notable decisions involving Texas aviation law in the past year. They run the gamut from tort cases to commercial disputes and include a pre-emption issue that has received nationwide attention.Market Manipulation: A Stock Opera
In their Corporate and Securities Litigation column, Sarah S. Gold, a partner at Proskauer Rose, and Richard L. Spinogatti is a senior counsel at the firm, analyze a recent decision holding that Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 extend to "a manipulative scheme by an officer of a corporation to gain control [of] the stock's float, artificially inflate its share price through fraud on the market, and reap substantial gains by selling off his shares while causing the corporation and its other shareholders to suffer losses."Homeland Security Trying to Enlist a Few Good Attorneys
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking a few good lawyers -- 68 to be exact. These lawyers, the inaugural staff of the department's Office of the General Counsel, will have their work cut out for them, as the hub of a network of more than 1,000 government lawyers. Not only will they organize their own newly created office, but they'll be assisting with a massive restructuring of 22 federal agencies and a bureaucracy of more than 170,000 employees that make up the Department of Homeland SecurityTrending Stories
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