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Miami-Dade School Board considers suit against BP
The Miami-Dade County school board could become the state's first school system to join plaintiffs in federal multidistrict litigation and seek damages over the BP oil spill.Banker Claims He Was Defamed by Arizona Dean's Law Review Article
A New Jersey banker has sued Zachary Kramer, an associate dean at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law and author of an article titled "Of Meat and Manhood," which explores a separate suit brought by a fired employee who alleged that the banker discriminated against him because of his vegetarianism and perceived homosexuality.Milbank Adds Five Partner Group From Latham's Finance Practice
Drug Court Admission Discretionary, Full Hearing Not Required, Court Says
A trial-like hearing is not necessary because the decision whether to approve a drug court application is 'essentially a sentencing decision' in which the judge decides whether a probationary sentence is appropriate, the state Supreme Court says.In Defense of Preserving Labor Law §240(1)
In their Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner, the senior partner at Kelner & Kelner, and Gail S. Kelner, an attorney with the firm, write that even as the courts have recognized that there are occasions when the worker is solely to blame, those occasions are rare and have been carefully distinguished from a worker's comparative negligence, which is not a defense.Health Care Case's 'Sleeper': Medicaid Expansion
The Medicaid argument is last, but not least.Panel Rejects Phila. Assault Weapons Ban, Gun Purchase Limit
The Commonwealth Court struck down two city ordinances — one dealing with a ban on assault weapons and the other requiring that only one handgun be purchased per 30-day period — in an en banc decision handed down Thursday.Bar to Implement Streamlined Disciplinary Process
Attorneys who face allegations of professional misconduct will go through one less hearing in the State Bar of Texas attorney discipline process as a result of changes taking effect on Jan. 1.Inequitable Conduct Defense Gutted in Federal Circuit Case
After months of anxious waiting for the patent bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit finally handed down its en banc ruling on inequitable conduct standards in Therasense Inc. v. Becton Dickinson & Co. on Wednesday. And for patent plaintiffs at least, the decision appears worth the wait.Trending Stories
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