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Calif. Must Reduce Prison Population, Justices Rule
A bitterly divided U.S. Supreme Court, citing "needless suffering and death" in California prisons, on Monday upheld a court order requiring the state to reduce its prison population by an estimated 40,000 prisoners within two years to relieve overcrowding.
Law Firms' Paperwork Errors Alleged To Have Resulted in Vioxx Claim Denial
Two plaintiffs' firms are being sued for malpractice for misstating the cause of death of a Vioxx user, which allegedly led to denial of recovery from a multibillion-dollar global settlement fund.Homeland Security's Rush to Fill Legal Posts
Marie [email protected] Department of Home-land 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, serving as the hub of a legal network of more than 1,000 government lawyers.Public Interest Calendar of Events for May
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Divorced Woman's Bid to Sue Her Attorney Clears a Hurdle
Supreme Court Justice Joel Asarch in Nassau County let Lisa Blumencranz proceed with a legal malpractice claim, denying a pre-discovery dismissal motion from her former attorney, Allan Botter of Galasso, Langione, Catterson & LoFrumento in Garden City.Time to Dismantle Oil Industry Giants?
Only two days after Exxon Mobil reported the highest annual earnings of any company in U.S. history -- $36.1 billion -- prominent lawmakers are asking whether it's time to break up oil conglomerates formed through mega-mergers in the past several years. Congressional leaders are questioning, loudly, whether the rush of industry mergers in the last few years is as much a culprit as rising global demand, conflict in the Middle East and Hurricane Katrina-related damage to U.S. refining capacity.Analyzing Securitized Mortgages On Commercial Property
Russell L. Penzer and Steven B. Aptheker, partners with Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid, write that judges appear to acknowledge that commercial mortgage backed securities transactions are the very type of exotic investment instrument that contributed to the current economic condition, and seem willing to entertain new and creative legal theories for dealing with distressed real estate that has been securitized.
Top Patent Lawyers Leave Google, Intel
Michelle Lee, deputy general counsel and head of patents and patent strategy at Google, and David Simon, associate general counsel for IP policy at Intel, have both resigned their positions.Trending Stories
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