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October 07, 2013 | National Law Journal

Justices Reject Petitions in Key Cases

Last week, the Supreme Court added eight new cases to its docket, but on Monday, it was time for subtracting, clearing up the backlog of pending cases that piled up on the court's doorstep over the summer.
4 minute read
April 15, 2010 | New York Law Journal

The Highest Court

William J. Dean, executive director of Volunteers of Legal Service, writes: My fondest dream as a lawyer is to appear on the highest court in the land. I refer to the basketball court located directly above the U.S. Supreme Court chamber.
5 minute read
July 10, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Ultimate Yearbook Photo Horror Story

A suit over a revealing picture in a New Jersey high school yearbook has become a symposium on education and tort-claim law. A student claims that he suffered emotional distress because his genitals were partly visible in a basketball game picture and that high school authorities acted slowly to suppress the yearbook. And there's a novel issue: Does the publisher of such a picture violate child pornography laws if publication was inadvertent?
9 minute read
January 14, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth Court Decision May Make Muse Burden Lighter

Section 306(f.1)(8) of the Worker's Compensation Act provides that if the employee refuses reasonable medical treatment, he shall forfeit "all rights to compensation for any injury or any increase in his incapacity shown to have resulted from such refusal."
6 minute read
June 30, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Reverse discrimination ruling leaves confusion

HARTFORD, Conn. AP - The Supreme Court ruling in favor of white New Haven firefighters who said they were victims of reverse discrimination will probably leave employers confused, civil rights advocates and labor attorneys say.The court ruled 5-4 Monday that the white firefighters were denied promotions unfairly because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as a federal appeals court judge.
5 minute read
July 13, 2011 | New York Law Journal

First Circuit Bars Resentencing of Sex Offender Based on Treatment Need

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November 29, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Wayne Williams asks for DNA testing

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June 26, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Wrestler Benoit strangled wife, smothered son, hanged himself in weight room

ATLANTA AP - Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, a law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.Authorities also said they are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths of Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son.
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November 24, 2009 | The Recorder

Social Abandonment Won't Get N.Y. Divorce

In the only state in the country without no-fault divorce, a Brooklyn appellate panel declines to broaden the grounds for divorce by recognizing a "social abandonment" cause of action.
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August 16, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Mickey Rooney, Brooke Astor and Elder Abuse

In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish, a principal in Daniel G. Fish LLC, discusses the hidden issue of elder abuse, advising all attorneys who work with older clients to be sensitive to the possibility that a client is a victim of such abuse.
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