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Increasing the Presence of Lawyers With Disabilities
Doors are opening more and more for disabled attorneys both through advances in technology and changing attitudes toward the rights and abilities of those with handicaps. But much more can be done, and advocates continue to push for better inclusion of disabled attorneys in the legal field.Panel Reinstates Sex Bias Suit Under City Human Rights Law
The First Department agreed with the trial court that a doctor's 'boorish' conduct was not severe or pervasive enough to allow his employees' case to go forward under the state Human Rights Law, but said that the city Human Rights Law had a much different standard.Public-Benefit Corporation Legislation Sparks Debate
Governor Jack Markell is set to propose an amendment that would modify Delaware General Corporation Law to permit the creation of public-benefit corporations, according to sources in the state. Although the proposed legislation would not impact any entity currently incorporated in Delaware and is strictly voluntarily, it has met some resistance from Delaware corporate governance analysts.Board of Contributors: Implementation of Dodd-Frank lags behind schedule
Robert C. Brighton Jr. writes that the original objectives of Dodd-Frank legislation may be changed and political wrangling may compromise the goal of protecting financial markets, at least until 2012, when the voters will pass judgment.Upstate Panel Bumps Conviction Down to Manslaughter From Murder
In the latest appellate excursion into the thicket of "depraved indifference" standards, a panel in Rochester has held that a man who strangled his 11-year-old stepsister cannot be held liable for murder.Growth management law reform needed, many agree
When Gov. Rick Scott's transition team proposed a drastic overhaul of growth management laws and the state agencies that oversee them, developers and environmentalists - traditional foes - agreed.Edwards Wildman Taps Proskauer to Fight Claim Managing Partner Put Fling Before Firm's Interests
Prosecutor's Errors Bring New Trial On 1993 Verdict
Can Your Cell Phone Put You in a Cell Block?
Authorities say they have evidence a suspect was near a Connecticut bank that was robbed and in close proximity to others implicated in the robbery -- his cell phone's location information. Should law enforcement have access to that data without a warrant? A federal court will debate it.Trending Stories
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