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Expungement Denied to Man Released on New DNA Evidence
The state Supreme Court has denied a previously granted expungement request from the first Pennsylvania inmate to be released through post-conviction DNA evidence.
Spill fund won't deter litigation
The $20 billion compensation fund for victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has begun taking applications, but plaintiffs' lawyers doubt it would significantly forestall litigation. In fact, they said, it could lead to a new wave of lawsuits.
Supremes Skeptical About Lost Cadaver
A widow sues the UC Regents for losing her husband's body, which had been donated for science. The justices seem unmoved by the legal argument.3rd Circuit Revives Couple's Trespass Claim Against Google
Civil Practice
Giving New Meaning to Fee Fight, Client Says Award Is Owed Him, Not Lawyer
A lawyer who prevailed in a Title VII suit three years ago has been engaged since then in an unusual fee fight: against her own client, who says his pro se work - coupled with the lawyer's alleged malpractice - entitles him to keep the fees awarded.Change in Guidelines Did Not Void Sentence, Circuit Concludes
14th Court of Appeals Frees Proskauer Rose From Tax Shelter Case
Houston's 14th Court of Appeals has freed Proskauer Rose from a tax shelter case in which the plaintiff is prominent Houston trial attorney George M. Fleming. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 14th Court determined that the 164th District Court did not have jurisdiction over the New York-based firm in a suit brought by Fleming.
Fullam Clears Way for Appeal in Profs' Suit Against West
The two law professors whose $5.1 million defamation verdict against West Publishing was recently reduced to just $400,000 have won the right to take an immediate appeal.Lawyers' Talks With Law Firm GC May Be Shielded
Communications between a law firm's attorneys and its in-house counsel regarding a client's potential malpractice claims against the firm may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled.Trending Stories
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