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February 11, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Fear And Loathing

Cynthia Exner is, literally, at the center of the turmoil that's dividing Danbury. Her immigration law office is located on Main Street, in a part of downtown that had sported boarded up storefronts until newcomers from Brazil and Ecuador revitalized it with businesses. Her public criticism of the city's attempts to control the tide of undocumented immigrants has thrust her into the fray, prompting a barrage of unsavory commentary in cyberspace. And after the city's Common Council overwhelmingly voted last Wednesday to allow local police to enforce immigration law, Exner and her legal colleagues in town are on the front lines of a divisive debate.
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September 06, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

TL Opinion

Efforts are under way to fix the problems that have plagued the Houston Police Department crime laboratory for more than a year. And the Texas Legislature should change the law so deadly-weapon findings don't apply to criminally negligent homicide.
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January 12, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Agricultural parcel purchased for $15 million

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January 20, 2010 | Law.com

Suit Tries Gang Strategy Against Frat Boys

The main legal theory behind a class action filed Tuesday against University of California-Berkeley fraternities has its roots in cities' injunctions against criminal street gangs. The plaintiffs are attempting to make a case against the fraternities for a host of nuisances they allege the Greeks cause, including public drunkenness, encouragement of underage drinking and harassment of people in the neighborhood.
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June 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Suspended NFL star Vick due in bankruptcy court

NORFOLK, Va. AP - Suspended NFL star Michael Vick is returning to bankruptcy court in Virginia.A status hearing on Vick's reorganization plan is scheduled Tuesday in Norfolk.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro rejected Vick's plan in April and demanded a more realistic one. Santoro said Vick should sell some of his vehicles and one or both of the expensive homes he wanted to keep.
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November 23, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys: Companies conspired not to settle with flight attendants sickened by secondhand cigarette smoke

Lawyers for flight attendants who say they were sickened by secondhand cigarette smoke want a judge to hit tobacco companies with $30 million in sanctions for crafting an agreement they say violates Florida's good faith laws.
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February 28, 2002 | Law.com

Making a Murderer

Most Americans have some familiarity with the horrid mass killings that have plagued recent history. From Jeffrey Dahmer to Columbine, we can recount when, where, and how the murders occurred. In "Base Instincts," neurologist Dr. Jonathan H. Pincus attempts to give us the why. Pincus uses vignettes to illustrate his theory about psychopaths he's examined and treated, primarily after they've been convicted.
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October 12, 2006 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court to hear cases on overturned murder conviction, Calif. sentencing law

The Supreme Court waded back into the issue of prison sentences Wednesday to determine when a judge's discretion to impose additional time behind bars violates a convict's constitutional rights.
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October 01, 2002 | Law.com

Prevailing Defendant Denied Fees in Job Bias Case

When a defendant wins summary judgment in an employment discrimination suit, the defendant is entitled to reimbursement of attorney fees only if the plaintiff knew the lawsuit had no basis or that the intent was to harass a former employer, a federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled. U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody declined to award nearly $100,000 in fees to the employer in a suit she'd dismissed on summary judgment.
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May 06, 2009 | New York Law Journal

United States v. George Balis

Fraud Convict Loses Ineffective Assistance Claims Against Trial Counsel; Performance 'Exemplary'
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