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Parents Fight for the Right to Represent Their Children in Case Before High Court
On Tuesday, Sandee and Jeff Winkelman's battle against the Parma, Ohio, school district goes before the Supreme Court, where the justices will decide whether nonlawyer parents can represent their kids in disputes under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in federal court. Circuits have split on the issue, which has been hard-fought around the country by desperate parents who say there are not enough lawyers able or willing to take on their costly and complex disputes with local school districts.Under Pressure from Congress, 9th Circuit Scraps Next Year's Conference
High Court to Hear Lethal Injection Arguments
In 2004 and 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court opened doors to civil rights challenges to execution by lethal injection. Will it close those doors in the new year?View more book results for the query "*"
Defense Takes Aim at Causation in HRT Opening Arguments
The deceased plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging a Wyeth-made hormone replacement therapy drug caused her death from breast cancer has a surviving identical twin who has not had breast cancer. Both the plaintiffs and the defense attorneys sought to leverage to their advantage the fact that Cheryl Foust's twin sister, Carol, was present and in good health in a Philadelphia Common Pleas courtroom Wednesday during opening arguments in Foust v. Wyeth.Plaintiffs Firms Line Up for Fannie/Freddie Lawsuits
Earlier this month, Theodore Olson made headlines when he filed a lawsuit accusing the federal government of blocking private stockholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from getting their fair share. Since then, more than a half dozen plaintiffs firms have gotten into the game, filing related cases.Drexel University Names Visiting Committee for Law School
Drexel University last month elected a 14-member visiting committee charged with cri tiquing the first-year curriculum of the new law school and providing feedback to faculty members.The group is a collection of state and federal judges, general counsel, local attorneys and a nonprofit leader.Bills Target Linking of Firms, Court Reporters
The Massachusetts House and Senate passed legislation barring law firms and insurance companies from hiring court reporting services through exclusive contracts at discounted rates. Governor Paul Cellucci, however, sent the bill back, saying he opposes an outright ban and instead favors disclosure by the court reporters.Copyright lawsuit against Ga. State watched nationally
Lawyers on both sides have been able to find little common ground in a Georgia case that could determine how the 1976 federal copyright law governs university libraries' authority to post course materials online. Plaintiff publishers have sued Georgia State University, alleging that it has routinely infringed copyrights of thousands of copyrighted works assigned in hundreds of GSU courses.Trending Stories
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