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Deal for U.S. inmate sours, raising questions
When a Colorado U.S. attorney cut a deal with an unrepresented Utah prisoner who was serving his time in the Rocky Mountain State, he expected the U.S. attorney's office in Utah to honor it and that the prisoner likely would be set free. He was wrong.Jury Duns Stadium Beer Vendor $105M For Paralysis Caused by Drunken Fan
A New Jersey jury has assessed $105 million in compensatory and punitive damages against Aramark Corp., the nation's leading arena concessionaire, in the case of a girl paralyzed in a crash with a driver drunk on beer served at a New York Giants football game.Attorneys Debate Impact of Market Report Proposals
After months of work and media coverage, a high-profile report urging eased financial regulation to keep U.S. capital markets competitive has been derided as a corporate defense lawyers' "Christmas wish list."11th Circuit: Bank Not to Blame for Theft
When someone with authority to withdraw funds from a bank account asks a bank to disburse funds, in most cases the bank has to do it, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found. That's true even if the bank suspects that the person requesting the funds might be committing fraud, even if the funds total more than $6 million, and even if that $6 million comes from what 7th Circuit Judge Richard D. Cudahy termed "a vast Ponzi scheme."View more book results for the query "*"
Minimal Stock Holdings Will Not Keep Judges Off Companies' Cases
New York's Office of Court Administration on Thursday relaxed a rule that had required judges to disqualify themselves whenever they own stock in companies involved in cases before them, "no matter how small" the amount. The amended rule requires judges to use their discretion and disqualify themselves if their stock interest is "more than de minimis." The rule uses the disqualification test adopted in 1991 by the ABA and by more than half the states since then.Egyptian Court Bans Military 'Virginity Tests'
An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the country's military rulers to stop the use of "virginity tests" on female detainees, in a rare condemnation by a civilian tribunal of a military practice that has caused an uproar among activists and rights groups.The Attributes of Winning Lawyers (Part One)
I was staring at the sea of young faces who aspired to be on the team I was about to coach many years ago and wondered not only about who would make the team, but which players would be our stars. I called a coaching mentor that night, who explained that while talent was important, I should focus on a range of other characteristics, too, if I hoped to build a winner.Cravath May Represent Air Products in Airgas Takeover Bid
Cravath Swaine & Moore can continue its representation of Air Products & Chemicals in the company's bid to acquire competitor Airgas, despite Airgas' claims of conflict, Delaware Chancery Court Chancellor William B. Chandler III ruled Friday afternoon.Antitrust Claims Against Abbott Labs Tossed
A French pharmaceutical company that licensed the selling, marketing and regulatory approval of its product in the United States to an American distributor cannot pursue antitrust claims against Abbott Laboratories because it foreclosed upon competing in the U.S. market by not directly offering the drug or seeking regulatory approval itself, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a precedential opinion.Trending Stories
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