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October 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers seek halt on Georgia executions

DEATH PENALTY lawyers have, in the past, unsuccessfully argued in Georgia courts that the state's lethal injection procedures are inhumane, but they hope to have better luck now as they try to stop two executions set for later this month.Standing in their way are prosecutors seeking justice for the victims, backed by aggressive enforcement of Georgia's death penalty from Attorney General Thurbert Baker's office.
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February 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

Beyond Fun and Games

The chairman of a "different" sort of law firm describes how to work around a law firm's hierarchal structure.
7 minute read
April 04, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Default Is Not Needed to Force Buy-Back of Securities, Panel Decides

Bond insurer MBIA Inc., which nearly went broke insuring mortgage-backed securities underwritten by Countrywide Financial Corporation, scored a victory on April 2 in its effort to wrest back $1.4 billion from the lender.
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March 21, 2000 | Law.com

Ramseys, Star Settle $25M Libel Suit

The Star tabloid, which falsely named JonBenet Ramsey's brother as a murder suspect, settled a $25 million libel suit with John and Patsy Ramsey for an undisclosed amount. Gerson A. Zweifach, a partner with Williams & Connolly in Washington, and L. Lin Wood Jr. of Wood & Grant in Atlanta confirmed the Ramseys and the Star settled the suit Friday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. The Ramseys "are very satisfied with the settlement," says Wood, who would not discuss the terms.
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February 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Senate to look into effectiveness of CIA methods

WASHINGTON AP - Anecdotes, news reports and even the many times "24" agent Jack Bauer has saved the country on TV aren't enough to convince the Senate Intelligence Committee that the CIA's harsh interrogation methods actually work.Lawmakers are investigating the interrogation program begun during the Bush administration in an attempt to inject fact into the public debate over those methods, Senate officials said Thursday.
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December 05, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Interviewing the Represented Witness

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June 05, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Witness to fatal raid: I warned cops about kids

A man rounding up his puppies late at night says he warned Detroit police that children were inside a house they were about to raid in a hunt for a murder suspect that left a 7-year-old girl dead.
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April 07, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Attractive Nuisance' Theory Allowed for 17-Year-Old Plaintiffs

Although the �attractive nuisance� theory of liability is most often applied to young children who suffer injuries while trespassing, a federal judge has ruled that it may also be used by two 17-year-old boys who suffered serious burns from catenary wires when they climbed atop a parked railroad car.
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June 02, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Quereshi v. Cintas Corp.

When an employer unreasonably or negligently delays or fails to pay temporary disability benefits, the award of reasonable attorneys' fees, in an amount related to the actual cost to obtain the benefits, is mandatory.
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November 10, 2003 | Law.com

Eric Danoff (Defense)

To Eric Danoff, admiralty law is a throwback. "It's one of the few areas where you can quote a case with a straight face from the 1800s." he says. Admiralty is a small bar that's regarded as more collegial than most. "You see the same people over and over again, and you have to treat people fairly," Danoff says. Today, Danoff is a stalwart of the practice. His name comes up repeatedly when judges, mediators and clients are asked to name the most effective defense lawyers for admiralty personal injury cases.
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