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Lawyer: Sept. 11 conspirator deserves new trial
RICHMOND, Va. AP - Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui's guilty plea was invalid because he was denied potentially helpful evidence and was restricted in choosing his own counsel, his lawyer told a federal appeals court Friday.A federal prosecutor countered that Moussaoui got exactly what he wanted when he ignored his attorneys' advice and pleaded guilty before the evidence he had sought could be provided.Designation of Accutane Litigation as a Mass Tort
Notice to the bar.Justice Ginsburg's Husband Dies at Age 78
Prominent tax lawyer and professor Martin Ginsburg, husband of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for 56 years, died Sunday at their home in Washington, D.C. Martin Ginsburg, who was 78, died from complications of metastatic cancer, according to the Court's public information office. Ginsburg was a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and was of counsel to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Known for his sense of humor, Ginsburg was once dubbed the funniest law professor in America.
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Firms to Prized Associates: Let's Make a Deal
Partnership promotions, law firm leaders say, continue to have more to do with who's available than how the economy is doing. When prized associates come knocking on the door, keeping them around for the long term remains firms' primary concern. Yet how firms entice their up-and-comers to stick around has grown increasingly complicated. Equity partnership, for most firms, has become more the exception than the rule. And this year, that continues to be the case.
The Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings Cause of Action: Dragonetti Suits
In keeping with this author's monthly column on attorney liability, one would be remiss in not discussing Pennsylvania's wrongful use of civil proceedings cause of action, which is more commonly known as a Dragonetti suit.Commonwealth v. Keenan, PICS Case No. 10-1543 (C.P. Berks March 16, 2010), Ludgate, J. (16 pages).
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