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New York State Crime Victims Board v. Harris
Court Did Not Err in Enjoining Prisoner's Access Of Guardian Funds Until Victims? Claims ResolvedCongress's Sentence Irks Judges
The amendment, named for its sponsor, Representative Tom Feeney (R-Florida), was quickly enacted last April without hearings and without input from the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making arm of the federal judiciary. Supporters claimed the law was necessary because judges were increasingly setting sentences below ranges specified by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The rate of so-called downward departures in federal criminal cases rose from 5.8 percent in 1981 to 18.3 percent in 200State Farm appeals $253,000 verdict
Parties in a car accident case who were once only $7,000 apart in settlement negotiations are now fighting over a $253,000 verdict delivered in Bibb County State Court.On one side is a Macon firefighter whose pickup truck was hit by an uninsured motorist. On the other side is State Farm, which carried the firefighter's uninsured motorist coverage and is appealing.Politics Beckons Paul Weiss Associate
Hakeem Jeffries is getting his money's worth out of his unlimited New York MetroCard these days. A third-year litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and, at 29, a Democratic candidate for the State Assembly from Brooklyn's 57th District, Jeffries in recent weeks has shuttled several times a day between the firm's midtown Manhattan offices and campaign stops in the central Brooklyn neighborhoods he hopes to represent.
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Pre-Workout Agreements Are Today's Lender Essentials
David M. Stewart, a partner at Latham & Watkins, and Elizabeth Jaffe, an associate at the firm, write that in the recent real estate downturn, lenders increasingly find themselves faced with defaults, or imminent defaults, by their borrowers. To make matters more complex, they note, lenders today may find that foreclosing on the mortgaged property is not the best defaulted loan strategy: Due to decreased property values and a lack of willing purchasers, the lender could still face a significant shortfall in the recovery of its loan, even if the property could be sold at foreclosure.Alito's First Day on High Court a Busy One
New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s first day on the bench Tuesday was an unusually busy one. The Court heard arguments in key environmental cases, issued a ruling involving freedom of religion, and granted review in a new case that will put the justices back in the center of the national abortion rights debate.
Social Gaming Suits Are Serious Business
Social gaming -- online games that use social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace as platforms -- is a lucrative market whose practices are ripe for litigation. Legal questions surround "fast following," the sector's practice of quickly copying competitors' successful gaming concepts.
$2.8M lawyer malpractice verdict set aside
In a long-running legal malpractice case, the Supreme Court of Georgia has upended a $2.8 million verdict against Dahlonega lawyer Steven Leibel, finding that both the Georgia Court of Appeals and the trial judge made errors in the case.
Historic Warren County Courthouse Will Be Renovated, Not Replaced
Almost a decade after Warren County's assignment judge declared courthouse facility improvement "the number one priority in this vicinage," the county freeholder board is taking action.Trending Stories
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