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The Legal Intelligencer

Former Nelson Brown Attorneys Sue for Bonuses

Several attorneys who left Nelson Brown about a year ago have sued the firm for recovery of allegedly unpaid bonuses.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Company's Privilege Claim Rejected in Sex Discrimination Case

A company's broad claim to attorney-client privilege as a complete defense to a sex discrimination suit brought by a lawyer has been rejected by a federal judge.
5 minute read

Law.com

Damages Just Got Easier

Former judge David M. Gersten discusses a case that re-writes the playbook for plaintiff lawyers seeking damages.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

News Outlets Demand Judge Unseal Records in Patz Case

Seven New York City news outlets brought an Article 78 proceeding Friday in the First Department, demanding that Acting Justice Maxwell Wiley release sealed records in the trial of Pedro Hernandez, the alleged killer of Etan Patz, and cease shutting his courtroom to the public.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Faults Prosecutor's Questions, Reverses Verdict

Questions a prosecutor asked about a defendant's homosexuality elicited irrelevant and prejudicial information that warrants reversing his conviction for child sex abuse, an upstate appeals court determined.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Circuit Clarifies Multiple-Victim Sentence Enhancements

The court found that a property manager who stole from a condominium association bank account had victimized every one of the association's members, whose common charges were increased to cover the loss, and not just the bank and the condo association as a whole, allowing the application of a sentencing enhancement for having 50 or more victims.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Three Opinions, Third Circuit Joins Shift Away From Suppression of Evidence

Since October, the Third Circuit has issued three precedential opinions allowing prosecutors to use evidence collected in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Heavy-Handed Government Action or Cautious Consumer Safety? Skim Milk Alone Can't Be Labeled 'Skim Milk'

A Florida Panhandle dairy is fighting the state over the label for its single-ingredient pasteurized skim milk.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Baylsons Win Venue Fight in Dragonetti Action

The state Superior Court has granted a request by Dr. Frances Batzer Baylson and her husband, U.S. District Judge Michael M. Baylson, to transfer back to Philadelphia their Dragonetti suit over litigation involving Batzer Baylson's business contracts to store frozen sperm.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Chief Judge Scolds Lawyers in $1.25M Default Debacle

3rd DCA Judge Frank Shepherd implied precedent compelled him to favor a negligent lawyer over an attorney who made questionable moves “for reasons known only to him.”
6 minute read

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