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Daily Business Review

Prosecutors Must Turn Over Docs In Billionaire Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein Case

A federal appeals court has ruled prosecutors must turn over material on plea negotiations with former Palm Beach billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Extends Mandate to Aid Mentally Ill City Inmates

A Manhattan state judge has extended a 2003 settlement requiring New York City for two more years to help mentally ill inmates of city jails re-enter society.
4 minute read

Law.com

Justice Department Expands Clemency for Drug Offenders

The U.S. Department of Justice intends to make the clemency process available to more prisoners locked up for drug offenses, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said today.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Denies Counsel Fees in Civil Rights Case

A Buffalo civil rights attorney who obtained a $750,000 settlement in a racial discrimination case may be denied compensation because of a dispute over whether she had an improper retainer agreement with her client.
2 minute read

The Recorder

In Re Perez

By | April 21, 2014
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mahone v. City of New York

By | April 21, 2014
Only Deliberate Indifference Claims Against Guards Aware of Medical Needs Not Dismissed
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Freed Defendants Awarded $36 Million in Nassau Suit

John Restivo and Dennis Halstead were convicted for the 1984 rape and murder of a teenage girl but sued the county and ex-detectives after being freed in 2003 when DNA from the victim's body did not match that of the defendants.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Scalia, Ginsburg Offer Amendments to the Constitution

Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg discuss their proposed amendments to the Constitution, their writing styles and government surveillance.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Thomas v. Cumberland County

By | April 17, 2014
Deliberate Indifference Claim Based On Attack By Other Inmates May Proceed
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Department, Texas Clash Over Discovery in Voting Rights Case

The U.S. Department of Justice and Texas have locked horns over discovery in a prominent voting rights challenge. Lawyers from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division asked a panel of judges Wednesday to compel Texas to turn over legislative documents that "may shed light on the Texas Legislature's motivation" for enacting the 2011 congressional redistricting plans.
2 minute read

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