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New York Law Journal

Gun Dealer Ends Up With 20% of Jury Award for False Arrest

A gun dealer who successfully sued Nassau County for false arrest and malicious prosecution may have deserved significant damages, but not to the tune of $5 million, said a judge who shaved the jury award to about 20 percent of its original amount.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Murderous Decree' Described in Opening of Terrorism Trial

Sulaiman Abu Ghayth literally sat at the right hand of Osama bin Laden and played a critical role in announcing al Qaida's call for jihad against the United States following the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a prosecutor told a jury Wednesday.
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New York Law Journal

'Murderous Decree' Described in Opening of Terrorism Trial

Sulaiman Abu Ghayth literally sat at the right hand of Osama bin Laden and played a critical role in announcing al Qaida's call for jihad against the United States following the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a prosecutor told a jury Wednesday.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appellate Judges Aren't New to Stints on Trial Courts

Judge Chris McFadden's controversial stint hearing a rape case in Fayette County isn't the first time a Georgia appellate judge has stepped into the trenches—although it may be the last.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Upskirting' Is Legal in Massachusetts, Court Rules

Massachusetts' highest court has ruled that a state law restricting secret videos or photographs of nude or partially nude people does not ban "upskirting"—taking covert pictures under a woman's dress or skirt in public.
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Court Sides With Abducting Parent on Child's Return

The U.S. Supreme Court, increasingly drawn into disputes over international child abductions, ruled on Wednesday that a treaty's one-year period to demand return of a child cannot be extended because the abducting parent concealed the child's location.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Runoff for Harris County Family Court Judge Denise Pratt

Denise Pratt, a family court judge in Harris County who faces complaints about how she runs her court, will be in a primary runoff on May 27 as she seeks re-election in the 311th Family Court.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Polygraph Out, Computer Voice Stress Analysis In

The antiquated polygraph test is being scrapped in favor of new voice-stress technology.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

After 32 years of service, Rene Guerra is voted out as Hidalgo County Criminal D.A.

Democratic voters in Tuesday's primary said "goodbye" to longtime Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney Rene Guerra.
1 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Gideon: Your Bias Is Showing

First Judge Michael Sheldon of the Connecticut Appellate Court called it "a deliberate pattern of improper conduct" in State v. Santiago. Then, in another reference to prosecutorial misconduct, a Fourth Circuit opinion in U.S. v. Bartko pleaded "whatever it takes, this behavior must stop." And Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit started a blistering dissent in U.S. v. Olsen with the following: "There is an epidemic of Brady violations abroad in the land. Only judges can put a stop to it."
4 minute read

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