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New York Objects to Plaintiffs' Lawyers Seeking $8 Million Fees in FDNY Discrimination Case
According to papers filed in the Brooklyn federal court on Thursday, the attorneys from Levy Ratner and Scott...
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Expert Reports Cannot Claim Automatic Privilege
On Tuesday, the Appellate Division, First Department found that an analyst’s reports that had been prepared...
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EPA Pollution Rule Overturned by D.C. Court of Appeals
On Tuesday, in a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit said that the EPA had exceeded its...
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NY Bill for ‘Notice of Claim’ Drawing Criticism
The New York State Bar Association and the Trial Lawyers Association, hold that the current process of filing...
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An Issue over the Application of New York’s Champerty Law
On Thursday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich stayed the dismissal of a case upon champerty...
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Drama Heightens Over Next Chief Justice for Louisiana Supreme Court
On Thursday, the lawyers for Bernette Johnson, the first African-American on the bench of the Louisiana...
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Lawsuit against FBI Surveillance of California Mosques Tossed Out
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney dismissed a lawsuit charging that the FBI violated civil...
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International Child Custody Dispute before the Supreme Court
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the challenge made to a lower court ruling by a U.S. Army...
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Prosecutor Prosecuted over Sex for Legal Representation
The people over at Reuters asked sarcastically whether it was an “Alternative fee arrangement?” employed...
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Ex-Lawmaker “Asleep at the Switch” while Aides Faked Vote Petitions
On Thursday, four staff members of former U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter were charged with forgery and...
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Former General Counsel of a Teamsters Local Sentenced to Prison for Stealing
On Wednesday, a former general counsel for a Teamsters local was sentenced to up to 8 years in prison for...
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The Spa Visits of the Former Jackson County Court Administrator
Records show that the former court administrator of Jackson County, Teresa York has created some issues over...
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Some Courtroom Drama in the Apple/Samsung Trial
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh rejected Apple Inc’s request for severe sanctions against Samsung...
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