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Jury Awards $5 Million To Guard Crushed by Booth
A Philadelphia jury has awarded $5 million to a former security guard at a South Philadelphia sports complex who claimed he suffered permanent abdominal injuries in September 2003 when a parking lot booth he was sitting next to fell on top of him after being blown over by a gust of wind.Panel Mulls Jail Time After Revocation of Supervised Release
A debate about what kind of resentencing the federal sentencing laws and guidelines permit when a judge revokes a felon's supervised release dominated an oral argument at the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 8. At issue was whether it was proper to use an additional term of imprisonment as a treatment mechanism for a sex offender.
Former Hollinger GC Passes the Buck in Fraud Trial
How does a general counsel stay out of jail if he's been accused of helping company executives line their pockets with millions of shareholder dollars? If he's Mark Kipnis, the former legal chief at Hollinger International, he pleads lack of experience and shifts the blame to the company's outside counsel. Pointing the finger may get Kipnis off -- he faces up to five years in prison -- but some experts say that his defense is the equivalent of career suicide.Corporation's Case Proceeds Against Neighbors Over 'Wetlands' Designation
A Staten Island corporation that claims its neighbors' waste water caused its property to be designated as a restricted "wetlands" will have its day in court. New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph J. Maltese denied the summary judgment motion filed by the four defendant homeowners, holding that Pland Place Realty has raised a triable issue as to whether waste from the neighbors' washing machines, dishwashers and septic tanks resulted in the wetlands designation for the company's undeveloped parcel.Home run king Barry Bonds indicted on perjury, obstruction charges
SAN FRANCISCO AP - Barry Bonds was indicted Thursday for perjury and obstruction of justice, charged with lying when he told a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.The indictment unsealed Thursday against baseball's home-run king culminated a four-year investigation into steroid use by elite athletes.Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 18, No. 189 - September 29, 2009
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Cyberattack Case Could Test Limits on Electronic Searches
The high-profile prosecution of 14 people accused in a cyberattack on PayPal has ground to a standstill over the handling of computers seized in the investigation. The question of how to segregate and purge extraneous material could derail the case and test the limits judges place on electronic searches.Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 20, No. 122 - June 27, 2011
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