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July 16, 2013 |

Court Says State Doctors Immune From Most Suits

The Georgia Supreme Court has made it harder to sue state-employed doctors, overruling a 1997 decision the justices said confused matters.
7 minute read
November 21, 2007 |

Supreme Court Agrees to Take D.C. Gun Case

The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will take up the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, setting the stage for its first hard look in nearly 70 years at the meaning of the Second Amendment's "right of the people to keep and bear arms." The timing of the case makes it likely that the contentious issue of gun rights, and the importance of the Supreme Court as an issue for voters, will gain more prominence in the 2008 presidential campaign.
3 minute read
June 19, 2003 |

Objections to Venue Rule Challenge Overruled

A majority of the Commonwealth Court en banc has overruled preliminary objections to a trial lawyers association's argument that a venue rule enacted by the Legislature regarding medical professional liability claims is unconstitutional.
7 minute read
October 22, 2007 |

Immigration Law

Angelo A. Paparelli, managing partner of Paparelli & Partners, and Ted J. Chiappari, a partner at Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, write that despite a recent preliminary injunction barring implementation of a much-feared "no-match" regulation, Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to outsource immigration enforcement duties to employers. At most, the court order is but a reprieve against one tool of immigration enforcement.
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May 18, 2010 |

Commonwealth v. Heichel, PICS Case No. 10-1780 (C.P. Centre April 2010), Ruest, J. (4 pages).

There was no conflict of interest in this case where an attorney for the public defender's office, which had been appointed to represent defendant, left to join the district attorney's office but the attorney was not involved in defendant's case for either office. Motion for appointment of special counsel denied.
3 minute read
August 14, 2006 |

Stakes Are Raised in Interpleader Actions

John W. Dreste, a partner with Ernstrom & Dreste, and Gavin M. Lankford, an associate at the firm, review a case of apparent first impression in which the Fourth Department held a subcontractor/interpleader defendant liable to another interpleader defendant for interest on contract funds that had been deposited into court.
8 minute read
January 28, 2013 |

Trusts & Estates

In this Special Report from the New York Law Journal, brought to you free by WithumSmith+Brown, PC: "From Jewelry to JPEGs: Planning in the Digital Age," "Surprising Effects of Prenuptial Agreements on Long-Term Care," "Imprudent Conduct Could Result in Denied Commissions," " Moving Forward: Modernizing and Consolidating N.Y. Trust Law," "To Move or Not to Move?" and "Quagmires Lurk in Non-Probate Assets and Joint Accounts."
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April 20, 2004 |

Applying �Apprendi' Retroactively Worries Justices

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared wary Monday of opening the door to retroactive application of its 2002 ruling that said judges, not jurors, should determine the facts that lead to death sentences. During oral arguments in Schriro v. Summerlin, several justices wondered aloud whether making the 2002 ruling in Ring v. Arizona retroactive would also necessarily lead to applying Apprendi v. New Jersey retroactively to a broad range of criminal cases.
3 minute read

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