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Reforming Indigent Defender System
For more than a decade the Criminal Justice Section of the New York State Bar Association has played a central role in the efforts to reform the state's indigent defender system.Military sex assault reports up, changes ordered
Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs, according to a new Pentagon report.Ethiopians Push for Bill Against Atrocities
Advocates for a harder U.S. stance toward Ethiopia thought they were making progress � until they ran into lobby power DLA Piper.Door Opens on Patients' HMO Suits
HMOs face the sharpest attack yet on their nearly inviolable protection from patient lawsuits. Using a recent Supreme Court decision originally hailed as a victory for HMOs, plaintiffs' attorneys are seeking to remove the protections that have kept HMOs out of state courts -- and they've gotten a boost from the Department of Labor's endorsement of patients' right to sue HMOs under state law.Case Against City, Prosecutors Likely to Proceed, Judge Hints
A federal judge hearing the civil rights suit of a man who served 15 years in prison for a now-vacated murder conviction signaled on Nov. 16 that he would let parts of the case proceed as attorneys grappled with questions of prosecutorial immunity and municipal liability.Candidates Line Up for First Judicial District Court Seats
Twenty-six candidates are vying for seven vacant seats on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the May 17 primary election.Sailing On a Sea of Tranquility
This year the Supreme Court concentrated on issues with limited impact concerning the verbal threshold, scientific evidence, punitive damages, and products liability.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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