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September 07, 2009 |

Losing Plaintiff Objects To Judge's Refusal To Poll Jury

The administrator of the estate of a man who died in prison is challenging the trial court's decision to not allow an attorney to poll the jury following a defense verdict. The estate had sued the Department of Corrections for civil rights violations, claiming that correction officers used excessive force in the events leading to the man's death.
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April 21, 2005 |

The Mother Load

Wendy Hufford is senior global litigation counsel at GE Consumer Finance in Stamford, Conn. She is also the mother of seven children -- with one more on the way. In honor of Mother's Day, Corporate Counsel asked the in-house lawyer (and multitasking expert) to describe her typical day. According to Hufford, if busy people are happy people, she and her husband must be in a perpetual state of bliss -- but not without a little help from a "do not disturb" sign.
5 minute read
June 06, 2005 |

Pa's No Child Left Behind Appeals Policy Unconstitutional

The process by which Pennsylvania�s Department of Education permits school districts to appeal determinations made pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Law is unconstitutional, a Commonwealth Court panel has ruled.
2 minute read
March 23, 2011 |

Doral warehouse purchased for $900,000

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March 29, 2006 |

Military Tribunal Case Comes Before Skeptical Supreme Court

The Bush administration ran into skepticism from the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard debate, in unusual 90-minute arguments, over a landmark war powers dispute testing the legal rights of enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Justices seemed especially concerned about a law passed by Congress last year that the administration argues strips the high court of jurisdiction over habeas petitions filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees.
5 minute read
April 02, 2007 |

Keogh Named As Fitzgerald's Replacement

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has nominated Philadelphia Common Pleas Criminal Branch Supervising Judge D. Webster Keogh to replace interim Justice James J. Fitzgerald III as head of the city court system�s trial division.
1 minute read
September 21, 2005 |

N.Y. Judge Allows Suit Against Atkins Center to Go Forward

A suit against low-carb diet promoter Dr. Robert Atkins over his cancer treatment recommendations will go forward now that a Manhattan judge has dismissed the Atkins estate's motion for summary judgment. The judge ruled that public policy forbade the court from enforcing a legal-release provision in the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine's consent form signed by the since-deceased plaintiff. The suit marks at least the second time that Atkins' breast cancer treatments have resulted in litigation.
3 minute read
December 02, 2010 |

Holiday shoppers came out to spend in November

Generous discounts lured American to stores for holiday gifts in November, providing cheer and robust sales gains for retailers. That raises hopes, already buoyed by reports of crowded malls over the crucial Thanksgiving weekend, for a strong holiday shopping season.
3 minute read
July 23, 2013 |

Deciding Whether Law Firms Should Have an App for That

One thing Fox Rothschild family law partner Eric Solotoff has learned in the five years his practice group has run a blog is that clients are looking for lawyers in less traditional ways.
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