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September 01, 1999 |

Killer's Ineffective Counsel Try Rejected

Despite the efforts of a pro bono group from Atlanta's Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an ineffective counsel claim on behalf of a man sentenced to death after his conviction on murder and rape charges. A split three-judge panel ruled Alexander E. Williams IV should have told his attorney of beatings he suffered as a child and that the attorney was not remiss in his failure to present evidence of the mitigating abuse during the sentencing hearing.
4 minute read
June 28, 2013 |

Race, Age Bias Suit Against Prison Gets Green Light

A federal judge in Scranton has applied equitable tolling to a case brought by a 62-year-old black pastor alleging that the prison in Lackawanna County fired him because of his race and age.
4 minute read
November 01, 2007 |

Advice From a Wannabe Rainmaker

The concept of business development is yet another one of those things people don't learn in law school or while being summer associates. But even a dimwitted or somewhat lazy lawyer who squeezed into the law firm based on a recommendation from a relative can shoot to the upper echelons with this one skill set. Humor columnist The Snark says he has no idea how to develop business. But he's willing to share what he has witnessed over the years and offer some insight into the elusive rainmaking game.
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August 16, 2011 |

Tax Shelter Defense Seeks New Trial Over Juror's Hidden Identity

Counsel for former Jenkens & Gilchrist partners Paul Daugerdas and Donna Guerin and their co-defendants have charged that a juror at their trial for a massive illegal tax shelter scheme hid the fact that she had practiced law, had been suspended from practice for alcohol dependency and professional misconduct, that the Appellate Division had refused to reinstate her because of mental illness and that there was an outstanding warrant for her arrest.
4 minute read
September 02, 2003 |

In Camera

Fired Deputy Public Defender Thomas Spielbauer may have the opportunity to confront on the witness stand the bosses who canned him; A high-volume spat between a Siskiyou County attorney and a retired Alameda County judge has been resolved in favor of the judge.
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March 03, 2011 |

Lisa Perrochet

Big law firms everywhere can exhale: The Horvitz & Levy partner persuaded the California court of appeal to definitively recognize ethical walls in conflict-of-interest cases.
3 minute read
January 09, 2012 |

Oracle Settles Round Rock Patent Suit

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June 15, 2006 |

Prosecutor Gets 6 Months in Drug Case

Former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Robert Roland will still have a chance to keep his Bar card after he gets out of Lompoc.
3 minute read
June 03, 2008 |

Former House speaker Hastert to join Dickstein Shapiro

Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives J. Dennis Hastert will join Washington.'s Dickstein Shapiro LLP as senior advisor in the firm's government law & strategy group. Hastert will focus his practice on legislative and regulatory counseling.
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February 19, 2002 |

ACLU Seeks Plaintiff to Challenge Secret Hearings

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey is searching for a client to challenge the secrecy surrounding court hearings for Muslims detained by the INS since Sept. 11. The vast majority of hearings for "Special Interest Cases" -- Muslims detained on minor immigration violations until they're cleared by the FBI of any connection to terrorist activity -- have been held in Newark, N.J.
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