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By Jason Grant | July 3, 2017
A Long Island man is set to be released from his 25-year sentence for child sexual assault because an Eastern District judge found that state prosecutors withheld evidence at trial about a detective's long history of allegedly coercing and falsifying confessions.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 30, 2017
The public is entitled to access footage from police "dashcams" under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law if the recordings aren't part of an investigation, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled in a divided opinion.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017
The court found that findings of patent invalidity and noninfringement made after reverse-payment settlement agreements were irrelevant to the rule of reason analysis in plaintiff's antitrust litigation but were relevant to plaintiff's antitrust causation showing and were admissible and the court ordered a two phase trial to limit prejudice and jury confusion. Two phase trial ordered.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017
Trial court erred in granting motion to suppress based on investigatory detention unsupported by reasonable suspicion where such a basis to suppress was not asserted by defendant, who instead simply challenged the lack of reasonable suspicion for the subsequent search. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017
In this guardianship proceeding, the alleged protected person was required to submit to an independent medical examination for the purpose of determining her capacity.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017
Evidence of drug paraphernalia obtained from a warrantless search of a juvenile's backpack was inadmissible, because the juvenile did not consent to the search and none of the search warrant exceptions applied. The court granted the juvenile's motion to suppress.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017
Hearsay statements were admissible where the victim claimed to have no recollection and the court found forfeiture by wrongdoing on the part of defendant. Dismissal was not warranted for ex parte contact involving the re-assignment to a different trial judge where defendant failed to establish prejudice.
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By KAREN ALI | June 28, 2017
Law students at Quinnipiac University are training hospitality workers how to identify and report signs of human trafficking.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 27, 2017
Court Finds Correspondence Insufficient to Put Defendant on Notice for Spoliation Purposes
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 27, 2017
Defendant Negligent in Securing Electronic Evidence Warranting Negative Inference Charge
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