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Court: No liability for motel owner
The Supreme Court of Georgia on Tuesday ruled 4�????3 that a motel doesn't have a legal duty to check on a guest's welfare at his worried wife's request.The decision likely means the end to the wrongful death action brought by the wife of Sidney Rasnick, a 77-year-old Texas man who on March 13, 2006, was found in distress on the floor of his motel room in Jesup, about 65 miles southwest of Savannah.Settlement Voided Where Lawyer Mum About Pending Appeal on Same Issue
A lawyer's failure to tell a court and his adversary that he is counsel of record in an appeal involving the same legal issue is cause for throwing out a settlement based in part on the murky state of the lawMatter of Sedore, petitioner-respondent v. Epstein, respondent
Free With Registration: District Attorneys Cannot Delegate Prosecution Of Noncriminal Breaches to Complainants' LawyersDouble Victory for Criminal Defendants at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court issued two opinions Tuesday morning, both of them striking down lower court opinions that had favored prosecutors. In one, the justices agreed that a conviction on the charge of "failure to report" to prison isn't the kind of prior "violent felony" conviction that triggers a 15-year mandatory prison sentence for someone found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm. The second involved the deadline for filing a federal habeas appeal under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.View more book results for the query "*"
Ailing Calif. economy could prolong recession
California faces a $24 billion budget shortfall, an eye-popping amount that dwarfs many states' entire annual spending plans.Beyond California's borders, why should anyone care that the home of Google and the Walt Disney Co. might stop paying its bills this weekVirtually all states are suffering in the recession, some worse than California.U.S. Races Ahead in Global Telecom Study
Americans may look with envy on the super-fast Internet connections available in South Korea, Japan and parts of Europe, but they can take consolation from a new study that concludes that the U.S. makes better overall use of its telecommunications.Corporate Trade v. Golf Channel
Contract Interference Claims Over Golf Club TV Advertisement Rebates Held Time BarredFewer Options? Companies Strive to Change Stock Award Programs
Valerie Diamond at Baker & McKenzie says options exchanges have exploded over the past year as a result of the recession. Companies want to give employees more incentive by replacing underwater options with restricted stock.ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Pentagon Surveillance Database
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday demanding information about a Defense Department database that tracked anti-war groups and U.S. citizens. The suit charges the Pentagon with violating freedom of information laws by refusing to answer questions about the database, which is part of an anti-terrorism initiative. "The U.S. military should not be in the business of maintaining secret databases about lawful First Amendment activities," said ACLU attorney Ben Wizner.A Complete Guide to Today's Care Crisis
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