By Christine Charnosky | November 1, 2023
"This new model of bar exam is consistent with Oregon's high standards and emphasis on protecting the public by assessing an applicant's legal skills and knowledge," Oregon State Bar President Lee Ann Donaldson said in a statement, adding that the new exam will ensure that new attorneys are practice-ready when they join the Oregon bar.
By Mason Lawlor | October 31, 2023
"Taxpayers need to fully understand both the hidden dangers and available protections when relying on an agent to file their tax returns, and accountants and other professional tax preparers should advise their clients of taxpayers' responsibilities to ensure the submission of their returns regardless of their reliance on an agent," the appeals court said.
By Emily Wagster Pettus | The Associated Press | October 31, 2023
U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett ruled that Sharpe, a former tight end, was using "rhetorical hyperbole" in saying on air that Favre was "taking from the underserved," that the former quarterback "stole money from people that really needed that money" and that someone would have to be a sorry person "to steal from the lowest of the low."
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | October 31, 2023
Kelli Williams, a former construction manager for Atlanta-based Southern Co., filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company and its subsidiary Mississippi Power Co. in 2018. That lawsuit, unsealed Monday, alleges that the two firms defrauded the U.S. Department of Energy and state regulators in a failed quest to build a $7.5 billion power plant.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | October 31, 2023
"Commissioner Broce said that DFCS was not set up to be caregivers for these children and she asked judges to consider detaining the children, locking them up in a juvenile detention center for a few days so that DFCS could maybe find a placement for them," said Paulding County Juvenile Judge Carolyn Altman, who said the request would violate state law.
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By Cedra Mayfield | October 31, 2023
"I think wrongful-death verdicts are a lot higher than they used to historically be ... but it's so dependent on [the facts of each case]," said plaintiff attorney Jeff R. Harris of Harris Lowry Manton.
By Mark Sherman and Mary Clare Jalonick | The Associated Press | October 31, 2023
The announcement by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee comes as the court is being pressed to adopt an ethics code, a move that has been publicly endorsed by three of the nine justices.
By Everett Catts | October 31, 2023
In a news release, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Arthur Ray Hanson II, 59, of Huntsville, Alabama, was indicted Oct. 25 on charges of transmitting interstate threats to injure Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat.
By Maryclaire Dale | The Associated Press | October 31, 2023
"Every step of the way it seemed like his rights were more important … than mine and my children's," said Janet Paulsen, who was left partially paralyzed in 2015 after being shot by her husband shortly after telling him she wanted a divorce.
By ALM Staff | October 31, 2023
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