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November 15, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

'A Dagger at the Heart'?: Lawyer Says Ex-Delaware Auditor Needs New Trial Because of Judge's Remark

The charges brought against McGuiness centered on her hiring her daughter and structuring payments to a contractor in a way that avoided financial oversight.
4 minute read
October 31, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

How May US Judges Vet Experts for Jurors? The New Evidence Rule Set to Take Effect Is Sparking Debate

The update to Rule 702, set to go into effect officially on Dec. 1, has raised the issue of whether it's a long overdue way to hold judges to an evidentiary standard they should have been following for decades or if it encourages them to cross over into the jurors' domain.
5 minute read
October 19, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

How Lawyers Are Already Wielding Upcoming Changes to Expert Evidence Rules

At a Sept. 6 status hearing, lawyers on both sides of the talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson debated the impact of the upcoming amendments to Federal Rule 702 of Evidence.
6 minute read
March 03, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

In Rare Decision Setting Aside Jury Verdict, Delaware Judge Faults Lawyer's Reference to Inadmissible Docs

It's the only jury verdict Judge Mary M. Johnston has overturned in two decades on the bench, and it's one of just 11 times in the past 10 years a Delaware Superior Court judge has granted a new trial in any type of case.
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September 17, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly

Del. Supreme Court Finding Makes Marijuana Smell Alone Not Enough for Arrest

Cannabis law reform advocates said the decision was likely the first from any state's supreme court to weigh in on whether the smell of marijuana alone can justify a warrantless arrest for possession.
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June 23, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly

DuPont Case Is Vehicle for Second Circuit to Weigh Level of Data Needed for Reliable Expert

Lawyers and judges traded views over whether an expert delivered an "unreliable" opinion with contradictions or whether she was being "remarkably candid."
3 minute read
June 25, 2019 | Delaware Law Weekly

Lawyers Wrote 'Polite F-U Letters' to Help Big Pharma Fix Drug Prices, AGs Claim in Unredacted Suit

A newly unredacted complaint made public Monday appears to show several Big Pharma companies conspiring to fix prices. Here are some of the key takeaways in the lawsuit by 44 states against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Pfizer Inc., Sandoz Inc., Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and other corporate and individual defendants.
6 minute read
June 12, 2019 | Delaware Law Weekly

DOJ Drops All Remaining Charges in Prison Uprising Murder Case

After three trials that ended in setbacks for prosecutors, the Delaware Department of Justice has abandoned its case against the only remaining defendants charged in the 2017 takeover of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
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May 23, 2019 | Delaware Law Weekly

Inmate Cleared of Murder in Third Trial Over Del. Prison Uprising, Marking New Setback for Prosecutors

Roman Shankaras, who had been portrayed by prosecutors of being the "puppet master" driving the plot to overtake the Smyrna prison, became the seventh inmate out of eight so far to avoid a murder convictions in the death of Lt. Stephen Floyd.
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March 04, 2019 | Delaware Law Weekly

Nonprofit Group Reviewing Convictions Involving Hair Evidence, Jennings Says

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Monday said that a nonprofit group was conducting an independent review of decades-old criminal convictions in cases involving "potentially questionable" hair evidence.
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