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Federal Prosecutors Lose Bid to Recuse Texas Judge Who Made Demeaning Remarks
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas claims U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes is retaliating against a woman prosecutor after she won an appeal in a prior case, in which the Fifth Circuit found his remarks were “demeaning, inappropriate, and beneath the dignity of a federal judge."
In Neighbors' Dispute, Lawyers Seek to Undo Judge's Finding That Racism Was Motivating Factor
A San Mateo County judge found that a couple's “hostile behavior” toward Chinese immigrant neighbors was “more likely than not a product of racism.” The couple's lawyers claim the judge made the finding with no evidence and want him to walk it back or seal it.
Boies Delivers Keynote Address at City Bar Event
David Boies delivered the keynote address on “Protecting the Rule of Law” at the Seventh Annual Securities Litigation and Enforcement Institute held Wednesday at the New York City Bar.
Partnership and Employee Status
In his Law Firm Partnership Law column, Arthur J. Ciampi writes: Determining whether an entity is a partnership, and whether one is legally a partner, an employee, or an independent contractor, has significant ramifications for an attorney in a law firm partnership, and for the partnership itself. He analyzes the various indicia of partnership as well as the factors used to determine employee status.
Court Examines Two Doctrines in Environmental Case
In her Western District Roundup, Sharon M. Porcellio writes: In the last quarter of 2018, U.S. Senior District Judge David G. Larimer, in the context of an environmental case under the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, examined the interplay of two doctrines permitting courts to defer exercise of their jurisdiction until an administrative agency acts.
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Pennsylvania Causes of Action, 12th Edition
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Collision Caused No Injuries to Plaintiff: Defense
On Jan. 5, 2016, plaintiff Kira Gholston, 34, a fiscal administrator, was driving on Stenton Avenue at its intersection with East Gorgas Lane, in North Philadelphia, when she struck the side of a car with the front of her sedan.
Elliott Greenleaf Referral Fee Dispute Belongs in Montco Court, Appeals Panel Rules
A three-judge panel consisting of Judges Paula Francisco Ott, Correale F. Stevens and Alice Beck Dubow affirmed a Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas judge's order granting law firm Elliott Greenleaf's motion for coordination, stay and transfer of Richard Demarco's overlapping and duplicative Philadelphia County action.
'Really, Really Deadlocked': Court Examines What Went Wrong as Judges Pressured a Holdout Juror
Chief Judge Ed Carnes wrote that an Alabama trial court's repeated admonitions to a jury deadlocked in an armed robbery case constituted improper coercion of the holdout juror, and that defense counsel should have called for a mistrial.
RBG and Jay-Z: A 12-Step Recovery Plan for Increasing Diversity in ADR
2018 will be remembered as the year Jay-Z forced a media spotlight on the lack of diversity in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Jay-Z's complaint drives home the fact that meaningful change on this front depends on clients and their lawyers—the ultimate selectors, the purchasers of arbitration services.TRENDING STORIES
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