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California Judge Who Sold Exxon Stock Before Appeal Says No Conflict
California state court judge Alex McDonald on Monday defended his participation in an appeal of a class action against Exxon Corp. while he owned Exxon stock and bonds. McDonald said he sold his shares of Exxon Corp. stock 26 days before oral argument to eliminate a conflict of interest. McDonald's ownership of Exxon stock came under scrutiny when a plaintiffs' lawyer reported it to the state high court.The Penn-State Shakedown: The NCAA Piles On
In the aftermath of revelations of Jerry Sandusky's predatory child molestations, the NCAA swiftly entered into a stunning agreement in which it extracted a $60 million fine from Penn State, imposed a ban on its football program from bowl games and post-season play for four years, a reduction in scholarships from 25 to 15 per year for four years, vacated all of the team's wins from 1998 to 2011, and put it on a five-year probationary period. News reports are unclear about the exact destination of the $60 million fine, but suggest that an endowment will be established to serve victims of child abuse.Underground Mines Bring Legal Issues To Surface
In August 2005, Bill and Lisa Baker, along with their 2-year-old son, moved into a new home in Cheshire. Roughly two months later, a 30-foot deep, 20-foot wide sinkhole developed in their backyard.Woman Awarded $976,000 After Collision That Caused Herniated Disc And Revealed Tumor
A woman who was injured in a rear-end collision in Windsor in 2008 and ended up needing two major back surgeries was recently awarded more than $976,000 by a Hartford judge.Argued January 25, 2006JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court as to Parts I, II, III, IVA, IVB2, and V, in which JUSTICE GREEN, JUSTICE JOHNSON, JUSTICE WILLETT, and JUSTICE MCCOYa
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Civil Libertarians Sound Off About Mics On Buses
Privacy lawyers were up in arms last week when it was widely reported that Hartford-based CT Transit was among several bus services across the country that are adding cameras equipped with sophisticated audio recording devices on its public buses.Paydirt: Superfund's New Image
The Environmental Protection Agency had to bury a lot more than factory contaminants at the 33-acre Raymark site off I-95 in Stratford, Conn. Agency officials and their lawyers also had to eradicate pollution's deal-killing taint -- the perception that old industrial sites are too fraught with legal and economic problems to ever use again. Who would want to spend millions on a Superfund site? Blue chip bidders, that's who.Nothing Sugar-Coated About Trip To Nicaragua
Alicia DeSouza-Rocha can speak three languages fluently and spent a year abroad working in Barcelona, Spain. Her classmate, Danielle Robinson-Briand, volunteered at an emergency shelter on the United States and Mexico border. So when these like-minded first-year classmates at Quinnipiac School of Law got to know each other in 2007, a light bulb went off in their respective heads. "There was no existing group at Quinnipiac [law school] that dealt with international issues," said DeSouza-Rocha.Qualcomm Mess Engulfs Top IP Firm
A week after the public learned of Qualcomm Inc.�s bombshell admission that it withheld potentially thousands of important documents in a high-stakes patent trial against Broadcom Corp., many in the intellectual property community are still buzzing about the gaffe.Small Hope Remains For UPL Change
Bar officials and the local business community continue to hold out hope that the state judiciary will relieve in-house counsel not admitted in Connecticut from the potential threat of unauthorized practice of law violations.Insights and Strategies for Effective Succession Planning in AM Law 100 Firms
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