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The state of Vermont has struck out a second time in its two-year effort to halt the relicensing of its aging Yankee nuclear power plant.
Lawyer a 'Victim' in Contempt Charges
San Francisco solo practitioner Jerome Fishkin says his client is a victim of a failed state Supreme Court program that sought civil trial lawyers to try death penalty cases.Turns out Vice-Chancellor Laster, who last month blocked a shareholder vote on Del Monte's LBO because of its financial adviser's conflict of interest, isn't the only Delaware jurist siding with shareholders. Vice-Chancellor Noble on Friday called a temporary halt to a shareholder vote on Qualcomm's acquisition of Atheros. And once again, the financial adviser's fee is at issue.
Fined Lawyer Claims to Be 'Victim' of Novel Court Program
In 1991, attorney Thomas Riordan took part in a novel California Supreme Court program that assigned civil lawyers to capital cases in hopes of reducing a backlog. Riordan floundered, and the court held him in contempt and fined him. He will face more repercussions when he goes before the State Bar Court to defend himself against charges he performed incompetently. Riordan plans to argue he was in over his head, and that, in some ways, he was the victim of a program that never really worked.Maximizing Recovery for Superstorm Sandy Claims
As the first anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, check your insurance policy for deadlines; particularly, service-of-suit limitations.The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed plaintiffs securities lawyers a partial victory Wednesday, while one of his protégés handed them a flat-out defeat.
The fight over the validity of so-called unfinished business claims in law firm bankruptcies is heating up in courts on both coasts this week.
Government Nixes Stem Cell Patents
In a decision that could widen the field for stem cell research in the U.S., the Patent and Trademark Office has overturned 10-year-old patents held by the University of Wisconsin after a complaint brought by two watchdog groups. The PTO rejected three patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the licensing arm of the state university. A challenge to the patents convinced the patent examiner that researchers in the U.S. and Australia had done earlier work that made the WARF claims "obvious."Trending Stories
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