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Time-Tripping Over Prosecution Standards
State legislatures are scrambling to undo centuries of tradition by eliminating statutes of limitations and prosecute old crimes, including child abuse cases. It's one of several legislative initiatives seeking, in part, to realign the law to exploit new crime-solving technology, specifically DNA evidence. And on the federal level, a recent domestic security act eliminates or extends the statute of limitations on a variety of crimes.Pena, plaintiffs-appellees v. DePrisco, defendants-appellants
�Qualified Immunity� Shields Police Who Ignored Binge Drinking of Officer Involved in Deadly AccidentPair of Plaintiffs Lawyers May Face Different Fates in 9th Circuit Disciplinary Action
Since the 1990s, the ferocious litigation style of Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack's Walter Lack -- paired with the genial Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese -- has made millions for both men. Their relationship encompasses some of the biggest toxic tort paydays on record. Now the lawyers are coming to the end of a disciplinary action before the 9th Circuit, accused of deceiving the court in a Nicaraguan pesticides case. But Girardi is much better positioned to escape without serious punishment, for a few different reasons.Trending Stories
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