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Evolution, Creation Collide in Federal Court (Again)
Call it Scopes redux -- a potential 21st century replay of the famous 1925 case that put Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and the biblical account of creation on trial. In a case due to be heard Monday in Atlanta, a small sticker in 10th-grade biology textbooks -- cautioning readers to approach the book's discussion of evolution "with an open mind" -- has again forced a courtroom collision between science and religion. Six parents are suing in federal court to get the sticker pulled.Circuit Agrees to Mull Bankruptcy Discharge's Impact on Injury Claims
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could be poised to overturn one of its most widely criticized precedents involving how courts decide whether and when the discharge of all claims in a corporate bankruptcy reorganization plan should act as a bar to future personal injury claims.Circuit Agrees to Mull Bankruptcy Discharge's Impact on Injury Claims
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could be poised to overturn one its own precedents on a fundamental issue of corporate bankruptcy law involving how courts ought to decide whether the discharge of all claims in a reorganization plan should act as a bar to future personal injury claims.Criticized Bankruptcy Precedent Abandoned by 3rd Circuit
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held recently that exposure to asbestos that occurs before a bankruptcy petition, but does not manifest as injury until after the petition, is still a claim that can be discharged by a reorganization plan.The Bankruptcy Files: Big Ideas Go Bust
The Am Law Daily looks at the Am Law 200 firms involved in a diminishing number of notable bankruptcy filings, including those of failed social networking site Bebo, a leading nonprofit for children with psychiatric disorders, and zero-calorie flavored drink Skinny Water.Clemency: Justice to the Nth Degree
Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: 'Clemency (mercy), pardon (absolution), commutation (substitution), amnesty (forgetting), and reprieve (suspension) are drawn from the language of compassion. And today, they operate in a scheme of constitutional rights that overarches and subsumes notions of mercy and leniency.'Trending Stories
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