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Let Them East Cake- for the 11th Circuit's Birthday
Jonathan [email protected] the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a formal place-quiet as a monastery, except in the courtrooms, where black-robed judges pick at lawyers' arguments until their suits unravel.But on Tuesday, the first-floor lobby was filled with staffers and judges eating slices of red velvet and chocolate birthday cakes-to celebrate the 11th Circuit's 21st birthday.Are Mandatory Arbitration's Victories Paving Mediation's Way?
The legal forces favoring mandatory arbitration of employment disputes have won notable victories in recent weeks. But the fierce resistance to arbitration by the plaintiffs' bar may be having an effect, too. The close scrutiny of arbitration's pluses and minuses may even be paving the way for wider use not of arbitration itself, but of mediation.Superstar N.J. Litigator Suspended Pending Disbarment
A special ethics master has found that a celebrated New Jersey litigator embezzled $1.75 million from awards he won for clients, and the state Supreme Court last week suspended James Carney pending disbarment proceedings. Carney's case is unique because the allegations suggest he might have been entitled to some of the money in dispute if he had bothered to apply to judges for enhanced fees based on his sterling performance at trials. Also uncommon is how long the investigation took -- four years. Some of tDaily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 18, No. 189 - September 29, 2009
Daily decision alert.Battling a Bureacracy Run Amok
Nearly 45 years after it was begun, the impetus for the Security Risk Committee of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia seems to have come from an unusual source. The committee was established in January 1955 to provide legal and investigative help to federal employees who had been branded disloyal or security risks. It was the brainchild not of some firebrand defense lawyer but of the U.S. Navy's general counsel.Cite as: People v. Constantine Cristache, 2009QN013384, NYLJ 1202472251705, at *1 (Crim., September 13, 2010)Joseph A. ZayasSeptember 13,
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