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March 26, 2007 |

Inadmissible

5 minute read
October 02, 2008 |

House girds for 2nd try on financial rescue

WASHINGTON AP-House members are getting another chance to vote on a financial bailout bill that has infuriated millions of voters after the Senate added tax cuts and other sweeteners and passed it handily.Senators advanced the much-criticized measure in a 74-25 vote late Wednesday, sending it to the other side of the Capitol for a showdown vote expected Friday.
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June 30, 2008 |

Abu Ghraib inmates sue contractors, claim torture

HAGERSTOWN, Md. AP - Three Iraqis and a Jordanian filed federal lawsuits Monday alleging they were tortured by U.S. defense contractors while detained at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.The lawsuits allege that those arrested and taken to the prison were subjected to forced nudity, electrical shocks, mock executions and other inhumane treatment.
4 minute read
July 20, 2012 |

Fraud claims against Grant Thornton reinstated

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the accounting firm made false and misleading statements in an audit opinion letter.
4 minute read
December 20, 2004 |

Small firms seek piece of 'Wal-Mart'

Jocelyn Larkin is mad. She's been hearing reports for the past few months that lawyers around the country are soliciting clients in a discrimination class action against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The problem, Larkin said, is that her firm, the Berkeley, Calif.-based nonprofit Impact Fund, and five others are the court-named class counsel.
3 minute read
January 05, 2004 |

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

CONSUMER PROTECTION
4 minute read
July 30, 2004 |

Doctors vs. Lawyers: Tug of War Over Capitol

Rachel Tobin [email protected] Savannah, doctors wagered a quarter of a million dollars to unseat a seven-term state representative and trial lawyer seen as their main roadblock to reforming Georgia's laws on civil medical malpractice suits.In Canton, trial lawyers poured tens of thousands of dollars into ejecting the Senate majority leader, who's pro-tort reform.
11 minute read
September 27, 2013 |

CIFG Comes Up Short in RMBS Suit Against Bank of America

In his recent decision in CIFG Assurance North America v. Bank of America, Justice Charles Ramos dismissed the plaintiff's claims for fraudulent inducement and negligent misrepresentation, citing its failure to plead with requisite particularity certain allegations.
3 minute read
May 16, 2000 |

Less is More at Hangley Aronchick

Two years ago, Dara Less was wrapping up a clerkship for a federal judge and scouring the legal landscape for work. Today, only a second-year associate at Philadelphia's Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, she finds herself on the other side of the job-search equation. The 28-year-old litigator is the firm's hiring attorney -- the primary contact for law students -- handling most of the interviewing chores and summer associate program oversight.
4 minute read
February 05, 2007 |

Gauging reach of patent law

Two corporate titans, one in the software world, the other in the world of telecommunications, will do battle in the U.S. Supreme Court this month over the reach of domestic patent law beyond the borders of the United States.
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