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Rendell proposes lower sales tax but on more items
Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday presented lawmakers with a $29 billion spending plan that would devote more money to schools, prisons and health care for the poor while taxing the sale of many services for the first time.7th Circuit Slaps Counsel, Punctures Airbag Claim
A recent 7th Circuit Court of Appeals case, arising from injuries allegedly caused by deployment of an airbag, illustrates a nightmare scenario for plaintiffs counsel. The stinging opinion by Judge Richard A. Posner (pictured) shot down plaintiff's res ipsa loquitur theory, rejected the testimony of plaintiff's putative expert and then slammed both parties for basic errors in establishing federal jurisdiction. In his analysis, Michael Hoenig of Herzfeld & Rubin surveys the damage.Spy Jonathan Pollard Fights Life Sentence
D.C. Circuit court judges suggested Tuesday that convicted spy Jonathan Pollard is on weak legal ground in asking them to help shorten the life sentence he received for delivering classified documents to Israel. Reviving Pollard's case would mean that "you've opened the floodgates" for hundreds of other prisoners sentenced long ago, Judge David Sentelle told Pollard's lawyers, who argued that the U.S. government lied to Pollard and that his previous lawyers failed to defend him properly.Courts Hand Down Two Major Decisions Dealing with Firearms
Two recent appellate decisions have given a major win for the gun industry and also a significant loss for gun enthusiasts across the commonwealth.In re Cooper; Calascibetta v. Cooper
Title 11 U.S.C. � 523(a)(2), which provides that the Bankruptcy Code does not discharge a debtor from a debt for money or property if obtained by fraud, implicitly requires that the fraud was perpetrated by the debtor.View more book results for the query "*"
Narrow Reading Given to 'Ineffective Assistance' Causes
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has again declined to expand the small universe of situations where attorney conduct at a trial constitutes per se ineffectiveness of counsel.E-Discovery Tips From the Bench
Judges are seen as a circumspect and guarded lot, but there are few topics they enjoy discussing more than the art of litigation and e-discovery. Some advice on handling EDD matters: Don't ask a judge "for everything and a pony" and don't treat meet and confers like a "drive-by conference."Harris v. The City of New York
No Prejudice to Respondents Found for Worker's Filing of a Late Notice of Claim for His InjuriesLawyers Anticipate New Century Examiner's Report
A 500-plus-page tome about what went wrong at New Century Financial � the second biggest subprime lender in the country until its fast descent into bankruptcy last year � has been eagerly anticipated by lawyers across a swath of practice areas.Sun Capital principal faced competition in acquisition of Tamarac company
Aaron P. Wolfe oversaw Sun Capital Partners's acquisition of Arch Aluminum & Glass for $63.5 million.Trending Stories
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