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February 22, 2005 |

Boston Herald Ordered to Pay Judge $2.1M in Libel Case

A jury Friday ordered the Boston Herald to pay $2.1 million for libeling a Superior Court judge, saying it misquoted him as telling lawyers that a 14-year-old rape victim should "get over it." Because Ernest B. Murphy is a public figure, his lawyer had to convince the jury that the Herald knew it was reporting false information, or acted with a reckless disregard for the truth -- a higher standard than the requirement a nonpublic figure must meet to win a libel case.
5 minute read
January 30, 2006 |

Hunting Down the Ephemeral

by Craig BallAsked, "Is sex dirty," Woody Allen quipped, "Only if it's done right." That's electronic data discovery: If it's ridiculously expensive, enormously complicated and everyone's lost sight of the merits of the case, you're probably doing it right.But it doesn't have to be that way.
14 minute read
July 15, 2010 |

John Stamos Played Uncle Sleazy, Defense in Blackmail Case Argues

Attorneys for a couple accused of plotting to extort $680,000 from John Stamos are trying to get them off the hook by attacking the actor's character and the FBI's credibility.
4 minute read
December 02, 2011 |

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February 05, 2007 |

Jailhouse Rockers Denied Injunction

A public furor erupted when musical groups formed by Graterford prison inmates were featured on the television show Music Behind Bars on VH-1, and then-Gov. Mark Schweiker quickly vowed to silence the jailhouse rock.
2 minute read
May 03, 2007 |

Has the Internet Killed the Video Star?

In 1981, MTV launched with the song, "Video Killed the Radio Star," staking claim to a new media. Ironically, MTV's parent, Viacom, now cries that the Internet has killed the video star, or at least it will unless a court enjoins YouTube.com. Attorneys Gerald C. Pia Jr. and Brian C. Roche believe that this dispute -- over copyrighted video posted on YouTube without Viacom's authorization -- raises the possibility that technology has made the Digital Millennium Copyright Act obsolete.
5 minute read
April 04, 2008 |

Arrington: Booting whites not about race

One week after he cleared his courtroom of white people so he could have a "fireside chat" with the black defendants assembled before him, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin S. Arrington Sr. offered an explanation and-for anyone offended by his act-an apology."There were no official acts" during the private lecture, he said, "just a frank chat.
4 minute read
March 30, 2012 |

Applicability of 'Noseworthy' Doctrine: Issues and Their Resolution

In his Evidence column, Michael J. Hutter, a professor at Albany Law School and special counsel to Powers & Santola, analyzes developments regarding the 'Noseworthy' doctrine which eztablished a plaintiff in a wrongful death (personal representative of the decedent whose death was caused by defendant) or an amnesiac plaintiff in a personal injury action (amnesia caused by defendant) is ordinarily not held to this usual degree of proof.
13 minute read
April 12, 2000 |

American Endgame

In sweeping the recent Academy Awards ceremony, "American Beauty" earned new releases and longer runs in hundreds of theaters. That's a good thing for attorneys who may not have realized that Sam Mendes' beautiful film, named the best picture of 1999, is also an essay on the most persistent question confronting contemporary American law.
8 minute read
February 23, 2005 |

Newspaper Ordered To Pay Judge $2.1 Mil.

A jury Friday ordered the Boston Herald to pay $2.1 million for libeling a Superior Court judge, saying it misquoted him as telling lawyers that a 14-year-old rape victim should get over it.
5 minute read

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