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November 19, 2009 |

Prying into a teen's private pages

A teenager is suing a school after being bullied by a group of girls at the school and getting expelled for unexcused absences due to the emotional distress of the harassment, she claims. Part of her argument about the bullying is based on her Facebook postings and e-mails.
4 minute read
April 21, 2010 |

Judge to rule on letting media witness pretrial questioning

News media and bankruptcy attorneys told a judge that reporters should be allowed to attend pretrial questioning of those connected to Scott Rothstein's firm.
4 minute read
February 16, 2010 |

In Rare Move, Judge Takes Case From Jury, Acquits Former Stanford Workers

In the first criminal trial tied to the stunning collapse of Stanford Financial Group, a federal judge, in an unusual move, cut off jury deliberations and granted acquittals to two employees accused of shredding documents in the alleged $7 billion fraud. Visiting Senior Judge Richard Goldberg said the evidence was lacking to support a conviction of Stanford global security chief Thomas Raffanello and technology officer Bruce Perraud. In an era of supersized fraud, legal observers said the call was a gutsy and bold one.
4 minute read
August 11, 2008 |

Vetting Jurors via MySpace

As personal information becomes more widely available on blogs, MySpace, Facebook and other social networking Web sites, the Internet has become an important tool for jury consultants and trial lawyers. Such sites are a treasure trove of information about potential and seated jurors that can be used in picking the right jurors, bouncing potential jurors and even influencing jurors during trial and in closing arguments. Jury consultants have begun turning to private investigators, some of whom have started niche businesses offering Internet jury research and "personality profiling" of jurors.
8 minute read
May 21, 2012 |

Female Officer Wins Promotion In Settlement

Elizabeth Erickson v. City of Stamford: A female police officer of 24 years who sued the city of Stamford for discrimination after she was passed over for a possible promotion to captain has reached a settlement that includes the promotion.
5 minute read
October 17, 2005 |

D.C. Metro Area's Largest Law Offices

The Legal Times 150 provides a snapshot of the size of the D.C.-area legal community in 2005 by listing the number of lawyers in the largest law offices in the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and suburban Maryland.
39 minute read
November 05, 2003 |

Plea for Openness

Calling it the "most egregious recent example of an alarming trend toward excessive secrecy in the federal courts," a national journalism group has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to open records in the case of a man detained in connection with post-9/11 investigations. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press accuses the 11th Circuit of approving "a drastic departure" from judicial norms and asks the Court to find the sealed judgment unconstitutional.
8 minute read

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