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January 06, 2012 |

Senator Says Doubts Over Legal Acumen Underlie His Block of Court Nominee

Responding to press reports that he has stymied a federal appeals court nominee due to a personal grudge, Sen. Robert Menendez on Friday voiced a different rationale: that he considers Patty Shwartz, a magistrate judge since 2003, unqualified for the higher office.
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July 06, 2010 |

Surgeon Who Left Device in Patient Cleared by Jury

A Montgomery County jury has found that a doctor who failed to remove a surgical apparatus from a patient following a colon operation did not cause the patient's death.
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May 13, 2009 |

Calif. AG Under Fire For Affirmative Action Ban Stance

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has come under attack for taking the unexpected step recently of questioning the constitutionality of Proposition 209, the 1996 ballot initiative that eliminated most affirmative action programs in California.
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May 15, 2006 |

Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski to Settle Tax Case for $21.2M

Former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski has agreed to pay $21.2 million to settle a New York state tax case related to his grand larceny conviction for looting the company. The amount covers $3.2 million in sales taxes that he owed on the purchase of $15 million worth of art, as well as $18 million he owes for state and city income taxes. The sales tax case preceded the investigation into thefts from Tyco which resulted in the grand larceny convictions last June of Kozlowski and former CFO Mark H. Swartz.
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November 01, 2010 |

Is it Malpractice?

Processing .tiff files is expensive and as messy as stabbing vampires.
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January 10, 2012 |

10th Circuit blocks enforcement of Sharia ban

A federal appeals court on Jan. 10 upheld a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of an Oklahoma ballot initiative that banned the practice of Sharia law, the religious law of Islam.
4 minute read
September 05, 2008 |

Input Sought for Judicial Ethics Panel

The California Supreme Court is seeking the public?s thoughts on how to run a proposed new statewide judicial ethics body.
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November 07, 2012 |

Election night produces mixed results for Am Law lawyers

Winners like Morgan, Lewis & Bockius appellate litigation partner Ted Cruz, who ran for the U.S. Senate in Texas, were offset by losers like former Republican Governor of Wisconsin Tommy Thompson, who stepped down as health care partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in January to also run for a Senate seat.
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