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Bush Official Apologizes for Slap at Lawyers for Detainees
A Department of Defense lawyer apologized Wednesday for his comments suggesting that corporations boycott law firms that represent detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. In a letter to The Washington Post, Charles Cully Stimson said the comments, made during a radio interview, "do not reflect my core beliefs." His apology came two days after the Pentagon disavowed his statements, saying they did not represent Defense Department views. The remarks had touched off a salvo of criticism.
Is Mentoring the Cure for Minority Attorney Woes?
At a diversity conference held last week at Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, associates said their identity as minority members has led to false perceptions of skill sets and a diminished caseload. One black associate said she was working at her second firm after the only work generated from the first was the overseeing of contract attorneys as they handled document review. But it's not much better at the second firm, she said. Panelists increasingly pointed to the importance of mentors as a solution.3rd Circuit: Some ERISA Cases May Need More Scrutiny
Insurers regularly use video surveillance in disability cases to ferret out bogus claims, but the 3rd Circuit has now ruled that when the surveillance is continued even after it has garnered no evidence of fraud, the insurer's ultimate decision to cut off benefits may be subject to "heightened scrutiny." The ruling significantly expands the 3rd Circuit's seminal 2000 Pinto decision, which adopted the "sliding-scale" approach in cases where the ERISA fiduciary suffers from a conflict of interest.
Aberbach v Biomedical Tissue Servs., Ltd.
Publication Date: 2008-02-26 Practice Area:
Industry: Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 2007-02665
Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department DAVID S. RITTER, J.P. FRED T. SANTUCCI JOSEPH COVELLO EDWARD D. CAR
Latest Merger Has Midsize D.C. Firms Pondering the Altar
It began, perhaps appropriately enough, at Arabelle, a romantic Manhattan restaurant best known for its role as a Sex and the City set.No Private Remedy for Damages in Pa. Antitrust Law
No private remedy for damages exists in Pennsylvania for antitrust violations, a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge ruled, dismissing several claims surrounding alleged vitamin price-fixing in a class action complaint. An attorney for the defendant said this is the first Pennsylvania opinion finding that there is no private cause of action for monetary recovery for an alleged antitrust violation.TRENDING STORIES
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