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'McNulty Memo' Triggers an Ultimatum
submitted by savio2791 63 days ago (via law.com)
The battle over the Justice Department's policy on waiver of attorney-client privilege in corporate probes seems to be heating up. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has issued an ultimatum to the Justice Department to change its policy, threatening to resort to "legislative options." A week ago, Sen. Arlen Specter reintroduced his bill to change the policy, and a coalition of busin
 
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'Gutted' Minn. Public Defender Copes With Lack of Funds
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
Minnesota is among the states whose judicial system is feeling the impact of budget woes. Public defenders in Florida, Georgia and Kentucky have also said they may need to stop taking some cases, and courthouses around the country are struggling to keep up as the economy worsens. Minnesota State Bar Association President Mike Ford says lawyers are concerned that the cuts will have a negative impac
 
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Firms' Request for NSA Records of Guantanamo Client Communications Dismissed
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
Lawyers who want to know whether their conversations with clients held at Guantanamo Bay have been recorded have been shut out by a federal judge. Southern District of New York Judge Denise Cote granted the government's summary judgment motion dismissing a Freedom of Information Act request by law firms, law professors and nonprofit attorneys for records of any National Security Agency intercepts
 
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Defense Lawyers for Accused Courthouse Shooter Want DA's Office Out
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
Eight days before the murder trial of accused Fulton County Courthouse shooter Brian G. Nichols is scheduled to resume, the defense team has told the trial judge that explosive allegations against the assistant district attorney who prosecuted Nichols for rape should disqualify the entire Fulton district attorney's office from prosecuting their client.
 
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Dykema Raids Schwartz Cooper to Boost Windy City Presence
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
Detroit's Dykema Gossett has announced that 53 lawyers from Chicago's Schwartz Cooper will be absorbed into the firm as it seeks to bolster its Windy City operations. The transaction is being billed as a mass lateral move, with the bulk of 64-lawyer Schwartz Cooper joining 330-lawyer Dykema. Derek Cottier, a Schwartz Cooper real estate partner who served as the firm's lead negotiator on the merger
 
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N.J. High Court: Judge's Grilling of Defendant on Stand May Have Prejudiced Jury
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a criminal defendant who was interrogated so sharply by the trial judge during his testimony that the jury may have questioned his veracity. "Rather than clarify points in a witness's testimony, the court's questions had the capacity to signal disbelief," the justices said, reversing Michael Taffaro's conviction of fourth-degree conte
 
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Suspect Held in Connection With Fatal Shooting of Calif. Lawyer
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
When attorney Xia Zhao was shot to death Tuesday, a California murder case from 2003 spun off in a tragic new direction. Police arrested Jason Cai, 49, and booked him on a homicide charge in connection with Zhao's death. Zhao and other attorneys had been litigating a wrongful death case against Cai in connection with the 2003 killing. With Cai likely to face murder charges again, some in the legal
 
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Attorney Zach Scruggs Sentenced for Role in Judicial Bribery Scandal
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
Attorney Zach Scruggs was sentenced Wednesday to 14 months in prison and fined $250,000 for not alerting authorities to the bribery scandal that entangled his father, famed plaintiffs lawyer Richard Scruggs. Zach and Dickie Scruggs and a law partner were indicted in November after an associate secretly recorded conversations about a plan to bribe a judge. Prosecutors said the goal was to get a fav
 
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D.C. Circuit: Company May Move Ahead With Alleged Fraud Case Against Foley Partner
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
A media company can move ahead with an alleged fraud case against a Foley & Lardner partner that claims he kept quiet about a threatened lawsuit against his corporate client to avoid a decrease in its sales price. Reversing a lower court decision, the D.C. Circuit found that a reasonable jury could conclude that attorney Stephen I. Burr and other defendants misled the buyer, Media General, about a
 
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Nine Steps Law Firms Can Take to Get Paid
submitted by savio2791 64 days ago (via law.com)
Cash flow problems have always been the No. 1 reason why clients don't pay their bills to law firms. But while clients are smart and know that nothing will happen if they don't pay their legal bills on time, consultant Jake Krocheski says law firms should have a sense of urgency to shorten the time it takes them to collect payment. Tougher economic times demand that law firms take action regarding
 
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