A judge ruled on Tuesday that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did not violate bail terms by visiting his sister, a potential witness in an assault case against him. Kilpatrick, 38, once seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, is charged with assaulting two investigators who tried to deliver a subpoena at his sister’s […]
Note to victims of accidents, medical malpractice, broken contracts and the like: When you sue, make a deal. That is the clear lesson of a soon-to-be-released study of civil lawsuits that has found that most of the plaintiffs who decided to pass up a settlement offer and went to trial ended up getting less money
The largest lawyers’ group in the United States is developing a nation-by-nation comparison of which citizens can trust their government to act fairly and which governments fall short. The idea, said American Bar Association president William Neukom, is to have “pesky facts provide the foundation to make informed decisions” by governments wanting to do better,
When the FBI publicly branded the late Dr. Bruce Ivins as the anthrax killer, it unsealed court affidavits suggesting a possible motive for the mailing to one target: NBC anchor Tom Brokaw. According to the affidavits, Ivins was angry about repeated Freedom of Information Act requests from Gary Matsumoto, identified as “an investigative journalist who
When the state’s voters decide Proposition 8 this fall, it appears they will check “yes” or “no” next to a ballot title that reads: “Eliminates the Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry.” A Superior Court judge this morning rejected a suit filed by Prop. 8 proponents against the ballot title proposed by Attorney General Jerry
The execution of a Mexican citizen by the United States against the orders of the UN’s highest court highlights a flaw in international law that enables countries to snub rulings without repercussions, experts say. While the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) orders are binding, their execution are left up to states who consent voluntarily to
http://www.lawfuel.com/show-release.asp?ID=18921 Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008 Here is a new story I just came up with about a missing woman found in Manhattan Beach. Our hearts and sympathy goes out to the family. According to reports by Ehline Law, a woman who has now been identified by the Coroner’s Office as Molly Kate Lamers-Wolfgang
Taylor Wessing, the City law firm, has sued an American rival for $5 million (£2.6 million) for allegedly illegally poaching several partners from its Paris office. Earlier this week, Taylor Wessing asked a court in New York for an injunction preventing 12 of the 15 non-equity partners in its Paris office from joining Nixon Peabody,
A New York state judge has ruled that a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe associate may only seek nominal damages in his claim alleging the law firm broke a promise to promote him to partner, reports the New York Law Journal. Patrick Hoeffner’s 2005 lawsuit against Orrick claimed that in 2002 the firm’s partners had
Most midlevel associates surveyed by the American Lawyer plan to be on the job for the short-term, but few plan to stay for the long-term. The finding is one of the ironies of the survey, the Am Law Daily reports. Asked to rate the likelihood of being at their firm in two years on a
