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Monsignor charged with child endangerment goes to court
It's a stretch," lawyer Thomas Bergstrom said. Bergstrom, a dean of Philadelphia's criminal defense bar, confirmed that the archdiocese is paying him and co-counsel Jeffrey M. Lindy in Lynn's case. Lynn, 60, was secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:19A
Kansas House committee bottles up anti-immigration bill
TOPEKA | Kansas lawmakers dealt a setback Monday to a plan that would clamp down on illegal immigration in a way that's similar to a controversial Arizona law. The House Judiciary Committee voted against advancing the hotly debated
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:19A
Why cops lie
Count this as one more casualty of the "war on drugs." It is simply additional collateral damage from using the American criminal justice system as the battlefield of that war. It stands alongside the wasteful wreckage of hundreds of thousands of
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:18A
Ex-CHP captain DUI trial begins
The case was contentious in some law enforcement circles because of the allegation that Whited had been drinking before the episode. The deputies who responded reported who he was and his condition to their watch commander. A CHP officer then went to
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:18A
Lawyers set for competition shake-up
The commission's ruling comes a month after the high court in Pretoria ruled against the Law Society of the Northern Provinces and in favour of commercial law firm Eversheds, allowing it to use the international name ''Eversheds".
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:18A
Milford parents file suit against police in son's death during arrest
Brutality by Eastern Pike Regional Police caused the death of a Westfall landscaper who was suffering a medical emergency, a federal lawsuit alleges. A call for help was made to 911 by Shirley Berry and Larry Berry Sr. on Dec. 15, 2008.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:18A
Fired Journalist Takes Legal Action Against Press Council and Kompas
The Press Council is playing down an unfair dismissal lawsuit filed against it and Kompas newspaper by a former journalist implicated in last year's coverage-for-stocks scandal. Reinhard Nainggolan, a former stock exchange journalist for Kompas,
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:18A
Thomas sees himself as 'the court'
That notorious merging of personality with an institution was again on display in a February speech by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas before the conservative Federalist Society. Thomas used the friendly audience to finally address a chorus of
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:17A
The Tip Jar
An attorney with Parker Waichman Alonso could not immediately be reached today for comment. The campaign for DC Bar president pits a personal injury lawyer against a big firm employment partner. The bar nominations committee yesterday announced that
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:17A
The Tip Jar
An attorney with Parker Waichman Alonso could not immediately be reached today for comment. The campaign for DC Bar president pits a personal injury lawyer against a big firm employment partner. The bar nominations committee yesterday announced that
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:17A
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