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Supreme Court: Lawyers must adequately help on plea deals
The rulings crafted by Kennedy mean that criminal defense lawyers are now required to inform their clients of plea bargain offers, regardless of whether they think the client should accept them, and must give their clients good advice on whether to
Updated: 03/22/2012 01:12P
Scanlan v. Eisenberg, et al., 2012 U.S. App. Lexis 1112 (January 20, 2012)
Martin Bucksbaum and his brother developed shopping centers and would later found General Growth Properties (GGP), one of the largest real estate investments trusts in the United States. Martin and his brother created six trusts for the primary benefit
Updated: 03/22/2012 01:07P
Controversial Quebec lawyers return to practice
When the Professions Tribunal reversed that decision, the barreau took the case to the Quebec Superior Court. The case made it all the way to Canada's top court, which dismissed the barreau's application for leave to appeal on March 15.
Updated: 03/22/2012 12:59P
Controversial Quebec lawyers return to practice
When the Professions Tribunal reversed that decision, the barreau took the case to the Quebec Superior Court. The case made it all the way to Canada's top court, which dismissed the barreau's application for leave to appeal on March 15.
Updated: 03/22/2012 12:59P
Court rejects appeal of Portland man convicted of fatally stabbing girlfriend
In his appeal, Hanaman argued that the judge in his 2010 trial made a mistake when he refused to instruct jurors that they could find him guilty of manslaughter if they believed he killed Shea in the heat of passion after being provoked. Supreme court
Updated: 03/22/2012 12:58P
Jury at murder trial of Christopher Strettle shown dramatic footage of blood
Liverpool Crown Court heard that the men had known each other for a long time, but lost touch. Stephen Riordan QC, prosecuting, said after Mr Honnor finished a prison sentence, Strettle had offered him help to get him back on his feet.
Updated: 03/22/2012 12:58P
Trial date set in UI College of Law discrimination case
The case will be heard in Iowa's Southern District Federal Court beginning Oct. 15. The trial is expected to last about five days. Wagner graduated from the UI College of Law in 1993. Court documents show she has worked at the National Right to Life
Updated: 03/22/2012 12:56P
Trial date set in UI College of Law discrimination case
The case will be heard in Iowa's Southern District Federal Court beginning Oct. 15. The trial is expected to last about five days. Wagner graduated from the UI College of Law in 1993. Court documents show she has worked at the National Right to Life
Updated: 03/22/2012 12:56P
EXCLUSIVE: US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor To Speak At NYU's 2012
She started her law career here, too, in the Manhattan district attorney's office in 1979. From 1998-2007, Sotomayor was an adjunct professor at NYU School of Law, teaching trial and appellate advocacy and a federal appellate court seminar.
Updated: 03/22/2012 12:55P
Court: Longo lawsuit alive against LaBella, but not Roefaro
This decision came more than a year after US District Judge David Hurd ruled that LaBella and Roefaro were both not entitled to individual “immunity” from a wrongful death lawsuit that names them and the Utica Police Department.
Updated: 03/22/2012 12:54P
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