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Third Circuit Asked to Clarify Student Internet Speech Cases
Cutting-edge questions in the First Amendment arena have recently stemmed from clashes between students and school districts over the limits ' if any ' that may be imposed on speech posted on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. Now lawyers on both sides of the issue are urging the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate two recent ' and seemingly conflicting ' decisions by two different three-judge panels, and to hold rearguments before the full court.
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Verdicts
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
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Jury Awards $25.16 Million on Claim Acne Drug Caused Bowel Illness
An Atlantic County jury awarded $25.16 million to a Birmingham, AL, man after finding that Roche Laboratories Inc. knew or should have known that Accutane caused inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and failed to warn prescribing physicians.
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EEOC Sues Kelley Drye for Age Bias over Compensation System
In late January, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Kelley Drye & Warren for its use of a compensation system that the agency claims discriminates against attorneys based on their age.
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How the Recession Has Complicated Judgments By Confession
In ordinary economic times, the most common deficiency in applications for judgment by confession is the failure to include sufficient detail concerning the basis for a judgment. Recently, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction. Instead of providing insufficient detail, attorneys have been filing exceedingly complex applications based on sophisticated and voluminous commercial transactions, many of which have been denied because, in short, they are too complicated.
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Business Crimes Hotline
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In the Courts
Important rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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Prosecutors, Agents and Witnesses
Because prosecutors have a responsibility not merely to win, but to ensure that the defendant has a fair and impartial trial, it is professional misconduct for a prosecutor to intimidate or improperly influence a defense witness to change his or her testimony or to refuse to testify for the defense.
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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</i></b> Third Circuit Bars Prosecution Threat for Teen 'Sexting'
In the first case ever to challenge the constitutionality of prosecuting teens for 'sexting,' a federal appeals court has upheld an injunction that barred a Pennsylvania prosecutor from bringing child pornography charges against girls who refused to attend a class he had designed to educate youths about the dangers of sexting.
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