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- 1From:Trial (Vol. 59, Issue 2)In some jurisdictions, a business defendant that admits its driver was acting within the scope of employment at the time of a vehicle crash becomes immune from related direct claims such as negligent entrustment, hiring,...
- 2From:Business Law TodayLawsuit settlements and judgments are taxed based on the origin of the claim, essentially the item for which the plaintiff is seeking to recover. The basic idea is, if you didn't have to sue but had been paid in the...
- 3From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedDefendants can deny they have agency, and thus responsibility, for a crime by using a defense of mental impairment. We argue that although this strategy may help defendants evade blame, it may carry longer-term social...
- 4From:Clinical Psychiatry News (Vol. 49, Issue 7)Society is having a moment of reflection about the role of law enforcement and correctional facilities in addressing societal problems. During this moment, psychiatry is being asked by courts to arbitrate who qualifies...
- 5From:Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (Vol. 49, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedOne-hundred-and-sixty jury-eligible participants read a vignette describing a male who was brought to the attention of police for suspicious and aggressive behaviours and displayed atypical behaviours in court. Half of...
- 6From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 64, Issue 22)"Michigan State University, the school I loved and trusted, had the audacity to tell me I did not understand the difference between sexual assault and a medical procedure." --Amanda Thomashow, who in 2014 reported to...
- 7From:Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn recent years there have been a number of cases of mass harm in Ireland, including contaminated blood products, army deafness, asbestos-related ill health, Pyrite damage, the Volkswagen emissions scandal and the...
- 8From:Duke Law Journal (Vol. 67, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis Article concerns an aspect of Article III standing that has played a role in many of the highest-profile controversies of recent years, including litigation over the Affordable Care Act, immigration policy, and...
- 9From:Antitrust (Vol. 32, Issue 1)FOR DECADES, CLASS ACTION LAWYERS have grappled with myriad ethical issues surrounding the representation of absent class members. It is well known and often repeated that traditional ethical rules cannot be...
- 10From:Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe New Romanian Criminal Procedure Code regulates the home arrest, a preventive measure rather new, consisting of an obligation imposed to the defendant not to leave the building where he lives. Actually, this...
- 11From:Florida Bar News (Vol. 44, Issue 11)My jaw almost hit the ground when I read what our esteemed Supreme Court (in the context of a personal injury lawsuit) quoted, approvingly, from a Third District Court of Appeal case that treating physicians acquire...
- 12From:International Law Update (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA MAJORITY OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT REVERSES AND REMANDS THE DISTRICT COURT'S DISMISSAL OF A WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM AS OUT OF TIME, FINDING THAT LOUISIANA'S CHOICE OF LAW STATUTE CALLED FOR THE APPLICATION OF IRAQ'S LONGER...
- 13From:Clinician Reviews (Vol. 21, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedA pregnant woman in her 30s went to a Michigan ED because she was bleeding and had abdominal pain. An ob/gyn performed emergency surgery to rule out an ectopic pregnancy. During the procedure, he found an ectopic...
- 14From:Florida Bar News (Vol. 35, Issue 15)Once a contentious issue pitting the guarantee of constitutional rights against practical concerns in a budget crisis, the vote was 28-0 to mandate that both prosecutor and public defender be required to attend all...
- 15From:Florida Bar News (Vol. 34, Issue 9)A bill that would limit the ability of defense counsel to name third parties not involved in a lawsuit as being at least partly responsible for a plaintiff's alleged injuries has cleared a key Senate panel. Dubbed...
- 16From:Socialist Lawyer (Issue 70)13: Chinese feminist activists were released by police after being detained for preparing a protest against domestic violence. Haldane's 'Defending Human Rights Defenders' project had called for the women to be released...
- 17From:International Law Update (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedTHE NINTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL POWER TO REGULATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS PREEMPTS SECTION 354.4 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MONETARY COMPENSATION TO...
- 18From:Florida Bar News (Vol. 40, Issue 13)The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases submits the following amended and new instructions to the Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases for comment. The committee...
- 19From:Hazardous Waste Consultant (Vol. 21, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedIn a February 20, 2003 decision, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia invoked the Superfund statutory provision that bars pre enforcement review to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Washington, DC property...
- 20From:International Law Update (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedTHE SIXTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS A DISTRICT COURT'S DISMISSAL OF A SUIT CONCERNING A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO IN FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN OHIO OVER THE DEFENDANT, A RUSSIAN CITIZEN WHO DOES OWN OHIO...