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- 1From:State Legislatures (Vol. 44, Issue 5)At least five states are considering bans on using so-called gay and transgender "panic" defenses in murder cases. In jurisdictions that allow these defenses, a criminal defendant can argue that his violence was...
- 2From:ABA Tax Times (Vol. 35, Issue 3)Duane Crithfield and Stephen Donaldson led the captive insurance promoter Foster & Dunhill, which marketed a Business Protection Plan (BPP) that the government alleges was fraudulent. In the latest twist in the...
- 3From:Maclean's (Vol. 109, Issue 14)In a precedent-setting judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada lowered the threshold for accused individuals seeking to use drunkenness in their defence. The ruling means that judges and juries need only find reasonable...
- 4From:Mental Health Law Report (Vol. 22, Issue 6)Maunz v. Perales No. 88,124 Supreme Court of Kansas A defense can argue that a person committing suicide shares part of the blame for his death, a state Supreme Court justice ruled. A jury's evaluation of...
- 5From:The AtlanticByline: Raymond Bonner Diana Holt, photographed by Joshua Drake In our criminal-justice system, once a person has been convicted, no matter how shaky the conviction, the presumption of innocence disappears. The...
- 6From:America (Vol. 173, Issue 11)The trial vividly and justifiably highlighted American racial polarization. However, Simpson's lawyers were wrong to play the 'race card' to distract the jury from his likely guilt. Their insinuations of a police...
- 7From:Computer Weekly (Issue 189)Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon could hear this week if last week's representations to the home secretary will stop his imminent extradition to the US. McKinnon's lawyer, Karen Todner of Kaim Todner, said the...
- 8From:Accounting Today (Vol. 6, Issue 17)Preparation for litigation begins before being sued. Establish a battle plan in the event that litigation is commenced. Such a plan should include the following steps, at a minimum: 1. Immediately gather and...
- 9From:U.S. Catholic (Vol. 67, Issue 7)From Massachusetts to Hawaii, church lawyers have recently changed tactics for dealing with mounting sex abuse cases. Instead of settling quietly, they're playing hardball in court Case in point: After a sacristan in...
- 10From:Newsweek (Vol. 125, Issue 4)Conflicts among Simpson's defense team have escalated as the trial is about to begin. Robert Shapiro, team leader during the pre-trial phase, has feuded with F. Lee Bailey and will take a subordinate role to Johnnie...
- 11From:Newsweek (Vol. 126, Issue 4)The defense paraded a dozen witness who claimed that OJ appeared calm boarding an airplane shortly after the time of the murders and distraught after he was officially told of them. One witness helped the prosecution by...
- 12From:Compliance Week (Vol. 6, Issue 60)Bad news for anyone worried about violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An already tough-to-sell affirmative defense under the law is now even harder to use, thanks to a recent court ruling. A federal...
- 13From:Illinois Bar Journal (Vol. 95, Issue 9)In defending sexual harassment cases, employers often assert several substantive defenses. For example, an employer may contend that the conduct alleged by the plaintiff is not severe or pervasive enough to constitute...
- 14From:Claims (Vol. 47, Issue 11)Beretta, USA Corp. has filed suits against two of Chubb Group's companies -- Federal Insurance and Great Northern Insurance Co. -- seeking a declaratory judgement to recover defense costs. The suits, filed in federal...
- 15From:The New York Times MagazineJust because a plea usually results in reduced sentences, and that the entire US justice system would collapse under the trial caseload without it, does not mean that either society or defendants are well-served by the...
- 16From:Illinois Bar Journal (Vol. 95, Issue 8)Since the Enron scandal, prosecution offices have become more sensitive to financial crimes. The increase in white collar crime prosecutions poses new challenges for defense attorneys who may be more familiar with...
- 17From:Newsweek (Vol. 126, Issue 2)Simpson's lawyers will begin the defense after the prosecution calls its last witness, Juditha Brown, the mother of Nicole Simpson. They will dispute the timing of Nicole's dog barking, claim he appeared calm on his...
- 18From:Newsweek (Vol. 126, Issue 12)An appellate court intervened and stopped Judge Lance Ito from explaining Mark Fuhrman's absence to the jury, a blow to the Simpson defense team, which otherwise has succeeded in casting some doubt on the prosecution's...
- 19From:Canada and the World Backgrounder (Vol. 61, Issue 3)It isn't often that a defendant acts as his or her own lawyer at a criminal trial. But Agostino Ferreira, charged with kidnapping, confining, and sexually assaulting two employees of a Montreal boutique, did last...
- 20From:America (Vol. 173, Issue 8)Stephanopoulos's case is satirically compared to O.J. Simpson's bevy of lawyers, exotic medical and conspiratorial defense strategies, and excessive media attention. MY FRIEND CALLED late the other night, desperately...