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A defendant may not prospectively waive the provisions of the Speedy Trial Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The act generally requires that a federal criminal trial begin within 70 days after a defendant is charged or makes an ...

Oregon attorney Geordie Duckler recently won a record $56,400 verdict for a family whose neighbor ran over their family dog but fell short of establishing a new tort allowing pet owners to sue for loss of companionship. Jurors awarded the ...

Photo by Charles Emerick The setup of the courtroom for Division 19 presents a problem for judges and commissioners: The bench sits at the same level as visitors. Commissioner Margene Burnett said a family member approached her in an “angry ...

An obstetrician-gynecologist was not negligent in a gynecological surgery that left a woman nearly unable to have intercourse, a St. Louis County jury decided Thursday. After 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury ruled in favor of Dr. Ron Bale and ...

Health-care providers will be able to apologize for “unanticipated medical outcomes” without having their words resurface later in court, according to an act recently passed by the South Carolina Legislature. The General Assembly passed the Unanticipated Medical Outcome Reconciliation Act ...

A new chairman has been selected to lead the national law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. Elliott I. Portnoy, partner at the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, will become chairman next year for Sonnenschein, which has an office of 72 ...

You’re a hardworking lawyer with a creative side. You majored in English, but you didn’t really want to teach – or starve. Now you write appellate briefs to rival “War and Peace.” You understand every literary reference ever made by ...

Nationwide, more than 5,700 properties have been condemned or threatened with eminent-domain proceedings for private development since last June’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the practice, according to a report released last week by the Institute for Justice. This is ...

After a jury found that a city violated the civil rights of a development company, a federal magistrate judge has ordered it to pay the company $804,499, an award that includes $275,000 in legal fees. It’s an unusual ruling, say ...

A small Burnsville, Minn., company sees opportunity in Minnesota’s new “opportunity to repair” law. The company, Warranty Management Technologies, offers a software system that’s designed to enhance communication between homeowners, builders and others involved in construction defect issues and home ...

A child-care worker is suing state agencies and his former employer, claiming that his comments to the media about a murdered teen cost him his job. The suit by Kinji Scott, filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, includes a ...