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When a deliberating juror in Eric Chambers’ April 2022 murder trial told the presiding judge that he could not be available in court the next day because of a medical appointment, the trial judge discharged the juror, substituted an alternate juror, and instructed the jury to restart its deliberations. In doing so, the trial judge…
16 March 2024 Holley Nethercote To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Since our article in November 2018, the Unfair Contracts Terms (“UCT”) regime1 has been strengthened to apply to a much greater pool of contracts, and so some businesses which previously were…
OPINION ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Mar 15, 2024 at 5:51 pm The court ruled 6-3 in Pulsifer v. United States on Friday. (R Boed via Flickr) Justice Elena Kagan’s opinion for a sharply divided court in Pulsifer v. United States resolves an ambiguity in the provisions added to federal sentencing law in the First…
Home Daily News Lawyer seeks damages after his snowmobile… Trials & Litigation Lawyer seeks damages after his snowmobile crashes into Black Hawk helicopter By Debra Cassens Weiss March 6, 2024, 10:01 am CST A Massachusetts lawyer is awaiting a judge’s decision following a bench trial in his $9.5 million lawsuit alleging that the military was…
Does Big Law Hire Students From Your School?: Check to see where you place. It Won’t Develop Itself: Are you putting enough time in to business development? Say How You Really Feel: Lawyer’s lateral cake is very memorable. Should Have Stopped At Victory: Going too far carries consequences. This Closing Argument Was So Rude It…
One of the strongest cases for law practice management software (LPMS) is that it understands how legal professionals work. Practice management software excels where Outlook or the Google Suite fails because an LPMS works within the concept of a “matter,” something unique to the legal market. An LPMS combines a host of otherwise disparate data—emails,…
For 42 years I have lived in an underworld I never knew existed until I became one of the thousands of women in that world, women distrusted by the public and defamed by the media for being a prisoner’s wife. I swore after my husband was paroled that I would never forget the suffering of…
Washington House Bill 2320 Washington State has often led the way in progressive cannabis policies. However, the introduction of House Bill 2320 by the Washington State legislature could mark a pivotal shift in this trajectory. This bipartisan bill proposes to raise the minimum age to 25 years for purchasing and consuming products containing 35% or…
Did you know there were a staggering 12.5 million car crashes in the United States alone? Over half of these accidents included passenger cars. Suffering from an injury after an accident changes your life permanently. People often focus on the physical scars, but the emotional scars are also significant. Accident victims look at multiple damages…
The recently enacted Law N° 2023/019, dated December 19, 2023, marks a significant turning point in the financial landscape of Cameroon. As the cornerstone of the 2024 fiscal year, this Finance Law, promulgated by the President of the Republic, brings about critical modifications to the General Tax Code, reflecting the nation’s evolving economic priorities and…