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  • Mayfield v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

    Publication Date: 2008-06-03
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-30
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Emilio M. Garza, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 06-50490

    Published opinionBefore GARWOOD, GARZA, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.Darren L. Mayfield ("Mayfield"), Texas prisoner #571949, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of

  • August 20, 2012 | Legaltech News

    An Update on E-Discovery Case Law

    In recent months, courts have issued several influential electronic data discovery decisions addressing cost recovery and the use of predictive coding. These decisions are of interest to most

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  • April 3, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Obligee Cannot Sue Sureties for Bad Faith

    A surety cannot be sued by an obligee under Pennsylvania's bad faith statute because the law allows for claims only by insureds and against their insurers, a federal judge has ruled.In Th

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  • September 5, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Editorials

    Sentencing in New Jersey The New Jersey Supreme Court's Aug. 2 trilogy of unanimous opinions in State v. Natale, State v. Abdullah and State v. Franklin has brough

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  • United States v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2010-04-15
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    Date Filed: 2010-04-13
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Jennifer Walker Elrod, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-20844

    Published opinionBefore DEMOSS, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.Defendant-Appellant Richard Duane Davis appeals from a judgment of conviction on multiple counts of aiding and assisting in the

  • March 28, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Lawyers' Silence About Drug Abuse Leads to Dismissal of Athlete's Suit

    When southern New Jersey football star Michael Bowers died of a drug overdose in 2002, his discrimination suit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association and others continued, with h

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  • May 29, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Law Limits Executive Compensation

    On April 20, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. BAPCPA, which generally applies to bankruptcy cases filed on or after Oc

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  • In re Estate of McKenney

    Publication Date: 2008-07-30
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-24
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Steadman, Senior Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant Khalid Eltayeb: Frederick Douglas, Douglas & Boykin, Washington, D.C. For appellant Joseph McKenney Jr.: Gary Sidell, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For appellee estate: C. Hope Brown, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 05-PR-1271

    Argued February 6, 2008Before GLICKMAN and FISHER, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.In the fall of 2004, Joseph McKenney, Jr., sold his property rights in his deceased mother's estat

  • October 9, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Discovery Motion May Be Decided by 'Reasonableness'

    A motion for expedited discovery may be decided on a "reasonableness" standard and need not always be analyzed under the stricter test governing a motion for a preliminary injunction, a federa

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  • June 19, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    'Emergency' Defined in Undocumented Alien Health Care Ruling

    An undocumented alien may not collect state-funded medical assistance for several chronic conditions she developed from a stroke because she di need "immediate" treatment, she di

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