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  • October 24, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Jury Waiver Rule To Be Tested

    Shocking allegations of child sexual abuse by a self-proclaimed prophet and polygamist may test the limits of a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court decision forbidding a defense waiver of a jury trial unl

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  • October 29, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    E-Mail's No Conduit for Libel, Firm Says

    Julia D. Gray [email protected] Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker says in pleadings that an internal firm e-mail can't be considered libelous under Georgia law.

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  • July 25, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Municipal Law

    Over the past two years, I have written about the wide range of legal issues confronting the attorneys at the New York City Law Department. A recurring theme has been the complex and innovativ

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  • January 8, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Citywide Arraignment Post Is DismantledActing Supreme Court Justice John P. Walsh, who had been in charge of Criminal Court arraignments citywide since 1996, is now handling hig

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  • December 29, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Legal Research Tool Helps Members

    Neal Berger had used traditional legal search tools for years. But after trying Fastcase, the web-based legal research tool offered free to New Jersey State Bar Association

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  • April 26, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    BigTex Combined Gross Revenue Drops in '09

    Whew — 2009 is over. That thought likely ran through the minds of managing partners of the 25 highest-grossing Texas firms at the end of 2009, which was a dismal year for the U.S.

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  • September 11, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    County Must Stop Strip-Searches of Felony Detainees Orange County has been ordered to stop the strip-searching of newly arrested detainees for weapons or other contraband at the county

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  • October 4, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Fashion Police

    Aficionados of glossy high-fashion magazines know that for every page of trend-setting design there is an affordable counterpart at the local department store. Expensive couture designs are ro

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  • May 5, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Brooklyn D.A. Seeks Sealed File Involving Garson's AuntThe Brooklyn District Attorney's Office is seeking to gain access to a sealed conservatorship file in a case involving the

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  • United States v. Backlund

    Publication Date: 2012-04-26
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael W. Mosman, District Judge, Presiding Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight C. Holton, United States Attorney; Neil J. Evans (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorney, Portland, Oregon; Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General; Allen M. Brabender, Washington, DC, for the appellee.
    for defendant: James L. Buchal, Murphy & Buchal LLP, Portland, Oregon, for appellant Michael Backlund. Steven J. Sherlag, Portland, Oregon, for appellant David Everist.
    Case Number: No. 10-30264 No. 10-30289

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 4555 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL BACKLUND, Defendant-Ap