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  • April 16, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    Justices uphold PD conflict rule

    The Georgia Supreme Court has barred public defenders in the same regional circuit from representing more than one defendant in a particular case, saying constitutional rights to conflict-fre

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  • February 9, 2005 | Alm

    Groups Pressure States to Admit Foreign Lawyers

    Foreign lawyers have set up shop in the 24 U.S. states that allow them in. But unless all the states open their doors, there is a fear that U.S. lawyers will be tossed out of other cou

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  • September 23, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Defense to Disbarment for Theft: My Partners Drove Me to It

    It's not your typical way of mounting a defense in a disciplinary case. Charged with misappropriating $5,000 from his firm, Ronald Nelson admits taking the money but blames his form

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  • November 20, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Common Law Retaining Lien – Invitation to Comment

    The New Jersey Supreme Court invites comments on a Report and Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics regarding the continued viability of the common law retaining lie

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  • McGrogan v. Till

    Publication Date: 2001-05-29
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-24
    Court: N.J. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: LaVECCHIA, J.
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    Case Number: A-119 September

    Argued January 2, 2001This case raises the question whether the shorter two-year statute of limitations under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2, instead of the six-year limitations period under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1 usu

  • Harrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-06-09
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-05
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Justice Willett
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    Case Number: 07-0806

    Argued November 13, 2008In this case, we examine whether a court order directing prison officials to withdraw money from an inmate trust account is a civil or criminal matter and, if civil, what pr

  • April 1, 2011 | New York Lawyer

    Get the Big Picture

    Law firms fail and falter. This can be easy to deny since only insiders know their firm's peccadillos. When the firm and the falter are big enough, mainstream media will report on it for all the wo

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  • Schwartz v. Kujawa

    Publication Date: 2001-01-03
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    Date Filed: 2000-12-21
    Court: 8th cir.
    Judge: KOGER, Chief Judge; KRESSEL and DREHER, Bankruptcy Judges
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    Case Number: 00-6067

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. KOGER, Chief JudgeAttorney Richard E. Schwartz appeals from two Orders of the bankruptcy court, [FOOT

  • August 14, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Opposition Kills Self-Help Center for Pro Se Filers

    Bexar County, Texas, commissioners terminated a short-lived program to aid people representing themselves in family law and other matters after an outcry by solos and other lawyers. On Jan.

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  • November 28, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    'Tis the Season for Recruiting

    Every fall, law students in Texas can count on midterms, cooler weather and the migration of recruiters to campus. This year was no different. Salaries remain high and competition for the best

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