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Criminal Litigation Articles
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This article discusses your rights and liabilities when involved in an auto-accident. -
Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act, known as the International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001, focuses on the anti-money laundering initiatives and includes several provisions that will have a direct impact on the investment management industry. -
A 'dangerous' new law takes away a judge's sentencing discretion in instances where a gun is used in a crime. -
As noted elsewhere in this newsletter, union membership has been on the decline for quite some time. As membership. -
NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS have become key experts in litigating head injury cases. Their test results often provide the o. -
It was more than fifteen years ago that a local Massachusetts woman unable to obtain services for her daughter who. -
Security trumps trade has become a political mantra in the United States since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The most serious issue affecting Canada 's international trade performance today is unrestricted access to the U.S. marketplace. The Canadian government has restructured institutions to adjust to this new trade and security nexus. -
Last January, we discussed the emergence of jury waiver agreements. (See Steering Clear of the Runaway Jury, Thompson Coe Labor & Employment News, Vol. 5, Issue 1). Jury waiver agreements are contractual agreements in which the parties agree that if a dispute arises and suit is filed, the parties waive their right to a trial by jury. The case is still filed in court, but if the matter proceeds to trial, the trial judge hears the testimony and decides the case. -
Recently a car-accident third-party case triggered by a corporate-provided cell phone used by a salesman led one PMA member in that state to adopt a policy banning the use of company cell phones by employees while driving. More recently, a law firm in Virginia has been sued for a $30 million claim where an associate attorney was engaged in a cell-phone discussion while driving her Mercedes home following a meeting at 10:30 p.m. She swerved off the road and fatally injured a 15-year-old girl walking near the guardrail. She pled guilty to a felony hit-and-run charge and is serving a one-year sentence at a work-release program. -
After Petitioner had pled guilty to cocaine possession, he moved to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C.?2255, claim.