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Man, Exonerated After 18 Years in Prison, Can Pursue 1983 Suit
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Fernando Bermudez spent 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. After a prosecution which was suspect from the beginning -- one which included...
Wrong Address on Warrant Means Child Porn Evidence Must be Tossed
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
When Homeland Security agents suspected that Yuri Bershchansky was electronically transmitting child porn, they obtained a search warrant, searched his home,...
Court Overturns Judgment Against Rite Aid Over Pharmacist's Fear of Needles
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
A federal appeals court reversed a $1.8 million judgment against Rite Aid, concluding the company lawfully fired a pharmacist who was too afraid of needles to...
Tortured Immigrant's Asylum Claim Revived
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
A federal appeals court has given a Salvadoran refugee another chance at asylum in the United States, but it will depend on a technical question about when he...
Court Upholds Anti-Puppy Mill Laws
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
New York City has more cats and dogs than most American cities have people, and that's the problem. The city has to deal with about one million dogs and cats...
Fax to Doctors May Violate Law Against Junk Faxes
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
There's no such thing as a free lunch and apparently no free dinners either -- at least not unsolicited fax invitations for dinner and a business show. The...
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