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NATCA Lacks Standing in 17-Year Air Traffic Control Tower Battle
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is a persistent bunch. We don't know much about air traffic controlling, but this seems like an...
Rule 32 Challenge Must Yield Different Outcome
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Before you spend time and money trying to suppress evidence used in sentencing, you should probably make sure that suppressing that evidence would result in a...
Attorney's Nap During Trial Doesn't Mean Counsel Was Ineffective
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Practicing law is exhausting. Motions, responses, and discovery really have a way of interfering with your REM cycle. Since most lawyers will not know eight...
Judicial Confirmation Delays Plague Federal Courts
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Can justice be served if there aren't enough judges to hear cases? As of July 28, 2011, there are 90 vacancies in the U.S. Courts, but only 53 pending...
Five Things to Know About Practicing Before the Sixth Circuit
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Here at FindLaw, we understand the pressures of being a legal professional - most of us are recovering lawyers - so we want to help by tossing you that...
Guidelines Not Binding: Pre-Spears Claim Helps Vacate Sentence
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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a Sentencing Guidelines-conforming drug sentence today in USA v. Priester on "the admittedly unfair ground" of the...