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Fen-Phen Fraud Lawyers Lose Sixth Circuit Appeal
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Shirley Cunningham and William Gallion are down, but they still aren't out. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the infamous fen-phen lawyers' appeal...
Passing Notes Can't Substitute for Motion to Withdraw
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Letter-writing is largely a lost art, (a reality not lost on fallen institutions like Mrs. John L. Strong and the U.S. Post Office). The Sixth Circuit Court...
Is Tennessee's Mandatory Welfare Drug Testing Bill Doomed?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
People often say that insanity is repeating the same action with the expectation of a different result. So is the Tennessee legislature insane for considering...
Sixth Circuit Won't Consider Prior 'Bad' Ruling on Prior Bad Acts
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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Raymond Kethledge thinks its time for the court to “clean up its law” regarding Federal Rule of Evidence (FRE)...
Court Upholds Sentences in John Stamos Extortion Plot
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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has no sympathy for people who try to extort money from Full House'’s Uncle Jesse. This week, the court upheld the sentences...
Impartial Jury? You Only Get One Shot at a Remmer Hearing
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
In 2003, Marcus Middlebrook shot Nicole Bell in the face, ordered her to walk into the nearby river, and then drove away. Bell lived to tell the tale, and a...