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Double Whammy for Uninsured Man with Breast Cancer: No Medicaid, Due to His Gender

Stunned to learn that he has breast cancer, Raymond Johnson, 26, was then hit hard by another round of bad news. Under federal law, the uninsured tradesman from South Carolina doesn’t qualify for Medicaid because he is male, reports the Post and Courier. He says the sex-based policy that state…

Aug 9, 2011 6:12 PM CDT

Virginia Authorities to Appeal Reversal of Death Row Inmate’s Conviction

Virginia authorities plan to appeal a federal judge’s decision to throw out a death row inmate’s conviction and sentence in a murder-for-hire scheme. The state attorney general’s office filed notice of its intent to appeal Monday with the Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Associated Press reported.…

Aug 9, 2011 6:05 PM CDT

Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs Gets Life in Child-Sex-Assault Case

A Texas jury today deliberated only half an hour today before sentencing the leader of a splinter religious group today to a life prison term for the sexual assault of a 12-year-old child bride. The life sentence for Warren Jeffs, 55, will be followed by a consecutive 20-year term for…

Aug 9, 2011 5:45 PM CDT

Akerman Senterfitt Opens New Office in Salt Lake with 2 Partners from Van Cott Bagley

Adding another two attorneys to a rapidly growing consumer finance team that has increased by 50 lawyers over the past 12 months, Akerman Senterfitt today announced that it is opening a Salt Lake City office with two former partners of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy. Robert Scott and Chandler…

Aug 9, 2011 5:17 PM CDT

Detroit Judge to Decide If Former Mayor’s Book-Proceeds Account is Legal

A Detroit judge is set to decide next week whether an escrow account he created to capture proceeds from the sale of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s new autobiography is legal. Kilpatrick’s lawyer, Daniel Hajji, argued Monday that the account is unconstitutional because it violates Kilpatrick’s free speech rights, the Detroit News…

Aug 9, 2011 4:36 PM CDT

Embattled Widener Law Prof Suspended for 1 Year Without Pay, Ordered to Get Psychiatric Treatment

Twice exonerated by faculty panels of making racist and sexist statements, a Widener University law professor was, however, found by the second panel to have retaliated against the students who made the accusations against him. Now Lawrence Connell, who taught at the school for 26 years, has been suspended for…

Aug 9, 2011 2:46 PM CDT

Husband’s Perseverance Helps Wife and Son Win OK to Return Home to US, Six Years Early

After his wife and son had to return to Poland four years ago, because she had fallen afoul of United States immigration law and been banned from this country for 10 years, Tony Wasilewski went into something of a tailspin. Jobs are scarce, so he stayed here to run the…

Aug 9, 2011 1:59 PM CDT

Caught in Cocaine Sting Set Up By Client, Ex-Prosecutor Takes Plea, Gets Probation

Corrected: A former prosecutor in Bexar County, Texas, pleaded no contest to a felony drug charge yesterday as his trial for purchasing crack cocaine was about to begin. However, Gammon Guinn, 56, can avoid having the conviction on his record if he successfully completes his sentence of deferred adjudication probation,…

Aug 9, 2011 12:41 PM CDT

Boy, 11, Takes Plea in Mom’s Shooting Death, Asks Judge If He Can Have a Gun Again Later On in Life

Initially charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his mother, an 11-year-old Illinois boy pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder. The unidentified youth expressed no remorse in yesterday’s juvenile court hearing over the death of Brenda Schaad, 39, reports the Journal Courier. It occurred earlier this month as…

Aug 9, 2011 12:14 PM CDT

6-Partner IP Team Leaps from Black Lowe to Foster Pepper in Seattle

Led by law firm co-founder Richard Black, six partners have exited Seattle intellectual property boutique Black Lowe & Graham for one of the state’s largest business law firms, Foster Pepper. Left with 11 lawyers and agents, their former firm has changed its name to Lowe Graham Jones and is looking…

Aug 9, 2011 11:18 AM CDT

Identical Twin Brother Complicates Murder Case Based on Eyewitnesses; Defense Claims Mistaken ID

At first, authorities in Chandler, Ariz., thought they had a solid murder case against Orlando Nembhard. But it is based on eyewitness testimony, which can be problematic at the best of times. And in this case, it’s particularly fraught with doubt—was it Orlando Nembhard that witnesses allegedly saw commit the…

Aug 9, 2011 10:27 AM CDT

$10M Federal Wrongful Death Claim Over Hiker Gored By Mountain Goat in National Park

The survivors and estate of a hiker who bled to death soon after being gored by a monster 370-pound mountain goat in Olympic National Park last year are pursuing a $10 million wrongful death claim in federal court in Tacoma, Wash. They say park rangers should have acted more swiftly…

Aug 8, 2011 8:27 PM CDT

Arizona Cannabis Clubs Sued by State AG

Four cannabis clubs in Arizona, where voters last year passed a law allowing medical marijuana use, were sued today by the state attorney general, who alleges that the groups’ actions run afoul of the new ordinance. The lawsuit was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court. According to the state attorney…

Aug 8, 2011 7:07 PM CDT

Blawg Review #314: LawLawpalooza 2011

We at ABAJournal.com are honored to be asked to host Blawg Review—“a blog carnival for everyone interested in law”— in conjunction with the 2011 ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto. We are not actually blawgging from Canada—as usual, we are in Chicago taking the el train into the office over the…

Aug 8, 2011 7:00 PM CDT

Blogger’s Lawyer Fires Back at Cooley, Calls Law School’s Suit ‘Abuse of the Legal System’

Responding to a lawsuit that seeks to unmask anonymous bloggers who have been criticizing the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, a lawyer for Rockstar05 says the school’s suit is an “abuse of the legal system” that disregards his client’s rights, reports the Detroit Free Press. Cooley hasn’t pointed to any…

Aug 8, 2011 6:16 PM CDT

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Double Whammy for Uninsured Man with Breast Cancer: No Medicaid, Due to His Gender

Virginia Authorities to Appeal Reversal of Death Row Inmate’s Conviction

Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs Gets Life in Child-Sex-Assault Case

Akerman Senterfitt Opens New Office in Salt Lake with 2 Partners from Van Cott Bagley

Detroit Judge to Decide If Former Mayor’s Book-Proceeds Account is Legal

Embattled Widener Law Prof Suspended for 1 Year Without Pay, Ordered to Get Psychiatric Treatment

Husband’s Perseverance Helps Wife and Son Win OK to Return Home to US, Six Years Early

Caught in Cocaine Sting Set Up By Client, Ex-Prosecutor Takes Plea, Gets Probation

Boy, 11, Takes Plea in Mom’s Shooting Death, Asks Judge If He Can Have a Gun Again Later On in Life

6-Partner IP Team Leaps from Black Lowe to Foster Pepper in Seattle

Identical Twin Brother Complicates Murder Case Based on Eyewitnesses; Defense Claims Mistaken ID

$10M Federal Wrongful Death Claim Over Hiker Gored By Mountain Goat in National Park

Arizona Cannabis Clubs Sued by State AG

Blawg Review #314: LawLawpalooza 2011

Blogger’s Lawyer Fires Back at Cooley, Calls Law School’s Suit ‘Abuse of the Legal System’

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