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• Hudson Falls Judge Should Have Been Removed

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 521
  COMMENTARYHUDSON FALLS—Michael M. Feeder, Hudson Falls village court judge, has been censured by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct for four charges of misconduct. Removal was the only reasonable decision.While Robert Tembeckjian, commission administrator, recommended that Feeder be removed from office, he was ...
  8 hours ago

• Teens Face Drug, Sex and Mischief Charges

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 521
  WARREN COUNTY—A Stony Creek teenager is under arrest for allegedly using a baseball bat to damage the car of an acquaintance, a Queensbury teenager is facing three charges relating to allegations of sexual misconduct and another Queensbury teenager has been charged with felony criminal sale of marijuana in recent ...
  10 hours ago

• Game Misconduct, with Eric Herboth: Who Will Hire Allen Iverson, the Best Basketball Player Ever?

  
  The Awl — Authority: 761
  So Allen Iverson retired. Sort of. Maybe. Though he’s been on an indefinite personal leave from the Memphis Grizzlies since earlier this month, after having played just three games for them, Iverson announced with a surprise statement that he was, as of this week, officially hanging it up. In typical Iverson ...
  18 hours ago

• County Counselor Patricia Redington insisted it had nothing to do with politics,

  
  Irons in the Fire — Authority: 490
  influence or pressure from any official. “These charges are like the 90,000 other charges we file each year,” she said . Uh huh. Which is why it only took 90 frikkin days for them to get around to it? And on the day before Thanksgiving?(can you say "Maybe theyll forget all this by Monday?") And all ...
  1 day ago

• Hudson Falls Judge Avoids Removal From Office

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 521
  HUDSON FALLS—In a 6-3 vote, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct has censured Hudson Falls Village Court judge Michael M. Feeder for engaging in numerous acts of misconduct.Three of the commission members had voted to remove Feeder from office.A censure amounts to little more than a slap on the wrist and public ...
  2 days ago

• Changing the “Convict at All Costs” Culture of Prosecutor’s Offices

  
  The Justice Project — Authority: 107
  By John F. Terzano All too often, prosecutors’ offices fall prey to a culture of conviction-seeking at all costs. Prosecutors who become singularly focused on conviction rates often neglect their ethical duty to protect the innocent and guard the rights of the accused. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office ...
  4 days ago

• Massachusetts Superior Court judge Daniel Ford is one of those people,

  
  Irons in the Fire — Authority: 490
  who if he actually had any honor left, or sense of shame, would not show his face in public anymore. Baran was convicted in January 1985 of molesting six children at a pre-kindergarten day care facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was released on bond in 2006 after an appeals court determined that his trial ...
  5 days ago

• British colleges selling languages certificates to non-English speakers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  London, Nov. 22 (ANI): Colleges in London and Birmingham are selling British Home Office-regulated English and Citizenship certificates to immigrants who don’t understand and speak English.According to an investigative report published in Times Online, migrants who speak little or no English have been able to buy ...
  6 days ago

• Michelle Rhee, The Fixer Did Damage Control After Sex Charges Against Kevin Johnson

  
  The Washington Teacher — Authority: 524
  The Story The Wash. Post  Wont Report If you havent read this already it is a must read Examiner Exclusive by Byron York with Bill Myers contributing to the report. It reads like an episode from Dominick Dunnes TV show Power, Privilege and Justice. It confirms my belief that no reign of terror lasts forever. Id ...
  1 week ago

• NIA exposes militant-politician-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  By Syed Zarir HussainGuwahati, Nov 21 (IANS) The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has come up with some startling revelations about the politician-militant-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam with government funds to the tune of millions going to the coffers of a separatist group. The NIA, in its final chargesheet ...
  1 week ago

• We’re Back, Did Ya Miss Us?

  
  The Criminal Lawyer — Authority: 112
  Finally, the trial that would. not. end. is over. Three weeks to try a case that should have taken no more than five days. In the case that just would not end, either. The arrest was more than three years ago — that’s plenty long to have a felony case hanging over your head. Especially one as over-charged as ...
  1 week ago

• Jury Awards Record Damages in Smoker Lawsuit

  
  Bodily Injury Blog — Authority: 429
  A jury awarded more than $300 million in damages Thursday to an ex-smoker who is now confined to a wheelchair because of emphysema. In the verdict, the Florida jury ordered Philip Morris to pay Cindy Naugle, 61, $56.6 million in damages for medical expenses and $244 million in punitive damages. The case is one of ...
  1 week ago

• Factory Explosion Spurs Lawsuit

  
  Bodily Injury Blog — Authority: 429
  Attorneys have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Massachusetts residents who suffered property damage in a 2006 chemical explosion. According to the lawsuit, Kentucky-based Ashland Inc. delivered highly volatile and unlicensed chemicals that set off the pre-dawn blast at a Danvers factory nearly three years ago. Ashland ...
  1 week ago

• Americas most authoritarian sheriff

  
  Classically Liberal — Authority: 550
  Sheriff Joe Arapaio, of Maricopa County, Arizona, likes to promote himself as Americas "toughest" sheriff. If by tough, one means authoritarian, then that would be accurate. There are few sheriffs in the modern world with a similar contempt for the law and the constitution. Actually it is the law that he disrespects. ...
  1 week ago

• Fifth Circuit Reaffirms that the FAA Provides the Exclusive Grounds for Vacatur of Arbitration Awards After Hall Street v. Mattel

  
  Disputing — Authority: 124
  In United Forming, Inc. v. Faulknerusa, LP , No. 09-50073 (5th Cir. Oct. 27, 2009), FaulknerUSA, LP (Faulkner) is the general contractor at a construction project; United Forming, Inc. (United) is a sub-contractor; and Continental Casualty, Co. (Continental) is the surety of their agreement. After a dispute ...
  1 week ago

• Video: Single-mom soldier puts son before service

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 177
  Nov. 18: When Spc. Alexis Hutchinson’s unit deployed to Afghanistan, she refused to go, saying she had no one to take care of her 10-month-old son Read more here:  Video: Single-mom soldier puts son before service
  1 week ago

• Jury Finds Doctor Negligent for Improper Surgery

  
  Bodily Injury Blog — Authority: 429
  A jury has awarded $2.4 million to a woman who developed permanent complications after undergoing bowel surgery. In the verdict, jurors found that Dr. Zahid M. Cohan ordered an improper surgery after Suzette R. Carlin visited the Olean General Hospital emergency room in 1998. Carlin was forced to undergo three ...
  1 week ago

• Feds in Talks With Toyota Over Acceleration Problems

  
  Bodily Injury Blog — Authority: 429
  The National Highway Safety Administration announced Tuesday that it is in talks with Toyota Motor Corp. over how to fix sudden acceleration problems that triggered the recall of more than 3 million Toyota vehicles, the Detroit Free Press reports. At issue is whether the automaker should focus on defective floor mats, ...
  1 week ago

• COP SENTENCED FOR STEALING PART OF DEFENSE ATTORNEYS FILE; SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS HIS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

  
  California Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 124
  A Maricopa County Sheriffs detention officer was found in contempt of court Wednesday for his decision to remove a document from a defense attorneys file during a sentencing hearing last month. [To see the full contempt opinion, click Download file ] [This begs the question: why isnt this cop being charged with a ...
  1 week ago

• Nebraska High Court Green Lights Defective Vehicle Suit

  
  Bodily Injury Blog — Authority: 429
  The Nebraska Supreme Court has cleared the way for a lawsuit arising from injuries suffered by a woman whose family purchased a used automobile from a dealer that failed to inspect it prior to the sale. In the ruling, the high court held that the dealer was obligated to warn consumers about potential defects. The ...
  1 week ago

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