Hawaii lower house shelves vote on same-sex civil unions
January 30, 2010
[JURIST] The Hawaii House of Representatives [official website] on Friday postponed indefinitely a vote on legislation [text, PDF] that would have allowed persons in same-sex civil unions [JURIST news archive] the same rights as married heterosexual couples. The postponement was decided by voice vote; only a two-thirds majority in the Hawaii House would allow further action on the bill. In the
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Hawaii lower house shelves vote on same-sex civil unions
Tesla to stop making Roadsters in 2011
January 30, 2010
Tesla Motors Inc. will halt production next year of the sleek electric sports car that has turned heads since being unveiled in 2006.
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Vivendi found liable for securities fraud
January 30, 2010
[JURIST] A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] Friday found giant French entertainment corporation Vivendi SA [official website] liable [Dow Jones report] on 57 counts of violating US federal securities laws. The jury found that Vivendi SA had made material misstatements [Bloomberg report] regarding its financial health in 2001-2002 before a
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Interview Strategies: Facing and Acing a Panel Interview
January 29, 2010
Rather than being intimidated by facing multiple interviewers at the same time, you can ace a panel interview with some preparation, say consultants Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass. You may have to work a little harder to make sure you make a connection with each of the interviewers in the room, but as the authors note, panels can provide some advantages for both interviewers and job candidates. Here are some strategies to deal with the group dynamics and other specific challenges of panel interviews.
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Winstead Rescinds Offer 4 Days Before Start Date
January 29, 2010
Dallas-based Winstead has rescinded offers to two incoming first-year associates, including one who was contacted just four days before she was due to start work today. According to the firm, four first-years started work in September 2009 and another five were set to start work today, but the firm rescinded one offer in September and another on Thursday.
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When a Lawyer Knows of Reasonably Certain Death
January 29, 2010
What types of information can a lawyer ethically keep to himself, especially if he is uniquely positioned to know with “reasonable certainty” that if he does not immediately inform a person of an injury or condition, the injury will worsen to the point of substantial bodily harm or death? Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm examine the issues in this celebrated age of transparency.
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When a Lawyer Knows of Reasonably Certain Death
2nd Circuit Upholds Town’s Definition of Adult-Oriented Business
January 29, 2010
In a legal battle between the town of Berlin, Conn., and a store operated by the VIP — short for Very Intimate Pleasures — chain, the 2nd Circuit has ruled that descriptive language in town ordinances, and not just mathematical percentages, can be used to determine when a business can be classified as “adult-oriented.” A Berlin ordinance defines any establishment having “a substantial or significant portion” of its stock in trade in adult books, videos or novelties as an “adult-oriented store.”
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Former WilmerHale Partner Loses Child Support Ruling
January 29, 2010
A former WilmerHale partner has failed to convince a court to toss out a deadbeat-dad contempt order against him. William A. Wilson III, now a partner at Wilson International Law, appealed a decision by D.C
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Class Definition Keeps Sprint Case in Federal Court a Little Longer
January 29, 2010
The 7th Circuit is on a roll in keeping class actions under federal court purview. The court on Thursday let a class action filed against Sprint Nextel stay in federal court at least a little longer, overruling a decision by a U.S. District Court that would have kicked it back to state court
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3rd Circuit: Tort Claims Against U.S. Must State ‘Sum Certain’ Damages
January 29, 2010
People who file tort claims against the U.S. government must put a dollar figure on their damages up front even if they don’t know the final tab because they are still being treated, the 3rd Circuit has ruled. The Federal Tort Claims Act contains no exception to the requirement that a claim must be accompanied by a “sum certain” amount for injuries or losses, and reading one into the statute would amount to a judicial expansion of its limited waiver of sovereign immunity, the circuit held.
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