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JUDGE GRANTS DEFENDANT NEW TRIAL WHEN PROSECUTION VIOLATES DEFENDANTS RIGHT BY FAILING TO TURN OVER DISCOVERY
When you are accused of a crime the prosecution must turn over discovery to your lawyer so that he can assist you to prepare your defense. In a recent federal criminal prosecution the defendants conviction was reversed when a federal judge found that the prosecution had ?persistently and recklessly violated its constitutional responsibilities to discovery and disclose crucial information? to the defense...

Defendant Not "Entitled" to Discovery on Claim For Section 285 Fees
In a case where the underlying claims of infringement were dismissed voluntarily under Rule 41, Judge Jones recently ordered that a defendant was not entitled to take discovery in order to support a theory that the case was "exceptional" under 35 USC Section 285...

Lawyers Still Unprepared for E-Discovery
A new study released by Océ Business Services finds that 39 percent of in-house attorneys and 57 percent of law firm attorneys believe that their companies and clients are not prepared to comply with discovery requests under the 2006 version...

Judge Reinstates Defamation Lawsuit Against Professor
The judge who dismissed a defamation lawsuit against a University of California, Irvine professor has now reinstated the suit, based on new evidence presented to the court. One of the authors of a study published in the Journal of Reproductive...

9th Circuit Reinstates Suit on Gays in Military
9th Circuit Reinstates Suit on Gays in Military :: Witt v. Air Force (pdf) :: What Would the Supreme Court Hold? :: Wikipedia’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Entry

Indiana Supreme Court Reinstates Verdict in Workplace Bullying Case
The case is Raess v. Doescher, No. 49S02-0710-cv-424 (April 8, 2008). Michael Fox has the details over at Jottings by an Employer's Lawyer. rb

Windows Software
Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.

US Army Corps of Engineers
Class action dismissed for allegedly failing to protect New Orleans from the levee breach.

Disability Access
Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act.

False Arrest
City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier.

Medtronic
Leads Failing

Jevic Transportation
allegedly failing to give 60 days warning before closing plant.