http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-18T17:51:07-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/should_this_toy_be_saved/ After a 6-year-old Canadian girl swallowed 19 superstrong, pea-size magnets in March, she told her mother she thought they were candy. The magnets failed to pass through naturally, and a surgeon removed them three days later, finding a perforated small intestine, ulcerations in the stomach and two small holes in… Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:09 -0500 44239.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/oj_simpsons_lawyer_says_he_knew_about_guns_said_no_deal_no_way_when_told_of/ Reluctantly testifying about his former client, O.J. Simpson, a Miami attorney on Friday contradicted key aspects of Simpson's earlier testimony during a hearing about whether the former football great should be granted a new trial in his Nevada armed robbery case. Called to the stand by prosecutors and reminded that… Appellate Practice, Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, States, Nevada Fri, 17 May 2013 17:35:48 -0500 44238.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/if_you_live_in_a_glass_house_you_cant_bring_a_privacy_suit_over_a_photo_dis/ Residents of an upscale apartment building in New York City are in an uproar over a photo display at an art gallery. On exhibit are candid shots of residents taken with a telephoto lens by an artist who lives in a building across the street. Those in the Zinc Building… Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law, Real Estate & Property Law, Tort Law, States, New York Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:45 -0500 44242.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/did_convicted_cold_blood_murderers_in_capote_novel_also_kill_a_florida_fami/ When four members of a Kansas farm family were found dead in their home in 1959, the detective in charge of the investigation thought the culprit must be a local man with a grudge against the head of the family. Authorities hesitated for several days before pursuing a lead from… Criminal Justice, Legal History, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, States, Florida, Kansas Fri, 17 May 2013 14:44:59 -0500 44237.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fired_former_female_partner_settles_ropes_gray_age_and_gender_discriminatio/ A fired female intellectual property partner has settled her federal employment discrimination suit against Ropes & Gray on undisclosed terms. Patricia Martone, who was 63 when she was fired by the firm in 2010, lost out on lucrative retirement benefits to which she would have been entitled at age 65… Careers, Women in the Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:34 -0500 44236.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/man_faces_deadly_weapon_bulldozer_burglary_case_his_lawyer_protests_extreme/ A Washington state man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to nine charges related to his alleged use of a deadly weapon—“to wit, a bulldozer”—to level the homes of neighbors during what prosecutors are calling a burglary. Barry A. Swegle could get as much as life in prison without parole if… Criminal Justice, Real Estate & Property Law, States, Washington Fri, 17 May 2013 12:28:59 -0500 44235.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/suspect_in_homicide_of_nj_attorney_is_arrested_in_philadelpia/ A man well-known on the Web as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" has been arrested in Philadelphia and charged in the homicide of Joseph Galfy Jr., a 73-year-old New Jersey lawyer who was found dead at his home in Clark earlier this week. Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 24, was arrested at a… Criminal Justice, States, New Jersey Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:58 -0500 44227.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/man_accused_in_beating_death_of_zoo_monkey_is_sentenced_to_up_to_seven_year/ A 22-year-old Idaho man accused in the beating death of a monkey at a Boise zoo has been sentenced to up to seven years in prison, though he may be able to avoid jail time if he completes a treatment program. Reuters, the Associated Press… Animal Law, Criminal Justice Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22:13 -0500 44233.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plans_for_brooklyn_da_news_series_bring_lawsuit_and_a_defense_lawyers_objec/ An election opponent of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes isn’t happy about an upcoming news series about the DA’s office that will begin airing on May 28. Nor is a lawyer defending a landlord accused of manslaughter in a tenement fire. The six-part CBS series, Brooklyn D.A., offers a look… Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Election Law, Law in Popular Culture Fri, 17 May 2013 09:16:54 -0500 44232.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_avvo_linkedin/ Last month, Arizona criminal defense attorney Matt Brown noted at Tempe Criminal Defense that he was taking a break from blogging to go on a 700-plus-mile hike. But he checked into the office periodically. "At some point after climbing onto the Colorado Plateau, however, the volume… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Immigration Law, Trials & Litigation, 6th Circuit Court Fri, 17 May 2013 08:30:27 -0500 44228.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_prof_confesses_i_am_a_sociopath/ Corrected: Could this have been written by one of your law professors? “Remorse is alien to me. I have a penchant for deceit. I am generally free of entangling and irrational emotions. I am strategic and canny, intelligent and confident, but I also struggle to react appropriately to other people's… Law Professors Fri, 17 May 2013 08:11:59 -0500 44231.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/blinks_of_paralyzed_victim_lead_to_guilty_verdict_appeal_is_planned/ A Cincinnati man has been convicted of murder based on the blinks of a paralyzed shooting victim. Jurors in Hamilton County, Ohio, convicted Ricardo Woods on Thursday after prosecutors played a tape in which the now-deceased victim blinked his eyes three times to identify his attacker, report the Criminal Justice, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements Fri, 17 May 2013 07:34:24 -0500 44230.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/boston_woman_is_accused_of_extorting_lawyer_to_pay_for_breast_implants/ A lawyer’s cooperation with police led to the arrest of a Boston woman accused of trying to extort him to pay for breast implants. Deborah Yi, 24, has pleaded not guilty to extortion by false claim, report the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald.… Criminal Justice Fri, 17 May 2013 07:00:20 -0500 44229.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/borrow_a_brolly_campaign_by_linklaters_reaches_soccer_players_wife_and_dail/ Linklaters got some free publicity when the wife of soccer player Wayne Rooney sported an umbrella with the logo of the British-based law firm at a Manchester United home match. The Daily Mirror ran photos of Coleen Rooney to show her “baby bump” at the match in… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Law Firms Fri, 17 May 2013 06:15:49 -0500 44223.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/reward_money_for_info_on_texas_prosecutor_murders_will_go_unpaid/ Reward money for information in the slayings of two Texas prosecutors will not be paid because police made arrests based on their own work rather than tips by the public, according to the group that raised the cash. The Kaufman County, Texas, Crime Stoppers will return money from the fund… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, States, Texas Fri, 17 May 2013 05:45:30 -0500 44220.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judges_tendency_to_interrupt_patronize_and_admonish_plaintiff_lawyer_requir/ A New York appellate court has reversed a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case, saying that the trial judge's tendency to "interrupt, patronize and admonish" the plaintiff's lawyer prevented the plaintiff from getting a fair trial, Reuters reports. While the lawyer, Anthony Pirrotti, "may have been overly… Appellate Practice, Health Law, Judiciary, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, New York Thu, 16 May 2013 16:10:20 -0500 44226.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/teen_wont_be_criminally_charged_over_exploding_water_bottle_she_called_a_sc/ All criminal charges have been dropped against a Florida teen who initially faced an adult felony case after she mixed household chemicals in a water bottle and it exploded on school grounds. Kiera Wilmot, 16, has said the incident was a failed effort to develop possible science project. But even… Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education Law, States, Florida Thu, 16 May 2013 15:20:20 -0500 44225.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/o.j._simpson_i_gave_500k_to_lead_lawyer_for_costs_he_was_supposed_to_defend/ Testifying this week at a hearing in which he hopes to win a new armed robbery trial, O.J. Simpson said he gave $500,000 to his lead defense lawyer, Yale Galanter. But that was for expert witnesses and other costs, Simpson contended—Galanter was supposed to defend the former… Appellate Practice, Celebrities, Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Trials & Litigation, States, Nevada Thu, 16 May 2013 14:33:55 -0500 44224.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer_extradited_from_nicaragua_accused_of_role_in_137m_fraud_scheme/ An American lawyer has been deported from Nicaragua after authorities say he tried to get a passport there using a fake birth certificate and is being extradited to Florida, where he will face federal prosecution for his alleged role in a $137 million stock-investment fraud scheme. Lawrence Hartman is accused… Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime, Real Estate & Property Law, Trials & Litigation, 11th Circuit Court, States, Florida Thu, 16 May 2013 13:10:37 -0500 44221.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bvideo_telepathy_and_prescience_are_what_gcs_look_for_from_firms/ Trevor Faure, Global Leader of Legal Services for Ernst & Young, tells Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia that general counsels at large corporations are looking for four things from the law firms which represent them: professional telepathy, professional prescience, exceptional client service and cost efficiency.… ABA Journal, Business of Law (Video), ABA Journal Production, Weekly Newsletter Stories, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting Thu, 16 May 2013 12:20:56 -0500 44218.abajournal.com