http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-22T11:31:34-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/would-be_law_prof_a_former_state_ag_loses_age_bias_suit_against_georgetown/ A federal judge has dismissed an age bias suit filed against Georgetown University Law Center by former North Dakota Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle dismissed the case last week, according to The BLT: The Blog of Legal… Attorney General, Labor & Employment, Law Professors, Law Schools, States, North Dakota Tue, 14 May 2013 06:35:19 -0500 44153.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nd_governor_signs_fetal_heartbeat_law_calls_constitutionality_an_open_quest/ North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple acknowledges his state will face a legal fight over three new anti-abortion measures he signed into law on Tuesday. One law bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy, report the Associated Press, the… Constitutional Law, Health Law, Legislation & Lobbying, States, North Dakota Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:04:06 -0500 43450.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/red_flag_re_dual_representation_no-contact_order_precludes_clients_from_sig/ A North Dakota attorney has been reprimanded and ordered to pay more than $7,000 in disciplinary proceeding costs for representing two clients with a conflict of interest that could not be waived. Blake D. Hankey signed on to represent both the alleged perpetrator and the claimed victim in a criminal… Criminal Justice, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, North Dakota Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:47:24 -0500 41186.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/pi_lawyer_plans_to_sue_his_alleged_attackers_located_through_iphone_trackin/ A North Dakota personal injury lawyer who was beaten and robbed after confronting three men early Saturday plans to sue the alleged attackers, even though he has little expectation of recovering much money from any judgment. The lawyer, a Grand Forks resident, declined to be identified because of fears the… Criminal Justice, Tort Law, States, North Dakota Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:35:38 -0500 40655.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/energy_boom_in_north_dakota_put_indigent_defense_system_near_constitutional/ The energy boom in North Dakota has lowered the unemployment rate to 2.9 percent but led to dramatic increases in crime, straining the indigent defense system, according to a report by a state bar association task force. The report concludes North Dakota’s Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents is on… Criminal Justice, Public Defenders, States, North Dakota Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:26:11 -0500 40367.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/Panel_Ponders_Does_State_Agency_Have_Power_to_Lift_Lawyers_License_/ Rudolph Tollefson is the only attorney in North Dakota who has had his law license suspended due to late child-support payments, according to the director of the state agency that enforces such payments. But some are wondering why the Child Support Enforcement Division of the North Dakota Department of Human… Constitutional Law, Government Law, Judiciary, Legal Ethics, States, North Dakota Tue, 29 May 2012 11:33:01 -0500 38992.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-fedl_prosecutor_gets_suspended_1_more_year_in_latest_shoplift_case/ Bar authorities in North Dakota have extended for another year the suspension from law practice of a former federal prosecutor who admittedly shoplifted two knives in separate incidents last year. Dennis Fisher's suspension will now extend until August of 2010 under today's ruling by the North Dakota Supreme Court, reports… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, White Collar Crime, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, North Dakota Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:54:51 -0500 21843.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/north_dakota_law_dean_says_u.s._news_info_on_clerkships_is_wrong/ The dean of the University of North Dakota School of Law says U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking is wrong, and she’s asking for a correction. U.S. News & World Report reported on Friday that Yale Law School is tops for having the highest percentage… Law Schools, States, North Dakota Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:20:17 -0500 21785.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/phony_lawyer_sentenced_to_four_years_in_prison/ A man who duped clients and colleagues into believing he was a lawyer has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison. Howard Kieffer was sentenced Friday in Bismarck, N.D., after he was convicted on charges of mail fraud and making false statements in… Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, States, North Dakota Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:32:30 -0500 21409.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/n.d._woman_in_child_neglect_case_allegedly_breast-fed_baby_while_drunk/ A North Dakota woman has been charged with child neglect for allegedly breast-feeding her six-week-old infant while drunk. However, a prosecutor says the claimed incident, in which Stacey Anvarinia is accused of breast-feeding her baby directly in front of police while heavily intoxicated, is not the only factor in the… Criminal Justice, States, North Dakota Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:22:29 -0500 19389.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fake_lawyer_convicted_faces_up_to_25_years_in_prison/ A man who duped clients and colleagues into believing he was a lawyer has been convicted of mail fraud and making false statements about his ability to practice law. A federal jury in Bismarck, N.D., convicted Howard O. Kieffer after deliberating just an hour and a half, the Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime, States, North Dakota Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:10:38 -0500 19098.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_testify_they_were_duped_by_fake_attorney/ Three lawyers testifying in the North Dakota trial of a nonlawyer accused of practicing law said they were duped into believing he had a law license because of his apparent expertise. Prosecutors claim nonlawyer Howard Kieffer worked on federal cases in at least 10 states and appeared… Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime, States, North Dakota Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:29:39 -0500 19059.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nd_defense_lawyer_charged_in_shoplifting_case_his_3rd/ A prominent North Dakota defense attorney and former federal prosecutor was arrested after a struggle with a loss prevention officer today and charged with disorderly conduct and suspicion of shoplifting. Dennis Fisher, 64, is accused of having stolen a hunting knife from Sportsman's Warehouse in Fargo, reports the Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Legal Ethics, States, North Dakota Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:53:00 -0500 13801.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ojs_cigar_bar_interview_anybody_else_wouldnt_be_tried/ O.J. Simpson hinted that an armed robbery charge against him is politically motivated, in an interview he gave to a North Dakota radio station in a Fargo cigar bar. "If I was anybody else, I wouldn't be going to court,'' Simpson told the KFGO interviewer while vacationing in the area,… Celebrities, Criminal Justice, States, Nevada, North Dakota Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:32:00 -0500 13087.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/farmers_file_suit_for_right_to_grow_hemp/ Two North Dakota farmers have filed a lawsuit that asks a federal judge to force the Bush administration to allow them to grow hemp. The Washington Post calls hemp “a strait-laced cousin of marijuana” that is found in everything from fabric to food. It has such a… Trials & Litigation, States, North Dakota Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:01:00 -0600 8334.abajournal.com