86 ABA Journal Vermont articles.
Liberty University School of Law has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force its insurance carrier to defend the institution in an earlier civil racketeering case over a child-custody battle…
Jun 19, 2013 9:30 PM CDT
A public defender in Vermont handled an arraignment without his suit jacket Wednesday, after putting it on a client, backwards, to cover an offending T-shirt.
Attorney Doug Willey took action…
Apr 4, 2013 3:52 PM CDT
The field of health care has been transformed with more cost-effective treatment by nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and the legal field will follow with less work being done by…
Nov 28, 2012 1:16 PM CST
State chief justices and court administrators met this week in Washington, D.C., to discuss policy priorities for the upcoming year and beyond. Many of them took time Thursday to join…
Nov 15, 2012 9:02 PM CST
The state’s supreme court has suspended a Vermont lawyer on an interim basis, pending further disciplinary action, even though he apparently has no clients.
Saying that William E. Simendinger has…
Nov 2, 2012 3:53 PM CDT
A criminal defense attorney has filed a motion seeking the dismissal of 20 criminal cases, contending that the state lacks authority to prosecute the defendants because the Orleans County state’s…
Oct 16, 2012 7:15 PM CDT
It might seem unlikely that those who enjoy Ben & Jerry’s gourmet ice cream would think the Vermont-based maker of trademarked flavors such as Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Peanut Butter Cup…
Sep 7, 2012 6:30 PM CDT
A New Mexico woman who said she was ordered off a Delta Connections flight in Vermont in 2006 after she refused an offended flight attendant’s demand to cover herself with…
Mar 16, 2012 9:25 PM CDT
A Somali Bantu immigrant who was convicted of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl will get a new trial because of a juror’s internet research about his culture.
A trial judge…
Jan 30, 2012 1:28 PM CST
A Vermont folk artist who promotes local agriculture with the advice “eat more kale” on T-shirts and sweatshirts is fighting a demand by Chick-fil-A that he stop using the phrase.
…Nov 29, 2011 2:54 PM CST
A Vermont man acquitted seven years ago in a 2002 murder outside a pizza restaurant has called police and confessed to the crime.
The acquitted defendant, Isaac Turnbaugh, called police…
Aug 3, 2011 12:23 PM CDT
Corrected: A blind student at Vermont Law School has filed a federal lawsuit against the National Conference of Bar Examiners, seeking permission to use the same screenreader software she relies…
Jul 6, 2011 12:09 AM CDT
Hundreds of Vermont DUI convictions are being challenged by defense lawyers, who claim there was a mistake in the breath analysis machine’s software setup.
Whistler-blowers’ complaints about unethical lab work…
May 16, 2011 3:58 PM CDT
New techniques developed for CT scans of a 2,700-year-old mummy are now being used to help determine the cause of death for young children.
Dr. Jason Johnson, a radiology resident,…
Apr 27, 2011 11:00 AM CDT
A Vermont Law School student has sued the institution, an official there and another law student over the handling of a sexual assault and sexual harassment complaint in which he…
Feb 8, 2011 8:18 PM CST
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