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89 ABA Journal Vermont articles.

Vermont DUI Convictions May Be in Jeopardy Over Alleged Breath-Test Errors

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…

Mummy CT Scans Help in Child Abuse Death Investigations

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,…

Can Law Student Be Disciplined for Suing Accuser? Federal Judge Says Yes

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…

Lawyer is Suspended Over Hit-and-Run for Which He Initially Blamed His Wife and ‘Road Raged’ Bikers

A Vermont lawyer who reportedly is a former traffic court judge caused an accident in September 2007 by braking abruptly after passing two bikers. Then he blamed the crash on…

Vermont Lawyer Criticized for Lifting Language from Utility Filing

The top lawyer for the Vermont Public Service Department is being criticized for copying long passages from utility company documents for her own filing with the Public Service Board.

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Drew U Sued, Accused of Purloining Poetry Program & Students

A federal judge in New Hampshire has given the green light to a lawsuit accusing New Jersey’s Drew University of stealing a competing college’s graduate-level poetry program and many of…

Pillow Fight Organizer in Vt. is Charged With Disorderly Conduct

Some 50 individuals briefly pummeled each other with pillows in a staged—and videotaped—event in Burlington, Vt., on Friday.

But only 21-year-old Darin Cassler has been criminally charged over the incident,…

Suits Filed Against Peanut Corp.; FDA Says Managers Knew of Contamination

The Georgia peanut plant linked to an outbreak of salmonella sold its products despite a dozen internal tests over the last two years that indicated contamination with the disease, according…

Ex-Judge Suspended After Pot Bust

A former family court judge in Vermont has been suspended from law practice for three months as a result of a pot bust at her home.

Officials found more than…

Death Penalty Expert Michael Mello Dies

Vermont Law School Professor Michael Mello, a well-known national expert on the death penalty, died at his home over the weekend after a short illness. He was 51.

“He was…

Prison Food Unconstitutionally Bad? No Way, Courts—and Dinner Guests—Say

Can food served to prisoners be so bad that it’s unconstitutional?

That is the question in a series of lawsuits filed in various states over “Nutraloaf,” a blended food intentionally…

DOJ Opinion OKs Social Security Benefits for Gay Couple’s Child

A Justice Department legal opinion says federal law does not bar the Social Security Administration from paying benefits to the nonbiological child of a woman who entered into a civil…

Va. Supreme Court Requires Enforcement of Vt. Ruling in Same-Sex Dissolution

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that state courts must enforce a child custody order issued by a Vermont court in the dissolution of a same-sex civil union.

The ruling…

Vermont Law Student and Cuban Wife Sue Over Travel Restrictions

A student at Vermont Law School and his Cuban wife have sued the U.S. government over restrictions that bar Cuban Americans from traveling home more than once every three years.

Animal Rights Lawyers Seeking ‘Holy Grail’ Gain Smaller Victories

For animal rights lawyers, the holy grail is a court decision that would allow them to sue in the name of animals.

They were hopeful a few years ago when…

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