March 2011
23 posts
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“As witty as I like to be on the blog, the Supreme Court’s opinion in Connick v....”
– Philadelphia litigator Max Kennerly, commenting on the Supreme Court’s ruling against a man wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 18 years, 14 of them on death row, after prosecution withheld exculpatory evidence
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“This is yet another case in which the archdiocese has let down one of...”
– Lawyer for a man suing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for fraud and conspiracy in covering his abuse by a priest
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“My hope was that we were going to come here and they were just going to accept...”
– Attorney Raymond Hamlin, speaking of his client, former Jersey City Housing Authority commissioner Lori Serrano
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“They will violate the FCC media ownership rules. The interest they have will...”
– Lobbyist for television broadcasters commenting on JPMorgan Chase’s proposed bankruptcy reorganization of Tribune Co.
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“A good DUI lawyer can help save your license to drive in some cases and can do...”
– Bay Area attorney commenting about Saint Patrick’s day on the need for representation following a DUI stop.
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“A witness must give legally competent evidence, and I don’t think he can...”
– Attorney for a Philadelphia priest, speaking of his client’s accuser
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“As history has confirmed, that purported decertification was a sham. In an...”
– NFL outside counsel, commenting in the wake of news that the NFL had hired two powerful attorneys with regard to its antitrust suit against the league’s players.
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“You’re dealing with a 32-year-old single mom from a small town in...”
– Attorney for a woman pleading guilty to terrorism charges.
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“My client is a moron. He should have called 911 … but he had nothing to do...”
– Lawyer for a man involved in the beheading of a pit bull via chain saw after it bit a young girl.
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“Regrettably, Mr. Sheen failed to continue with his rehabilitation program. The...”
– Lawyers for Warner Brothers, commenting on the firing of Charlie Sheen from his hit TV show, “Two and Half Men.”
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“The reasonableness of Mr. Cameron’s sentencing proposition is evident from the...”
– Lawyer for former a assistant attorney general in Maine, convicted on child pornography charges, alluding to his client’s stress and anxiety, cited in his defense as factors substantially contributing to his unlawful behavior.
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“I really do need something and when we have it — and I’m not asking...”
– Lawyer in charge of BP fund created to pay damages to those affected, commenting on the lack of documentation from claimants
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“Chuck Lorre, one of the richest men in television who is worth hundreds of...”
– Lawyer for Charlie Sheen, who filed a $100M lawsuit against the producer of Two and Half Men
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“This decision to move to Guatemala was part of a deliberate plan to continue the...”
– Attorneys representing a class of Guatemalans secretly infected with syphilis by U.S. researchers
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“Personally I think $430,000 is an appropriate way to say she’s sorry.”
– Attorney for a designer who won a lawsuit against Courtney Love after the singer posted falsehoods about her on Twitter
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“What they didn’t tell the magistrate is that [al-Kidd] was a native-born...”
– ACLU attorney commenting on the experience of Abdullah al-Kidd, detained and monitored by the FBI under a material witness warrant
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“There is no question he was hypno-programmed. He was set up. He was used. He was...”
– Attorney William F. Pepper, representing confessed killer of RFK, Sirhan Sirhan.
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“[…] the Defense of Marriage Act is probably unconstitutional, particularly...”
– General Counsel for anti-gay group
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“The only way you can obtain jurisdiction over the Holy See is through the...”
– CA lawyer who defends the Vatican in American courts
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“Mr. Gupta has done nothing wrong. There is no allegation that Mr. Gupta traded...”
– Attorney for former Goldman Sachs director facing insider trading charges
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“I’ve been severely tortured, but I won’t give up or close my eyes to...”
– Imprisoned attorney for an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly cheating on and then helping to kill her husband.
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“My client was just torn up inside about the mix-up. But you can’t put the...”
– Attorney for a funeral home owner accused of cremating the wrong child’s body.
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“Mr. Simms is going to fight for his innocence, and his civil liberties, and his...”
– Attorney for Titans quarterback Chris Simms, regarding allegations that Simms told police he was driving stoned. 