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Two Settlements for Families of Mentally Ill Killed by Police Errors

Yesterday, a couple of similar settlements were reached concerning cases where undue police violence against innocent mentally ill citizens led to death. Read on to find out the details....

May 16, 2012

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Civil Rights Lawyers Get Settlement for Breach of Their Civil Rights

If there's one subset of the American public on whom corrupt police officers might want to go easy re: civil rights violations, it would probably be civil rights lawyers. Unfortunately, some overzealous Brooklyn cops didn't get the memo.

May 15, 20121

2 minutes

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Fatal Philadelphia Duckboat Crash Settled for $17 Million

A duckboat is a particular kind of bus that can travel by both land and sea. Typically seen in cities like Philadelphia and Boston, which have prominent and accessible rivers,...

May 10, 20124

3 minutes

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Restaurant Builds a Noise Wall as Part of Settlement

A unique legal settlement has gone down just across town from Lawyer.com headquarters here in Basking Ridge, NJ. Apparently, a combo bar/restaurant called the Bamboo Grille had its liquor license...

May 8, 20121

3 minutes

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Business v. Class Action

An article in the New York Times caught my attention today. It's about the fallout from the 2011 Supreme Court decision in AT&T v. Concepcion, which stated that corporations can...

May 7, 2012

4 minutes