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...plaintiffs?? lawyers called upon Cott, an expert in the history of marriage and a scholar of 20th century gender relations, to the stand on Tuesday. In her testimony, she drew connections between the current restrictions on same-sex marriage and former marriage restrictions, such as the laws that once forbade white women from marrying Chinese men and the infamous miscegenation laws repealed in 1967 that prohibited white women from marrying black...
...Instead, special health courts with expert judges should hear medical malpractice cases, a model similar to tax or bankruptcy courts. This would preserve plaintiffs?? legal right to sue while limiting unwarranted damages, reducing the cost of medical care. In a recent New York Times op-ed, former Senator Bill Bradley proposed a bipartisan compromise in which Republicans accept a public option in return for tort reform. Although political considerations probably make such a deal impossible, Congress should reconsider Bradley’s proposal...
Nesson, who co-founded the Berkman Center for Internet and Society in 1996, is expected to defend his client by challenging the constitutionality of the damages Tenenbaum faces. Nesson has argued that the RIAA and the plaintiffs??which include Sony and Warner Brothers—are "seeking to punish him beyond any rational measure of the damage he allegedly caused," and such a punishment would violate the 5th and 8th Amendments...
...affiliates are suing the developers of their planned residential community for preventing them from moving into an apartment complex in Kendall Square. Though the affiliates have already submitted their deposits, they allege that the developers have failed to take the necessary steps towards reaching a final closing date. The plaintiffs??a dozen current and former faculty members who have put down initial deposits for units in 303 Third Street—are part of an independent project known as “University Residential Communities” that has sought to create a residential cooperative that would provide...
...encounter was to establish legal standing for Heller to sue by proving that he had been injured by the law. It worked: When the lawsuit, which had been dismissed by the District Court, went to the D.C. Court of Appeals, they.ruled that Heller—though not the other plaintiffs??had standing, and struck down...