Word: lawyerly
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Former O.J. Simpson lawyer Barry Scheck joined the co-authors of his new book, Actual Innocence, lawyer Peter Neufeld and columnist Jim Dwyer, in a panel discussion about the possibilities for DNA to exonerate the wrongly convicted...
...case of the James house, residents hired a lawyer, Tom Bracken, to take their case to both the board of zoning and planning and the Cambridge Historical Commission...
...point out that Internet stock-fraud cases are such a new and rapidly evolving area of jurisprudence that it is too soon to tell how judges will treat the SEC's recent wave of them. "Messages on stock bulletin boards are nothing more than graffiti," argues Mark Werksman, a lawyer for one of the California defendants. "Posting them is an exercise in free speech that imposes no clear legal obligation...
Wise, 49, is an animal-rights lawyer--or "animal-rights wacko," in the view of Rush Limbaugh. Wise has spent 20 years standing up in court for deer, cats, bald eagles, dolphins, assorted primates and other beleaguered species. It is a profession that Wise, who has a gift for comedy, finds amusing. In his study hangs a favorite cartoon, of a dog raising his right paw to take the oath in court, and the caption: "Rover v. Wade...
...unstable region - as his personal relationship with Nawaz had helped end the Kargil standoff. The fact that President Clinton's old friend Nawaz is now saying General Musharraf launched his coup in retaliation for the Pakistani premier's doing Washington's bidding - and the assassination of his lawyer in mid-argument - may slow the chemistry between the U.S. president and the Pakistani strongman...