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... mph zone just prior to the collision, the court records said." Bahe Cook Cantley & Jones wrongful death attorney Larry Jones says, "This is a perfect example of the kind of information that is available in almost any crash if the black box is secured and read by a qualified accident reconstructionist. In any case involving the death or serious injury of an individual, it may be helpful to secure the ...

... was deadlocked, seems to have struggled mightily with the claim. So what are the lessons here? 1. The bottom line is that Black was convicted basically for illegitimately selling control. As Holman Jenkins has noted, the central crime is a product ... of criminal prosecution focuses all of the responsibility for the transactions in question by hanging the threat of long prison sentences over Black and his associates even though it is clear that the allegedly wrongful payments were disclosed to and ...

... not one of his best days. Murray claims (p.A11] that the trial of Conrad Black, who siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from his various enterprises, and is now on trial ... Hollinger board told him that this provision "might have prevented some of Mr. Black's most outrageous abuses, by tracking the flow of money." Murray concludes that we ... worth huge costs to thousands of legitimate companies to (possibly!) prevent one Conrad Black? Do we really need a massive federal law to "mak[e] it clear ...

... Holman Jenkins made a similar point not long ago (which I discussed here) about how the market for control might have resolved the Conrad Black situation more cheaply than the mess that ended up in court. As Jenkins says: Onlookers wonder why large sums change hands in ... -up CEOs or reward controlling shareholders for giving up control. Answer: To avoid destroying a business in order to save it. Now, I'm not saying that the Bancrofts are Conrad Black just because they both own newspapers . . . .

... summary including links to the Information for Healthcare Professionals sheet and News Release, at: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm182500.htm Bahe Cook Cantley & Jones dangerous drug attorney Larry Jones says, "The injuries caused by a failure to appropriately administer the injections can be both painful and permanent." For more information about the rights of those injured by defective or dangerous prescription drugs, visit [www. ...

Maine's primary medical expert when it comes to medical examinations in sexual abuse cases is Dr. Larry Ricci. Dr. Ricci operates the Spurwink Clinic and is considered one of the foremost medical experts in the state on ... III, a commonly used and recognized authority in the psychological field; there was nothing objectionably anecdotal or scientifically unreliable in the Black sense about her testimony. In sum, the expert testimony Cooke offered was well-grounded in established authority and of ...

Next Tuesday, author and professor Larry Bobo will deliver the UW's Walker-Ames Lecture Of Punitiveness and Prejudice: Racial Attitudes and the Popular Demand for Harsh Crime Policies. Tues., May 15 ... regime that has resulted in the heavily disproportionate incarceration of minorities, especially of African Americans. This research poses the question of whether anti-black racial prejudice is a significant component of the public demand for tough law and order policies. Using data from the 2001 Race ...

... Black's former Hollinger associates were also convicted of three counts of mail fraud. The essence of the verdict against Lord Black and the others is that they stole millions in non-compete compensation from the sale of Hollinger assets that should have gone to ... 'injustice'. The imperative is to see injustice in all of its guises, to face it squarely, and confront it with courage. Update: Larry Ribstein provides his usual sharp insight, while Peter Henning provides this initial analysis of the ...

09:04 AM CST on Sunday, December 9, 2007 When convicted murderer Larry Allen Hayes was put to death in 2003, he made headlines. In Texas - the country' ... legal and cultural changes, the capital punishment studies are gathering dust. The fact that blacks who kill whites are executed in disproportionate numbers is not in dispute. When the U.S. Supreme ... point to all-white juries and mostly white prosecutors deciding whether black defendants should be put to death. They cite deep-rooted biases about race ...

... adverse to Black in civil litigation, and my law-school roommate is the lead prosecutor on the case. I will note, however, that if I were Conrad Black, I'd be awfully concerned about the number of potential jurors who assume someone is guilty just because they made a lot of money, especially ... evidence of expenditures. [New York Times; Globe and Mail] Separately, this Economist commentary piece not only mentions the Black trial, but Larry Ribstein's "Apple rule." (cross-posted at Point of Law)