Michigan attorney Geoffrey Fieger has lost his “right-to-criticize-judges” lawsuit in a federal appeals court. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Fieger was not wrongfully punished for lambasting three judges on a 1999 radio show, when he called them “jackasses” and compared them to Nazis for overturning a $15 million verdict. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 16, 2009
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley is not entitled to qualified immunity from a retaliation claim filed by a deputy DA who spoke publicly about problems tied to an investigation of a failed $200 million school construction project. David Eng served on a task force [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
A federal appeals court is examining a prosecutor’s odd explanation for striking the only black person from a jury on drug & weapons case — that she was obese. Defendant Seth Dolphy wants his convictions vacated because the prosecutor was using obesity as a pretext to discriminate against the only black on the jury. The 2nd US [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that former lawyer Steven F. Goldman should be denied almost $400,000 in fees. Goldman won a $2.4 million medical malpractice case, but was found to have failed to investigate the future needs of his child client, and to have overcharged his client. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals [...]
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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