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November 7, 2007

Rebuked Large Firm Attorneys Fight Sanctions
Attorneys, law firms and their clients that were sanctioned by a federal judge for alleged delay of discovery have filed petitions for mandamus with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to have the sanctions overturned.

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
The Legal Intelligencer's Motor Vehicle Yearbook
The Legal Intelligencer is proud to introduce the newly updated Motor Vehicle Yearbook, with a full year of information on the most important cases from state and federal courts affecting motor vehicle law.

Non-Law School to Offer LL.M.
Tufts University's graduate school of international affairs, the Fletcher School, is planning a new Master of Laws in International Law program for next fall.


Lawyers, Students Report on Unrest in Pakistan
U.S. lawyers and law students with Pakistani connections say attorneys they know in the country are getting involved in a protest over the government's establishment of emergency orders Saturday that suspended the constitution and dissolved the country's supreme court last week.


"Risky Business" Behind the Wheel for Actress Busted for DUI
Rebecca De Mornay has been arrested for investigation of drunken driving, a magazine reported Tuesday.


So Going to Hell: NY Man Busted for Calling Sex Line From Church
Thou shalt not use a church's telephone to call a sex hot line, saith police in this Hudson Valley town.


Man Busted for Election Day Theft of Candidates' Signs
Police have arrested a 20-year-old man for stealing political signs from various candidates on Long Island.


Diddy or Didn't He?
Sean "Diddy" Combs won't face criminal charges for reportedly punching a man after a dispute at a trendy SoHo nightspot last month, prosecutors said Tuesday.


Pro Bono Lawyers Fight for Undergrads Right to Party
Rajan Gadhia, a 20-year-old psychology major at Texas Tech University who plans to start medical school next year, says a minor-in-possession-of-alcohol citation that Lubbock police gave him in September could hurt his chances to get into the medical residency program of his choice.


Britney Spears Stuck With K-Fed's Legal Tab in Custody Clash
Britney Spears has been ordered to pay $120,000 in legal fees to her ex-husband Kevin Federline, who was awarded temporary custody of their young sons.


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 Today's Feature from The Legal Intelligencer
McCaffery, Todd Elected to Pa. Supreme Court

Democrats will soon control Pennsylvania's highest court, thanks to the victorious campaigns of a former Philadelphia judge who dispensed speedy justice to rowdy football fans in "Eagles Court" and a steelworker's daughter from western Pennsylvania.



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