Verdict set aside for faked injury; lawyers want to keep fees earned before plaintiffs' fraud uncovered
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William and Phyllis Lenahan, a Florida couple convicted of pursuing a fraudulent medical malpractice suit which netted them $2.25 million, have agreed to return the $1.2 million still left of that amount. Their attorneys, however, are balking at returning the one third of the settlement which they earned in legal fees. The judge before whom the case was tried agrees, stating that the lawyers had no part in the Lenahans' fraud. Several legal experts agree, stating that the lawyers are in the same position as anyone else who received money from the Lenahans for goods and services.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1993
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9th Circuit studies gender bias; survey finds 60 percent of female lawyers sexually harassed in last five years
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A two-year study on gender bias in the federal courts was conducted with questionnaires to some 3,500 lawyers and 232 judges in the Ninth Circuit. Six out of ten female lawyers surveyed had suffered sexual harassment in the last five years. Some 40% of women attorneys surveyed said they had been sexually harassed by a client, one-third by another lawyer and 6% by a judge. Most lawyers surveyed felt that federal judges were fair and their courts free of the egregious sexism in some state courts, but that more subtle sexual discrimination was still common.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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Distinguishing 2 from 3; 6th Circuit panel stands by anti-gay rights initiative despite Supreme Court quashing of similar measure
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The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled in Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinati, Inc. v. City of Cincinnati that the city's anti-gay rights initiative differed from a similar Colorado initiative which was struck down in the 1996 Supreme Court Romer case. Proponents of the ruling point out that the case is not about allowing discrimination, but prohibiting preferential treatment, while the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund claims the two measures cannot be distinguished from a constitutional perspective.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1998
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