'It's a done deal;' House of Delegates vote crushes chances for MDP

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The ABA House of Delegates' failure to approve multidisciplinary law firms (MDP) is discussed, and MDP supporters complained that the ABA had abandoned its leadership role.Te ABA Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice supported relaxed ethical rules which would allow multidisciplinary firms

Multidisciplinary law firms, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Public opinion, A.B.A. Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice

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Getting your house in order

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Court rulings have driven a movement toward corporate self-policing, also known as compliance planning. Such plans date back about a decade as formal corporate policies were aimed a limiting a company's criminal exposure for actions of its employees. There is little case law in the area since corporations charged usually plead guilty.

Standards, Corporate governance, Corporate counsel, Powers and duties

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'Yes, I'm sure that's him;' eyewitness reliability under question by experts, courts

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The article discusses the growing number of jurisdictions revisiting cases due to questions about the shortcomings of of eyewitness identification. Some judges do not think such misgivings are based on scientific arguments oir assume that jurors already know about the problem, while many courts leave it to defense lawyers to discredit eyewitnesses with cross-examination.

Analysis, Identification and classification, Criminals, Evidence, Criminal, Criminal evidence

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