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PD for Girlfriend Charged in Lawyer’s Slaying Says His Home Had Bullet Holes from Earlier Shootings

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:22 Written by
A gun collection and a history of domestic disputes between a South Carolina lawyer and a former client with whom he was in a relationship may ultimately prove to have been a fatal combination in October, when attorney Michael Howe was found dead in the bathroom of his York home. Christina Adams, 27, who is facing charges of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, made her first appearance in court yesterday, the Herald reports. Casey Cornwell, the public defender representing Adams, is seeking to have a grand jury consider a manslaughter charge because of the tension…

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Lawyers Defending Former Glock General Counsel Question Company’s Involvement in His Prosecution

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 07:30 Written by
Jury selection began yesterday in the Georgia trial of a former general counsel and CEO in the U.S. headquarters of Glock Inc. He is facing theft and racketeering charges after police said he stole millions of dollars and a custom pistol from the renowned Austria-based firearms manufacturer. Paul Jannuzzo, 55, a former New Jersey prosecutor, is accused of workingwith another in-house Glock attorney, former company vice president Peter Manown, to skim millions by fabricating loan documents and stealing corporate funds, according to the Associated Press and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Manown, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to three counts of theft…

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Model Who Said Her Skintight Outfit Showed She Wasn’t Armed Wins $1.2M in NYPD Excessive-Force Suit

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:45 Written by
A Manhattan jury awarded $1.2 million to a former Playboy Playmate yesterday—nearly $400,000 more than her lawyer had sought—in an excessive-force lawsuit she brought against the New York police department after a 2006 dispute with a cabdriver. Stephanie Adams, 41, initially called police to complain about the driver, who then retaliated, she said, by falsely claiming she had threatened him with a gun. Although responding officers should have been able to see that no weapon was concealed in her skimpy, skintight outfit, they used excessive force in dropping her to the street, causing her permanent neck and back injuries, Adams…

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Simpson Helps BC Partners Raise $8.6 Billion for Acquisitions

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:39 Written by

The firm is acting for London-based private equity giant BC Partners on one of the largest fundraising efforts in Europe since the global financial crisis began in 2008.


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10th Circuit: Feds Can Withhold Prisoner Mugshots

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 07:04 Written by
The Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has ruled that Justice Department may withhold mugshots of federal prisoners from the public.

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RIP Katherine Darmer: Law Prof, Marriage Equality Proponent

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:43 Written by
M. Katherine Baird Darmer, a Chapman University School of Law professor and an active campaigner for marriage equality, died after falling from a building in Irvine.

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What Is the Best Law-Related Movie Quote of All Time?

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:32 Written by
This week, in advance of the 84th Annual Academy Awards, Bloomberg Law is polling its readers about what they think are the best law-related movie lines of all time. Bloomberg Law's editors chose 10 quotes and assembled a brief video compilation of them. Tom Cruise was in two of the selected scenes, Above the Law notes: • New associate Mitch McDeere, played by Cruise in The Firm: "You don't run me, and they don't run me. You want to know something weird? I discovered the law again. You actually made me think about it. I managed to get through three…

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