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...from discussion details of the case? This is one among many questions which Nesson has assigned to his Evidence class as homework, the sum of which is reaching a conclusion--as lawyers in training--as to the degree of proof they would need to act on behalf of a client, whether that action is writing a letter for your client (as Finberg has done), making an allegation, surviving a motion to dismiss in court or winning a law suit. Since Nesson's class is about the Laws of Evidence (federally-mandated regulations governing how courts may proceed, a.k.a. the basis...
...wanted to represent himself. After two days of talks, attorney Judy Clarke announced that the problem had been resolved, but the defense strategy was shattered. Last week Clarke and lead attorney Quin Denvir filed a terse, one-sentence notice saying they no longer planned to argue that their client was mentally ill. Says University of Chicago law professor Albert Alschuler: "If he doesn't want to raise a mental-defect defense, he doesn't have...
...bedraggled defense team, meanwhile, may now offer a "stealth" psychiatric defense. By emphasizing the most bizarre aspects of their client's life and alleged bombing campaign -- even putting Kaczynski himself on the stand -- they will be priming jurors to believe what the accused has forbidden his lawyers from claiming aloud: that Theodore Kaczynski is insane...
...today announced heavy casualties in its Browser Wars with Microsoft: The Silicon Valley start-up expects to post a surprise $85 million loss for the last quarter. Company officials blamed the 88-cent-per-share loss on the collapse of Pacific markets, as well as "competitive pressure" on its client-side browser software...
...There are some things our culture engenders about how women relate and how men relate," Burt said. "Women are more empathetic by nature...it allows you to see the shoes your client is walking in, and that is an asset...