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...This event was the catalyst for a civil suit against the doctor who treated John Doe No. 5, according to the alleged victim’s lawyer. That doctor was Melvin D. Levine, a former Harvard Medical School professor who served as chief of ambulatory pediatrics for 14 years at Children’s Hospital Boston, one of Harvard’s main affiliated hospitals. Levine has been accused of sexually abusing at least seven boys in his care during his time at the hospital, according to a lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday...
...Levine’s lawyer, Edward F. Mahoney, said that Levine has provided pediatric care to more than 15,000 children over 40 years and “adamantly denies” the claims...
...killings and extortion to uphold what they saw as Turkey's interests. Their views are deeply isolationist and anti-Europe, and they oppose rights for minorities. Turks have long harbored suspicions about the existence of a "deep state," as this network is popularly called. But Feride Cetin, a lawyer for the Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was shot dead last year, considers this the first time specific linkages to elements in the security forces have emerged. "This is a very important opportunity," she says...
...Everything that can be said about the film has already been said," says Dick Houtzager, a lawyer specializing in hate speech for the Dutch NGO Art.1. "People aren't as angry or upset as they could have been." Indeed, Dutch politicians had braced themselves for the worst, putting the country on a higher alert and warning other European Union members about possible backlashes. But as most of the morning newspapers headlined, all's quiet the day after, with local Muslim leaders saying the film was not as offensive as they had feared...
...Catalina, who dreams of becoming a lawyer, wants to be able to make different choices than were available to her parents. "I want to be there for my family," she says. "I understand what my parents do, but..." she hangs her head...