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...practicing attorney Kim Pearman. In 1980 Pearman grew restless with the dog-eat-dog world of litigation and erected the world's first combination law office and wienerama, which offers legal help to go every Wednesday night. And while his culinary canines range in price from a $1.15 plain Plaintiff Dog to a fully dressed $1.45 Judge Dog, Pearman's jurisprudence plat du jour is free of charge...
Some legal scholars point to a recent reversal in civil rights legislation, which puts the burden of proof in discrimination suits on the plaintiff, as a major reason that the students will face an uphill battle...
...This ordinance is a fair and even-handed way to resolve the parking freeze matter," said Debra McManus, co-chair of the Cambridge Citizens for Livable Neighborhoods and a plaintiff in the suit to enforce the 1973 freeze. "Cars equal pollution. Pollution equals resperatory problems, heart aliments and brain disfunction. Let's leave a legacy of cleaner air for our childern...
Publicity Shy--Defense attorneys in the case of a former Northeastern University student suing the Pi Eta Speakers' Club over an alleged rape there two years ago gave a Superior Court judge a number of exhibits to support their motion for a gag order against a lawyer for the plaintiff...
...Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, for one, is concerned about aspects of the case. In an amicus curiae brief, the chapter urged that charges involving "negligent" and "reckless" speech be dropped, reasoning that a finding for the plaintiff on those grounds could have a chilling effect on First Amendment freedoms. A.C.L.U. lawyer Michael H. Simon adds, however, that adequate proof that Tom Metzger intended to cause serious harm by sending agents to Oregon would void his concern...