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Women’s History Month 2024

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Janet Wood Reno (1938-2016): As the first female Attorney General of the United States, Reno had a life filled with “firsts.” She is an American court-show arbitrator, media personality, television producer, philanthropist, and former prosecutor and Manhattan family court judge.

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Recent UW Law Faculty Scholarship: Unpacking State Legislative Vetoes; How to Break Up Amazon; Specialist Directors; Mandatory Equity Issuances as a First-Best Solution to Punishing Corporate Misconduct

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We hand-collect and hand-code data from the proxy statements of S&P 500 (large cap) and S&P 600 (small cap) companies over the 2016–2022 period. Prosecutors who are concerned with job losses following insolvency may reduce liability in order to limit collateral consequences. Legal Studies Research Paper No.

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Justia Legal Guides: Medical Malpractice Law Center

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as of 2016, behind heart disease and cancer. After an inquiry revealed that Jackson died from acute propofol intoxication, prosecutors argued that Murray left his celebrity patient unattended after providing him with a large dose of the drug. The disgraced doctor spent about two years in prison.

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Lawmatics and The Innocence Center Partner Up to Improve Access to Justice

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So we do work with law enforcement occasionally, and then I have prosecutors on here because oftentimes you see conviction integrity units or conviction review units that pop up in district attorney offices. Unfortunately, prosecutors are relying on us to solve the crime, which really it should just be us proving our person didn't do it.

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The Most Interesting Supreme Court Rulings of 2024

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The five-justice majority went so far as to say that if the president were to do some unofficial criminal act, the prosecutors would not be allowed to use any evidence that’s connected with the President’s formal duties,” he continued. “If The court has used Chevron at least 70 times to decide cases but has not done so since 2016.

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