Today's Legal News, October 23, 2001

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[IMAGE] Anthrax: What's the Cost to Cure? law.com As public fear of biot=
errorism spreads, concern about the availability of vaccines and antibiotic=
s runs high. And so does the volume of litigation. Bayer, the manufacturer =
of the anti-anthrax antibiotic Cipro, is implicated in a number of antitrus=
t suits, and BioPort, the maker of the anthrax vaccine, is accused of produ=
cing an unsafe and ineffective product ... which also happens to be mandato=
rily administered by the U.S. military. Full Text Judge Wants 'Hopwoo=
d' Law School Saga to End Texas Lawyer The University of Texas may have to=
pay $1 million in attorneys' fees to lawyers representing the plaintiffs i=
n the long-running Hopwood suit, which led to an end of the law school's us=
e of racial preferences in admissions. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks' orde=
r said, "In the end, the taxpayers of Texas are one million dollars poorer =
... and nothing has changed for the plaintiffs who filed this lawsuit way b=
ack in 1992." Full Text Pennsylvania Court OKs Dismissal of $21 Millio=
n Judgment in Insurance Case The Legal Intelligencer The Pennsylvania Supe=
rior Court did not err when it overturned a $21 million judgment and set ne=
w standards for interpreting the known-loss doctrine in insurance cases, a =
divided state supreme court has ruled. Chief Justice John P. Flaherty said =
that while the known-loss doctrine has not been formally adopted in Pennsyl=
vania, the court has long required insurance applicants to disclose informa=
tion material to insurable risk. Full Text Delaware High Court Rules fo=
r Corporate Directors The National Law Journal The Delaware Supreme Court =
has issued opinions in two shareholder cases that experts say bolster the a=
bility of responsible corporate directors to make decisions regarding their=
businesses without fear of being second-guessed by the courts. The court e=
n banc affirmed judgments to dismiss shareholder suits on the pleadings, sa=
ying neither met threshold provisions necessary to move to discovery and tr=
ial. Full Text Get Out of Town, Stay Out of Jail: In Georgia, Banishment=
Substitutes for Prison The Associated Press Some of those on Georgia pros=
ecutor Kelly Burke's list of 62 criminals have served jail time. Many have =
not. But he proudly puts them all under one heading: "BANNED." Legalized ex=
ile is largely considered an anachronism, a pseudo-solution that merely mak=
es one jurisdiction's convict somebody else's problem. Still, banishment pe=
rsists in Georgia and Kentucky and possibly other states -- legal scholars =
don't keep track. Full Text New York Strip Search Policy Ruled Unconsti=
tutional New York Law Journal Strip searches of detainees held on misdemea=
nor charges must still be based on a "reasonable suspicion" the person has =
a weapon or other contraband, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. =
The court said the search standard for a detainee in jail remains more exac=
ting than that for cavity searches in prison. The ruling affirms that the s=
trip search policy at a Nassau County correctional facility in New York was=
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Pittsburgh Firms Attracting More Students From Across U.S. The Legal Inte=
lligencer Although Pittsburgh houses law firms with international recogniti=
on, it has never ranked with cities like New York or Boston in attracting t=
alent from across the country. Many Pittsburgh lawyers are natives of the r=
egion or attended one of the city's two law schools. But a survey of first-=
year associates shows that the number of out-of-town lawyers going for jobs=
with Pittsburgh firms may be increasing. Full Text [IMAGE] The Legal =
Challenges of Canning Spam The Recorder They've been sued, outlawed and bl=
acklisted. But spammers continue to thrive. Part of the reason, attorneys a=
nd consumer advocates say, is that efforts to block unsolicited bulk e-mail=
have been too broad, shutting out legitimate messages as well. Blacklistin=
g of spammers and legislative measures to curb spamming have led to a spate=
of litigation. Experian eMarketing Inc.'s legal battle highlights the prob=
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Miami Daily Business Review The American Bar Association and every state b=
ar, except the District of Columbia, have strict rules against multidiscipl=
inary practice, or MDP, whereby lawyers and nonlawyers partner and split fe=
es for providing legal services. Even so, in the last few years the Big Fiv=
e accounting firms have stepped up their hiring of lawyers, and the differe=
nce between what lawyers and accounting firm consultants do has become very=
murky. Full Text Business Casual Backlash Texas Lawyer The business c=
asual backlash, it seems, has begun. No, there has not been any across-the-=
board rescinding of the business casual policies that in recent years have =
taken over the workplace. Dressing like a Gap ad was OK during boom times -=
- but with major firms telling workers to watch out, lest they find themsel=
ves back in pantyhose and pinstripes, "biz cas" may wind up as just another=
casualty of the down economy. Full Text [IMAGE] E-Legal: Online Gambl=
ing Can Lead to Jail Time Special to Law.com Yet another admonition about =
online conduct? You bet. A federal court has found that online gambling can=
result in criminal prosecution and a prison term. In United States v. Cohe=
n, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld one of the first conviction=
s of an individual accused of operating an illegal offshore Internet sports=
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