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Full Text= Coming Down Hard Miami Daily Business Review Legal activists, crimina= l defense lawyers and journalists are decrying a package of anti-terrorism = bills under consideration by the Florida Senate, saying the proposed legisl= ation attacks the First and Sixth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and s= eriously constricts the state's traditionally permissive open records. Legi= slators, however, defended the proposals as "narrowly drawn." Full Text = Michigan Lawyers Clash Over Bench Balance The National Law Journal Michi= gan plaintiffs' lawyers charge that decisions by Michigan appellate courts = have strongly favored insurers, manufacturers and big business in general s= ince Republican Gov. John Engler took office with promises of tort reform. = As a result of new legislation and more conservative judges, they allege, t= he climate for plaintiffs' lawyers in Michigan has become the worst of any = state in the nation. Full Text Part-Time Lawyer Sues Harvey Pennington = Firm for Four Years' Back Wages American Lawyer Media A respected employme= nt attorney who until last summer worked in the New York office of Harvey, = Pennington, Cabot, Griffith & Renneisen has sued the Philadelphia-based fir= m in federal court in New York, seeking nearly four years of backpay. The c= ase represents an employment dispute between parties who themselves are sop= histicated experts in the field of employment law. The firm disputes Michel= Lee's billing practices. Full Text 9th Circuit Limits Prior Owner's CER= CLA Liability The Recorder The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-3= Wednesday that landowners who once owned contaminated property but did not= hing to contribute to its contamination aren't liable for cleanup costs. In= the closely watched environmental law case, the court reversed an earlier = three-judge panel decision holding so-called intervening landowners liable = for cleanup costs. 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The Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners announced that 71.8 p= ercent of applicants who sat for the July test successfully completed the e= xam with test scores of equal to or greater than 272 for the combined multi= state bar exam and essay/multistate performance. Full Text [IMAGE] La = Vida Lawyer: The Tenor of Tempranillo law.com From inhospitable terrain, i= ntolerable heat and enduring cold, springs the Tempranillo vine, the very v= ertebra of Spanish wine. La Vida Lawyer gives the historically overlooked S= panish wine its due, focusing on the delicious bargains found in the Ribera= del Duero and Priorat regions. From there we board the latest Porsche Carr= era coupe and set off at high speed to high culture: The Hague. Full Text = ADVERTISEMENT FREE Acrobat Legal Solutions CD! Beat your court filing= deadlines. Acrobat 5.0 makes it easy to create Adobe PDF files for e-filin= g, document review...and so much more. 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