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[IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] This is your definitive weekly summary of legal news brought to you by law.com and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. [IMAGE] Legal Resident Aliens Win Medicaid Dispute New York Law Journal The Court of Appeals Tuesday struck down on state and federal constitutional grounds a New York law that bars most Medicaid coverage for tens of thousands of legal immigrants suffering from life-threatening illnesses. Full Text Blue Cross Dealt Defeat in Tobacco Suit New York Law Journal A Brooklyn federal jury Monday rejected racketeering and civil fraud claims against the tobacco industry brought by Empire State Blue Cross and Blue Shield in a suit seeking $800 million in damages. The jury, however, awarded $17.8 million to the health insurer toward the costs of treating New York smokers after finding the tobacco companies had violated the New York State Consumer Protection Act. Full Text Rancorous Judicial Races Prompt Reforms New York Law Journal Prompted by increasingly rancorous judicial campaigns, the Administrative Board of the Courts has adopted heightened standards of conduct for both incumbent judges and lawyers seeking judicial office. Full Text Second Circuit Bars Sentence Tied to Wife's Action New York Law Journal A defendant may not have his sentenced enhanced because of his wife's failure to surrender alleged criminal proceeds that are the subject of a forfeiture action, the Second Circuit ruled in reversing a decision tacking 10 years onto the prison sentence of a convicted pyramid scheme operator. Full Text Lawyer Denied $274,000 Guardianship Fee Premium New York Law Journal Rejecting a request for $274,000, a Manhattan Supreme Court justice ruled that a lawyer's time spent finding assets and correcting the accounting of an incapacitated person's estate should not be compensated as legal fees. Full Text [IMAGE] In-Housers Report on Quality of Life Corporate Counsel Despite the tumbling market, the threat of layoffs, and a proliferation of mergers, in-house lawyers report that they're content practicing law at companies -- and better able to balance work and home than they were at law firms. Corporate Counsel's third annual Quality of Life Survey also profiles companies dealing with challenges such as in-house litigation and post-merger culture clash. Full Text [IMAGE] Obsession The American Lawyer As a young man, James Neal witnessed his baby nephew suffer inexplicable seizures, and found reason to blame the doctor. Now, the Ohio medical malpractice lawyer is driven to hold physicians accountable. But his obsession has done little good lately. For seven years, he has pursued three brothers, internationally known surgeons. The suits have destroyed Neal's reputation and driven away his friends and his original client in the case. Full Text U.S. Supreme Court Orders New Sentencing Trial for Texas Death Row Inmate American Lawyer Media The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing trial for a Texas death row inmate, concluding a jury did not have an effective way to consider evidence that the defendant was mentally retarded. The Court did not address whether the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment bars application of the death sentence to mentally retarded convicts. The Court is set to consider that issue in a separate case next term. Full Text [IMAGE] U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Limit on Some Workplace Awards The Associated Press Victims of on-the-job mistreatment may collect unlimited cash awards to make up for what they would have earned if they had been treated fairly and stayed on the job, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. 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