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Texas seeks custody of teen Jeffs allegedly wed
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2008/08/19 05:37
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| The mother of a girl allegedly given in marriage at age 12 to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs refused to answer questions Monday from attorneys for the state child welfare agency who had begun presenting evidence. The state wants to remove the girl, now 14, and an 11-year-old brother from the mother's care, saying she has refused to guarantee the girl won't have contact with men accused of being involved in underage marriages. The girl's father allegedly blessed her marriage to Jeffs and the underage marriages of at least two sisters. The hearing was initially delayed while lawyers in that case and three others tried to negotiate settlements. Later, Texas Ranger Nick Hannah helped Child Protective Services introduce into record dozens of marriage records, photos and church records outlining family relationships that were seized from the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado. The girl's mother refused to answer roughly 50 questions asked by attorneys for the child welfare agency, including what constituted abuse, the names of her children and her relationship with their father. |
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Calif top court: Docs can't withhold care to gays
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2008/08/19 03:36
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| California's highest court on Monday barred doctors from invoking their religious beliefs as a reason to deny treatment to gays and lesbians, ruling that state law prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination extends to the medical profession. Justice Joyce Kennard wrote that two Christian fertility doctors who refused to artificially inseminate a lesbian have neither a free speech right nor a religious exemption from the state's law, which "imposes on business establishments certain antidiscrimination obligations." In the lawsuit that led to the ruling, Guadalupe Benitez, 36, of Oceanside said that the doctors treated her with fertility drugs and instructed her how to inseminate herself at home but told her their beliefs prevented them from inseminating her. One of the doctors referred her to another fertility specialist without moral objections, and Benitez has since given birth to three children. Nevertheless, Benitez in 2001 sued the Vista-based North Coast Women's Care Medical Group. She and her lawyers successfully argued that a state law prohibiting businesses from discriminating based on sexual orientation applies to doctors. The law was originally designed to prevent hotels, restaurants and other public services from refusing to serve patrons because of their race. The Legislature has since expanded it to cover characteristics such as age and sexual orientation. |
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IP Partner Blaine Templeman Joins NY Office
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2008/08/18 08:49
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Blaine Templeman has joined the New York office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property practice group. He will head Sheppard Mullin's new Biotech Clinical Contracting team. Templeman was most recently a partner in the New York office of Heller Ehrman.
Templeman focuses on U.S. and cross-border intellectual property transactions, drug manufacturing, and clinical trials outsourcing and contracting. He completed one of the largest mergers in U.S. biotech history, and is one of only seven attorneys in the New York area who has been named as a Best Lawyer in America for Biotechnology Law.
"Blaine adds significantly to our expertise in life sciences, an area of strategic expansion in both transactional and litigation areas. His biotech specialization is complementary to our existing strength in patent litigation and prosecution, food and drug regulation, and healthcare M&A. We continue to grow signature groups like Life Sciences and IP, and Blaine's industry knowledge and experience is of great value to clients," said Guy Halgren, chairman of the firm.
IP partners Steve Hanle and Jennifer Trusso, who specialize in pharmaceutical and medical device patent litigation, joined Sheppard Mullin's Orange County office in July. Corporate partner Eric Klein, whose focus is healthcare and life sciences M&A, joined the firm's Century City office in April. Also in April, IP partner Karen Canaan brought her biotech patent expertise to Sheppard Mullin's Silicon Valley office.
Commented Templeman, "With a strong international IP practice group and growing Life Sciences capabilities, Sheppard Mullin offers a excellent platform for my practice. I am excited to grow these areas even further and look forward to rejoining some former colleagues and friends."
Templeman’s transactional expertise includes asset deals, collaborations, licensing transactions, distribution arrangements and co-promotions. He assists clients in a variety of life sciences areas, including medical devices, vaccines, antibiotics, diabetes, oncology, and sexual dysfunction. Recent representative matters include: assisting a French client in out-licensing for North America a beta lactumase inhibitor to a U.S. pharma company, helping a U.S. client purchase the U.S. rights to an oncology treatment, setting up worldwide distribution arrangements including in the U.S., EU, Korea, and Russia, assisting a prominent Indian client with investments and collaborations with U.S. companies, negotiating dispute resolution when clinical trials are not being executed efficiently, and negotiating manufacturing arrangements for API, finished product and delivery systems.
As head of the firm’s new Biotech Clinical Contracting Team, Templeman will service clients’ needs with respect to clinical trials agreements, CRO agreements, master service agreements, laboratory agreements, manufacturing agreements (including development, API and finished product agreements), and research arrangements. He has worked closely with several of his clients to complete transactions in the U.S., the EU, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and many other countries.
Templeman received a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1994 and a B.A., summa cum laude, from Oral Roberts University in 1988.
Sheppard Mullin has more than 40 attorneys based in its New York office. The firm's Intellectual Property practice group includes 60 attorneys firmwide.
About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sheppard Mullin is a full service AmLaw 100 firm with more than 520 attorneys in 11 offices located throughout California and in New York, Washington, D.C. and Shanghai. The firm's California offices are located in Los Angeles, Century City, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Orange County, Santa Barbara, San Diego and Del Mar Heights. Founded in 1927 on the principle that the firm would succeed only if its attorneys delivered prompt, high quality and cost-effective legal services, Sheppard Mullin provides legal counsel to U.S. and international clients. Companies turn to Sheppard Mullin to handle a full range of corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the U.S., the firm's clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit www.sheppardmullin.com. |
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Ohio jury visits apartment in microwave death case
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2008/08/18 08:34
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| A jury in Dayton, Ohio, has visited the apartment where prosecutors say a woman killed her month-old baby by burning her in a microwave oven. The visit came ahead of opening statements Monday in the retrial of 28-year-old China Arnold. She's charged with aggravated murder in the 2005 death of her daughter, Paris Talley. Arnold has pleaded not guilty. She could face the death penalty if convicted. A judge declared a mistrial in February after privately hearing testimony from a juvenile who said he was at the apartment complex the night the baby died. The judge did not reveal what the juvenile said. |
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Court protests halt hearing in immigrant killing
Court Watch |
2008/08/18 05:31
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| Courthouse protests have caused a brief interruption in the preliminary hearing of three teenagers charged in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant in a small Pennsylvania town. About 40 protesters outside the courthouse in Pottsville have been told to keep quiet or they'll be forced to move. The protesters are from workers and immigrants' rights groups. A defense attorney complained about the distraction and the hearing was recessed for several minutes until the protesters quieted down. There have been no arrests. Luis Ramirez was attacked July 12 when he crossed paths with a group of teens in the town of Shenandoah, about 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia. A judge is deciding if there is enough evidence against the three to send the case to trial. |
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UN court to hear Georgia's request about Russia
International |
2008/08/17 08:32
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| The U.N.'s highest court has scheduled three days of hearings next month about Georgia's request to order Russia to stop attacks on ethnic Georgians. Georgia claims the attacks amount to a persistent campaign of racial discrimination. The International Court of Justice says it will hear arguments from both sides beginning Sept. 8 at its seat in The Hague. Georgia has filed a suit seeking compensation for what it claims are nearly two decades of ethnic cleansing of Georgians in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia so far has not responded to Georgia's claims. By scheduling the hearings, the court responded Friday to Georgia's request for emergency action to halt operations by Russia and Russian-backed separatists. |
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Appeals court: Phil Spector's retrial can proceed
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2008/08/16 08:34
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| A California court panel has decided that the retrial of Phil Spector on a murder charge can proceed. A state appeals court on Friday rejected a defense request to halt the trial. The music producer's attorneys had requested a stay of the trial so they could appeal on double jeopardy grounds. They also wanted assurance that prosecutors would not ask jurors to convict Spector of lesser offenses. The court denied both requests. Spector's first trial resulted in a jury deadlock on second-degree murder. Prosecutors have not indicated whether they will seek a conviction on lesser offenses. The 68-year-old is charged with killing actress Lana Clarkson at his home in 2003. His retrial is set for October. |
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