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ABA to honor
PROFILE Parade Rest
State Bar with
IN BRIEF Grassroots
Advocacy Award
BY SHEILA PURSGLOVE
Legal News
Lee Alan Sartori The State Bar of Michigan will receive the
American Bar Association Grassroots Advoca-
Consulting Business cy Award for its outstanding efforts to increase
funding for the Legal Services Corporation,
Lee Alan Sartori which helps provide legal aid for low-income
learned business Americans. The award will be presented on
skills at a young age April 18 during a reception at the United
around the kitchen States Supreme Court.
table, from parents With 63 million Americans — including 22
who started and million children — qualifying for assistance,
operated a successful LSC is the nation’s single largest provider of
small business and civil legal aid to citizens who live on incomes
managed several real below or near the poverty line. Independent
estate investments LSC-funded local programs, such as Legal
with little capital but Services of Eastern Michigan, help meet the
lots of headaches. overwhelming legal needs of struggling fami-
An attorney with lies, veterans, disaster victims and the elderly,
Howard & Howard Photo by John Meiu among others, in every state. In 2010, LSC-
Lee Alan in metro Detroit and Members of the Hellenic Bar Association took part in the Greek Independence Day Parade on Sunday, March 25. Happy funded aid providers in Michigan closed near-
Sartori an adjunct law pro- to march down the streets of Detroit on a sunny afternoon were (l-r) Christina Panagoulia Triantafillopoulos, Natalie ly 27,315 cases including child custody mat-
fessor at Michigan Zummer, Rep. Robert J. Constan, Hellenic Bar President Lana Panagoulia, Wayne County 28th District Court Judge James ters, foreclosures and veterans claims.
State University College of Law and Walsh Col- Kandrevas, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Eric Cholack, Wayne County 35th District Court Judge James Plakas, Last year, the State Bar of Michigan played
lege, Sartori ran a small business in his later high Basil Simon of Simon, Stella, & Zingas PC; and Nick Soulas. an exemplary role in advancing access to jus-
school and early college years. When budding tice by successfully advocating for adequate
entrepreneurs sought his advice, he discovered funding for LSC during the congressional bud-
his passion for talking to people about business. get allocation for fiscal year 2012. The State
Pipeline to Power
He also was impressed with the depth of busi- Bar of Michigan advocated for LSC funding
ness knowledge shown by his CPA and attorneys. through an ongoing grassroots legislative
“Those experiences and interactions morphed advocacy campaign that included urging con-
into the idea of becoming a ‘business consul- gressional members on the Joint Select Com-
tant’— whatever that may mean,” Sartori says. “I mittee on Def icit Reduction to push for
actually sat down in a public library and
researched a list of credentials I believed were
Symposium explores gender equality in the legal profession increased LSC funding.
The State Bar of Michigan worked to pre-
necessary to realize that goal and then set about Annoyance and concern over the portrayal on gender.” tus, family life, and motherhood. The research vent a potentially devastating $104.2 million
For those unable to attend, (25.7 percent) proposed cut to the LSC budget
working on the list. of a woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Brenner culminated in an article for the Temple Law
Law Professor Bridget of $404.2 million in fiscal year 2010. While
“After a few years I realized that certain Court prompted two law scholars to examine and Knake’s Review, which was really the impetus for creat-
Crawford will live-blog the House of Representatives proposed fund-
knowledge related to some credentials I was the question of “how formidable are the barri- study sug- ing this symposium.”
the event at ing LSC at $300 million, the Senate favored an
obtaining by experience and via other credentials ers women face when climbing the steps to real gested that a The event is presented by the Michigan
www.thefacultylounge.org . allocation of $396 million. Ultimately, funding
I’d already obtained, and frankly, that I may not power in the legal profession?” big part of the State Law Review and Michigan State Univer-
live long enough to finish the list.” They concluded that the answer was “pretty problem is the sity College of Law’s Frank J. Kelley Institute was set at $348 million, thanks in large part to
Focusing instead on major areas of knowl- formidable.” continued distorted views on women that are of Ethics and the Legal Profession and brings efforts such as the State Bar of Michigan’s.
edge, Sartori earned a bachelor’s degree in That study eventually led to a major sympo- perpetuated, at least in part, by media represen- together experts from the fields of law, gender “The State Bar of Michigan is honored to
accounting and an MBA from Oakland Universi- sium. tations. studies, political science and journalism. It will be named a 2012 recipient of the ABA Grass-
ty, a master’s degree in taxation from Walsh Col- More women enter the law profes- be held at the Westin Book Cadillac roots Advocacy Award. We have a committed
lege, and his juris doctorate summa cum laude sion every day, but the “glass ceiling” Hotel in downtown Detroit on Thurs- staff that works very hard to advance the bar’s
from MSU College of Law mainly at night while that keeps them from achieving suc- day, April 12, and Friday, April 13. interests on the legislative front, and we value
working during the day. cess comparable to their male coun- Topics will include Gender, Race our relationship with the ABA when opportu-
“I really don’t view myself as an attorney,
CPA, business person, or instructor — I simply
view myself as a business consultant that hap-
terparts is the subject of the sympo-
sium “Gender and the Legal Profes-
sion’s Pipeline to Power.”
“ Our hope in
creating this project
and the Judiciary; Gender Equality:
From the Boardroom to the Elec-
torate; Rethinking Our Understanding
nities arise to work together on issues of mutu-
al interest,” said State Bar of Michigan Presi-
dent Julie Fershtman.
pens to be practicing in a law firm and perhaps Despite increasing numbers of of Gender Inequity; and Bringing it “The State Bar of Michigan has been at the
women attorneys and law students,
was that it would Closer to Home: The Pipeline to front, leading on a variety of issues, including
an adjunct professor to some very fine colleges
who ask me to speak when they believe I’ve leadership roles continue to be elu- give us a better Power for Women Lawyers in Michi- the effort to preserve funding for legal ser-
something beneficial to say.” sive for women in the profession. gan. vices. Their immense contributions on behalf
Academics and experience go hand-in-hand, They comprise only 6 percent of understanding of Working with those scholars was a of Michigan lawyers have strengthened our
and one without the other is only one-half of an managing partners in law firms and what’s happening learning experience even for Brenner system of justice,” said ABA President Wm. T.
education, he says. He mixes a lot of real world hold less than 15 percent of equity and Knake. (Bill) Robinson III.
experiences into classes so his students not only
get the flavor of real life, but also can use their
knowledge immediately on the job.
partnerships in those firms. Only 20
percent of general counsels for For-
tune 500 companies and 20 percent
‘on the ground. ’
”
— Hannah
“Our hope in creating this project
was that it would give us a better
understanding of what’s happening
The State Bar of Michigan will receive one
of the five ABA Grassroots Advocacy Awards
that will be given as part of the ABA’s annual
The “light bulb” going off over students’ of law school deans are women. ‘on the ground,’” she said. “In doing effort to connect policymakers with con-
heads is gratifying, as is the opportunity to affect “Prof. Renee Newman Knake and Brenner this research, we learned about the stituents in the legal profession. ABA Day
their lives in a positive way, according to Sartori. I engaged in a research project about extraordinary work of so many schol- 2012 brings distinguished lawyers from 50
“Anyone who is sincerely into teaching can the time Elena Kagan was being con- ars across the country who are contin- states to Washington, D.C., to discuss issues
attest to the electricity in the air when knowledge sidered for the U.S. Supreme Court,” uing to advance this conversation such as funding for the Legal Services Corpo-
is gained and, if they’re honest, their sheer enjoy- says Hannah Brenner, a law lecturer at Michi- “We went back to Justices Rehnquist and about gender equality in the legal profession.” ration, the Violence Against Women Act, and
ment in participating in that experience,” he says. gan State University College of Law. “We Powell in the 1970s up to the nomination of Linda Greenhouse will deliver the keynote the collection of overdue state court-ordered
“I’d like to think that if I’m teaching, or ‘selling’ exchanged e-mails expressing our concern Elena Kagan,” Brenner said. “Our research lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 12. fees.
something, it’s really inspiration, confidence, and about some of the ways that Kagan was being looked at a number of factors and we evaluated Greenhouse was a journalist and covered the Other recipients of 2012 ABA Grassroots
problem solving and that the subject matter is portrayed in the media. She was being ques- every article on the nominations in the New U.S. Supreme Court for the New York Times Advocacy Awards include George Cauthen,
only the means of conveying those items. No tioned about her marital status, motherhood York Times and the Washington Post from the from 1978 to 2008. She is now Senior Nelson Mullins et al; L. Jonathan Ross, Prim-
matter what the subject matter is, I believe one of and her appearance. We decided to conduct an date they were mentioned as a potential nomi- Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished mer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC; the
the main purposes of academics should be to empirical study on how nominees to the nee until the day they were confirmed. We Journalist in Residence and Joseph Goldstein Supreme Court of Texas; and Betty Balli Tor-
solve peoples’ problems.” Supreme Court had been portrayed depending looked at mentions of appearance, parental sta- See POWER, Page 2 res, Texas Access to Justice Foundation.
After 25 years of practice and 11 years of
teaching, the teacher is still a student, learning
every day from pretty much everyone he encoun-
ters.
“Fortunately, I’ve been blessed to work with a
number of extraordinary, knowledgeable, and
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over the years from whom I’ve not only learned a
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with me,” Sartori says. Andrea J. Bradley has announced her 37th District Court Judge Matthew P. Sabaugh will preside over a
candidacy for judge for the 36th Judicial special court session at Lincoln Middle School in Warren on Friday,
See PROFILE, Page 3 District Court in Detroit. April 13 at 9 a.m. The 37th District Court has received approval from
“I am running because Detroit is in tran- the State Court Administrator’s office to hear cases off-site at local I Taking Stock
sition and now is the time for strong lead- schools. Sabaugh began holding court in schools as part of his mission
Malcolm Berko
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need judges that have the strength of char-
to create public awareness of the court system. “Court in School” has
proved to be a great success at local high schools and Sabaugh has on TIAA-CREF
acter to impart equal justice, for every per- expanded it to include middle schools in the district.
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Bradley is currently an administrative law judge for the State of criminal behavior then to have them appear before me on a criminal risk of embezzlement
Michigan and is a former associate of Honigman Miller Schwartz and matter.” Sabaugh said the docket will include several criminal cases
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Are police unlawfully WASHINGTON
accessing social media Obama setting up Supreme Court as a campaign issue
accounts? the central provision, a requirement for indi- “People said he was threatening the court.
It’s undeniable: social media
use has permeated our culture.
be condemned when they tram-
mel on the rights of those in cus-
Democratic strategy is to paint vidual health insurance. Justice Antonin
Scalia, for one, appeared strongly in favor of
You can’t threaten the Supreme Court.”
It wasn’t the first time Obama criticized
People are sharing information
about all aspects of their lives via
social networking sites. Some of
tody ... it may take a discerning
eye to tell those that are funda-
mentally unfair from those which
the high court as extreme striking down the entire law. A decision is
expected by July.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch
the court. He blasted the court’s then-fresh
campaign finance ruling in his 2010 State of
the Union address.
these disclosures are broadcast are no more than permissible BY ANNE GEARAN This can be dangerous ground, as Obama McConnell had his say on presidents and the “The Supreme Court reversed a century
publicly while others are limited instances in which the police Associated Press discovered. Since Franklin Delano Roosevelt Supreme Court. of law to open the floodgates for special
to select friends and followers. have played the role of ‘midwife in the 1930s, few presidents have assailed “The president did something that as far interests, including foreign corporations, to
This broad scale sharing of to a declaration naturally born of WASHINGTON (AP) — President the Supreme Court directly. In Obama’s case, as I know is completely unprecedented. He spend without limit in our elections,” Obama
information has not gone unno- remorse, or relief, or desperation, Barack Obama is laying groundwork to he issued an indirect challenge, but the for- not only tried to publicly pressure the court said then.
ticed by the legal profession. In or calculation’ ... In this case, the make the majority-conservative U.S. mer constitutional law professor tripped over into deciding a pending case in the way he That earned an on-the-spot rebuttal from
past columns I’ve discussed the coerciveness argument derives Supreme Court a campaign issue this fall, the details. wants it decided; he also questioned its very conservative Justice Samuel Alito. Alito, sit-
recent efforts of lawyers to mine from the subsidiary claims that taking a political page from Republicans Obama told a news conference on Mon- authority under the Constitution,” ting in the front row, was seen to mouth,
social media for evidence, result- defendant was misinformed as to who have long railed against liberal judges day that he was “confident that the Supreme McConnell said. “Not true.”
ing in a number of ethics opin- the purpose of the voice stress who don’t vote their way. Court will not take what would be an The constitutional issue aside, Obama Democrats and many constitutional
ions that attempt to provide guid- test ... (But) there was no misrep- The emerging Democratic strategy to unprecedented, extraordinary step of over- made clear that the thrust of his argument is scholars also were appalled by the court’s
ance and establish ethical bound- resentation made that the test paint the court as extreme was little noted in turning a law that was passed by a strong political. He ticked off popular elements of actions in 2000, when it took on the disputed
aries for lawyers as they wade results could be admissible in a last week’s hubbub over Obama’s assertion majority of a democratically elected Con- the law that are already in force, and said the presidential election and effectively called
into the electronic minefield of trial against him. Rather, the test that overturning his health care law would be gress.” consequences of losing those protections the race for Republican George W. Bush.
social media. was used simply as an investiga- “unprecedented.” The Supreme Court sometimes does would be grave for young people and the Justice John Paul Stevens, a lifelong Repub-
But, as an attendee asked tory tool ... Lieutenant Gaul His statement was not completely accu- overturn laws passed by Congress. Obama elderly, in particular. lican appointed by President Gerald Ford,
when I recently spoke at a semi- explained in advance what the rate, and the White House backtracked. But later clarified that he was referring to a nar- “I’d just remind conservative commenta- warned in a bitter dissent that the court
nar sponsored by the Monroe signs of stress would be and Obama was making a political case, not a row class of constitutional law, but even then tors that for years what we’ve heard is, ‘The risked undermining its own authority by
County Public Defender’s Office, examined the stress chart in legal one, and he appears ready to keep mak- Republicans and some court scholars took biggest problem on the bench was judicial appearing nakedly political.
what about law enforcement? defendant’s presence.” ing it if the high court’s five-member majori- issue. What’s not in question is that the law activism or a lack of judicial restraint,’ — The current back and forth turns a stan-
How far can police officers go In other words, the court in ty strikes down or cuts the heart out of his was not approved by a strong majority; the that an unelected group of people would dard Republican campaign rallying cry on its
when seeking to obtain access to Tarsia was focused on the use of signature policy initiative. vote was a slim 219 to 212 in the House of somehow overturn a duly constituted and head. During the past three decades, Repub-
social media evidence in order to coercion to induce a confession The court also is likely to consider sever- Representatives. passed law,” Obama said. “Well, this is a licans have increasingly criticized judges as
prove the guilt of an accused? of guilt. The defendant under- al other issues before the November election A Republican-appointed federal judge good example. And I’m pretty confident that liberal and unaccountable, charging “judicial
I thought it was a great ques- stood that the off icers were that could stir Obama’s core Democratic took umbrage at the suggestion that federal this court will recognize that and not take activism” has infected the court system.
tion and suggested that it was an attempting to get him to admit to supporters and draw crucial independent courts might be powerless to overturn such that step.” The Supreme Court was a regular target,
issue that the courts would a crime. He knew why he was voters as well. Among those are immigra- laws and ordered the Justice Department to Obama narrowed and clarified his origi- even during the tenure of conservative Chief
increasingly have to wrestle with being asked to consent to the tion, voting rights and a revisit of a cam- provide written assurance. He insisted the nal statement under questioning at the annu- Justice William H. Rehnquist.
as law enforcement stampeded voice stress test. paign finance ruling that Obama already has response be at least three pages, single- al meeting of The Associated Press. His The court has had a conservative majority
into uncharted social media terri- However, in Munck, the law criticized as an outrage. spaced. spokesman spent the next two days explain- for more than a decade. But while the court
tory. enforcement tactics used were far “We haven’t seen the end of this,” said Attorney General Eric Holder took on ing and defending both statements on both was far from a rubber stamp for Bush, it
And, an example of just such a more deceptive. This becomes longtime Supreme Court practitioner Tom that task himself, telling the judge that “the legal and political grounds. took the election of Democrat Obama to
decision arrived a few weeks obvious when, as I always sug- Goldstein, who teaches at Stanford and Har- longstanding, historical position of the Unit- As a former law professor, “the president draw a sharp contrast between the court and
later. I received an email from gest should be done when dealing vard universities. “The administration seems ed States regarding judicial review of the understands judicial precedent. He has a lit- the executive.
one of the attendees, well-known with the online world, the situa- to be positioning itself to be able to run constitutionality of federal legislation has tle experience with it, and the importance of Both Democrats and Republicans are
Rochester criminal defense attor- tion is compared to a similar against the Supreme Court if it needs to or not changed.” judicial review,” White House press secre- being disingenuous by using the court as a
ney and prolif ic author, Gary offline analogy. Here, the officer wants to.” He also took the opportunity to cite tary Jay Carney said Thursday. political instrument, said Orin Kerr, a promi-
Muldoon and he advised me of a feigned an interest in Web design While Obama has predicted victory in the Supreme Court case law supporting the University of Texas Law School professor nent conservative Supreme Court expert.
recent case on point, People v. in order to obtain access to health care case now before the court, his premise that laws passed by Congress are and Supreme Court scholar Lucas Powe said “Judicial activism is a two-way street, and
Munck, 92 A.D.3d 63, 937 Munck’s MySpace information. administration could blame overreach by “presumptively constitutional.” Obama’s original statement suggests he when the politics switch most people reverse
N.Y.S.2d 334 (3d Dept. 2011). Thus, the tactics used were akin Republican-appointed justices if the law The Supreme Court heard a rare three probably knows the law is in trouble and is arguments,” said Kerr, a professor at George
One issue addressed by the an officer claiming expertise as a were to be rejected, said Goldstein, who days of argument on the 2010 health care seeking political high ground. Washington University School of Law. “Lib-
court in Munck was whether, dur- book editor and then asking the wrote a brief supporting the law’s constitu- overhaul last week, and the court’s conserva- “My instinct is that he was laying predi- erals are sounding like conservatives and
ing a police interrogation, police defendant to disclose the location tionality. tive majority appeared deeply skeptical of cate for a campaign statement,” Powe said. conservatives are sounding like liberals.”
had unlawfully obtained access to of his diary so that the officer
the defendant’s MySpace could review it for purposes of
account. The court briefly
addressed the issue, holding that
the officer’s conduct was lawful,
submitting it as a memoir to a
book publisher.
The reason the officer request-
Court Roundup
suit that the test is biased against Bertrand $231,000 in defamation the lawsuit was f iled by Natia assisted-living facility in Billings
and cited a New York Court of
Appeals decision as the basis for
ed access to Munck’s MyCase
password was anything but forth-
OREGON men. damages. Bertrand filed the law- Austin, of Lorain Ohio, whose has won a $34.2 million judgment
its holding: right. The convoluted tactics used Firefighter settles Jay Bauer’s lawsuit says he met suit in October 2010 against his father died on Sept. 9. Beaver Falls against her Omaha, Neb.-based
“While defendant received were “fundamentally unfair” and other requirements to become a Democratic opponent, Rick police say the funeral home’s new insurance company for suspending
oral Miranda warnings, which he “trammeled” on Munck’s rights. lawsuit with city special agent. But Bauer could per- Mullin, and the Iowa Democratic owners found the man’s body in payments for her dementia care.
form only 29 out of 30 untimed Arlene Hull and her daughter
agreed to waive, that interview
was voluntary and noncustodial,
Just because the Internet is
still viewed as the “Wild West”
for $285,000 pushups. The lawsuit says that
Party. Bertrand said he was
defamed by a campaign ad that
December, a day after buying the
sued Ability Insurance Co. in 2010
Leavell Funeral Home at an auc-
no violation of his rights doesn’t mean law enforcement EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A fire- meant he was forced to resign from said Bertrand “put profits ahead of tion to satisfy back taxes. after the company ended her assist-
occurred and he was allowed to officers can ignore the Constitu- fighter who says she was discrimi- special agent training. children’s health.” Funeral director George Wise ed-living benef its. Ability said
leave. Toward the end of the tion and run willy nilly over the nated against when she returned to The Chicago Tribune reports The court rejected a motion to Hull no longer qualified after a
has previously claimed 53-year-old
questioning, when Akshar rights of the accused. Unfortu- work with a heart pacemaker has that Bauer’s lawsuit was filed last let the jury award punitive dam- review found she didn’t require
Roland Brown’s family members
feigned interest in MySpace Web nately, I think Munck sets that settled a lawsuit against the city of week in Chicago. ages. “substantial supervision.”
Eugene for $285,000. in Ohio asked him to keep the
page designs, defendant voluntar- precedent. My hope is that over An FBI spokeswoman told the Bertrand said Monday the jury Hull’s attorney, Mike Abourezk,
Carolyn McCann says the city body while they came up with the
ily provided his username and time, as Internet-based tools newspaper that the agency doesn’t should have had a say in whether says the company misinterpreted
tried to force her to quit after an money for his cremation. But
password to his accounts and ver- become more familiar, a new usually comment on pending litiga- he deserved additional money. He the policy and misapplied the
18-month absence following an Austin’s suit contends Wise was rules.
bally agreed to let Akshar access sheriff will come into town (in tion. wants his court victory to send a
off-duty incident in 2007 when her Bauer, a Mount Prospect resi- trying to get veterans’ benefits to The Billings Gazette reports the
them. In our view, contrary to the form of a decision from message that will “stop the politi-
heart stopped. She had been dent, has disputed the FBI decision pay for funeral services that were benefits were restored last year,
defendant’s claim, Akshar did not another Judicial Department or cal machines from doing this again
cleared by her cardiologist to through the administrative courts. never performed. but the company refused to pay for
use impermissible or fundamen- the Court of Appeals) and will set to other people.”
tally unfair or deceptive tactics to the record straight. return to work. His attorneys say a female the time coverage was denied.
gain access to these accounts ————— The Register-Guard reports trainee who scored poorly in CALIFORNIA MONTANA The jury awarded Hull
$50,000 goes to McCann for emo-
(see People v. Tarsia, 50 N.Y.2d Nicole Black is VP at MyCa-
tional distress; the rest goes to
firearms proficiency was given
another shot at the fitness test, but San Fran attorney: Woman awarded $250,000 for breach of contract;
$2 million for violation of Mon-
1, 11, 427 N.Y.S.2d 944, 405 seInc.com, a cloud-based law
N.E.2d 188 [1980] ).” practice management platform. attorney fees. Bauer wasn’t.
Mayor had right to $34 million in tana’s Unfair Trade Practices law;
Tarsia is a case that delves in She is also of counsel to Fian- Fire Chief Randy Groves says and $32 million in punitive dam-
depth into the issue of coercion dach & Fiandach in Rochester McCann’s back-to-work process IOWA suspend sheriff insurance lawsuit ages.
was reasonable. He says the deci- Ability attorney Paul Collins
during police questioning.
Specifically, the court was tasked
and is a GigaOM Pro analyst.
She is the author of the ABA book sion to settle was made by a city State lawmaker SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A
90-year-old woman residing in an declined comment.
San Francisco’s city attorney says
with determining whether Tarsia’s Cloud Computing for Lawyers, insurance carrier. seeks punitive the mayor had the right to suspend
consent to allow the police to use co-authors the ABA book Social
a voice stress test during his Media for Lawyers: the Next ILLINOIS damages, too the sheriff after the law enforce-
ment official pleaded guilty in a
interrogation was the product of
coercion.
Frontier, and co-authors Crimi-
nal Law in New York, a West-
Lawsuit: He failed SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) —
State Sen. Rick Bertrand has asked
domestic violence case involving Founded 1895
his Venezuelan actress wife.
In reaching its decision, the Thomson treatise. She speaks FBI fitness test a court to allow punitive damages
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has
Suzanne Favale
Publisher
Tom Kirvan
Editor in Chief
Brian Cox
Editor
Court of Appeals examined the regularly at conferences regard- in the slander lawsuit he won.
essence of coercion: ing the intersection of law and by one pushup The Sioux City Journal says the
filed a lawsuit against the city to sfavale@legalnews.com
Paul Arlon
tkirvan@legalnews.com
Steve Thorpe
bcox@legalnews.com
Christine Mobley
“However, while more subtle technology. She publishes three get his job back after he was sus-
CHICAGO (AP) — An FBI Sioux City Republican filed the Advertising Sales Staff Writer Staff Writer
methods, though sometimes legal blogs and can be reached at pended following his guilty plea. pgrabke@legalnews.com sthorpe@legalnews.com cmobley@legalnews.com
analyst who failed a fitness test by court paperwork on Monday.
harder to perceive, are equally to niki@mycaseinc.com. He says he shouldn’t have been Deborah James Ban Ibrahim Ann Gjolaj
one pushup claims in a federal law- On Friday, a jury awarded
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