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A bungled house sale, a bankrupt couple, and a statutory puzzle involving debts incurred through fraud

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Under California law (which is not the least bit unusual on this point), both of the spouses are jointly responsible for that judgment, even though David was much more directly involved than Kate in the repairs and renovations related to the deficient disclosures. A fact pattern worthy of a law-school classroom.

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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

Researchers at the Quattrone Center, based at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, created what they said was a unique dataset of 4,644 opinions in which allegations of misconduct were raised in the more than 1.5 million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania.