Courts are dialing for interpreters

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AT & T has developed Language Line Services, a 24-hour telephone interpreter service covering 140 languages. This is a step in solving the courtroom problems caused by the large numbers of people with native languages other than English and the often inadequately skilled interpreters available in some courts. Courts have used the AT & T system for short proceedings such as arraignments, while in-person interpreters have still been used for trials. One advantage is that users need only pay for the time spent translating and not for the time spent waiting around in the courthouse as well.

Evaluation, Court translators and interpreters, Court interpreters, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Language Line Services

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New business courts gain acceptance; but plaintiffs' lawyers seek to block state legislation

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Five states recently set up courts to hear business disputes and several more may do so, though opponents of the move contend it creates a two-tier justice system with special treatment for the rich. New York's system has drawn considerable attention, with Dade County, FL planning to imitate it, while CA, OH, and PA are considering other approaches. Consumer Attorneys of CA and the state's bar assn defeated a 1994 bid to create commercial courts there. Many states want to make themselves as appealing as DE's Chancery Court.

Commercial law, State courts, states

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Contractor defense may fail to shield businesses; divergent courts have eroded the immunity extended to companies that perform government work

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The US Supreme Court should fashion a broader and more secure legal defense for government contractors and suppliers to meet new purchasing standards and methods. The former defense, formalized in the Court's decision in Boyle v United Technologies, covered contractors supplying goods to a government design. Now, military and civilian agencies alike more often issue performance requirements, under which the existing defense may be inadequate. A better one, effective under most foreseeable circumstances, is offered.

United States, Government contract defense (Law)

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