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Sanction for Lawyers' Exposing Secret Wackenhut Sexual Abuse Settlement Upheld
Loaded on July 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2002, page 22
by Matthew T. Clarke
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
GEO Group/Wackenhut,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Attorney Misconduct,
Civil Procedure,
Settlements,
Sanctions.
Location:
Texas.
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the district court's sanctions against the prisoners' lawyers in a suit against Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (WCC) after the lawyers revealed the terms of a secret settlement agreement.
Five young girls who were allegedly sexually, mentally, and physically ...
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