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Last Entry: November 20, 2010 at 13:43:57

Feds conducting big insider trading probe

Posted on November 20, 2010
Federal authorities are examining whether multiple insider-trading rings reaped illegal profits totaling tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.The three-year criminal and civil investigation could result in charges by the end of the year, the Journal reported...

Lawyers Offer Free Legal Service Nationwide: pro bono week!

Posted on November 20, 2010
For one week at the end of October, law schools, law firms, bar associations and other legal groups from Seattle to Boston and New York to New Orleans will recognize the work done by lawyers on behalf of the poor and underserved through a national pro bono celebration...

Former U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocate Joins Tully Rinckey PLLC

Posted on November 20, 2010
Tully Rinckey PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of attorney J.E. Yancey Ellis as an Associate in its Washington, D.C. law office. Ellis joins Tully Rinckey PLLC after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps for over four years, including a year long deployment in Iraq...

Black farmers, Indians closer to US settlement

Posted on November 20, 2010
Black farmers and American Indians who say the United States discriminated against them and took their money for decades are a step closer to winning long-awaited government settlements.Under legislation passed by the Senate on Friday, black farmers who claim discrimination at the hands of the Agriculture Department would receive almost $1...

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Apotheker a no-show in Oracle-SAP trial

Posted on November 20, 2010
An industrial espionage trial between Oracle Corp. and SAP AG, two of the world's biggest business software makers, ended Friday without the testimony of one of its most anticipated witnesses.The evidence part of the three-week trial wrapped up Friday without an in-person appearance by the new CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co...

Mass. high court to release hiring probe report

Posted on November 19, 2010
The state?s highest court is releasing the findings of a probe into allegations of widespread patronage in the Massachusetts Probation Department.The justices have been reviewing the report since last week and announced they will release it Thursday afternoon...

Victorian Village bar loses smoking-ban appeal

Posted on November 19, 2010
The Ohio Supreme Court will get a chance to determine the legality of the state's smoking ban after an appeals court ruled that state officials didn't overstep their bounds when they repeatedly cited a Victorian Village bar for violating Ohio's smoking ban...

San Francisco sues immigration law firm

Posted on November 19, 2010
The city of San Francisco is accusing a former lawyer of providing shoddy representation to clients with immigration problems even after giving up his license to practice law. City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court seeking to shutter the Immigration Practice Group, a firm allegedly controlled by Martin Guajardo...

SD Supreme Court steps into beef jerky case

Posted on November 18, 2010
The state Supreme Court stepped into a years-long family dispute involving one of the world's largest beef jerky companies Tuesday, when the son of the Wisconsin company's founder asked justices for a better valuation of a South Dakota subsidiary.Jay Link, a son of Link Snacks Inc...

Court upholds in-state tuition for some immigrants

Posted on November 18, 2010
The California Supreme Court weighed in Monday on the politically charged immigration fray when it ruled that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same tuition breaks offered to in-state high school students to attend public colleges and universities...

Texas court affirms life terms for young killers

Posted on November 18, 2010
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says sentencing juvenile convicted killers to life in prison without parole is not unreasonably harsh.Chris Joshua Meadoux was 16 at time of a 2007 double slaying in San Antonio.A jury sentenced the Hurricane Katrina evacuee to life in prison without parole for his capital murder conviction in the killing of 17-year-old Johnny You and 19-year-old Luis Martinez during a fight...

Study: AZ Boycott Cost State $140M

Posted on November 18, 2010
A new report shows the boycott of Arizona in the wake of a controversial immigration law has cost the state more than $140 million.The analysis commissioned by the Center for American Progress says lost hotel revenue in the first four months after the bill signing was about $45 million...

Russian arms suspect to appear in NYC court

Posted on November 17, 2010
A Russian labeled the "Merchant of Death" by those who claim he fueled some of the world's deadly Third World conflicts over the last decade with powerful weapons has arrived in the United States. He faces charges he supported terrorists trying to overthrow the government of Colombia and shared their hatred for Americans...

October housing construction falls sharply

Posted on November 17, 2010
Construction of new homes fell in October, fresh evidence that the housing industry remains under duress.Construction of new homes and apartments sank 11.7 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 519,000 units, the Commerce Department said Wednesday...

Former Koss exec facing sentence for embezzlement

Posted on November 17, 2010
The former Koss Corp. executive accused of embezzling $34 million from the headphones manufacturer faces sentencing in federal court in Milwaukee. Koss chief executive Michael Koss is asking the judge to sentence Sue Sachdeva (SUCH'-dayv) Wednesday to the maximum 15 to 20 years...

Next big thing? Big cholesterol drop with new drug

Posted on November 17, 2010
An experimental Merck drug safely boosted good cholesterol to record highs while dropping bad cholesterol to unprecedented lows in a study that stunned researchers and renewed hopes for an entirely new way of lowering heart risks."We are the most excited we have been in decades" about a novel drug, said the study's leader, Dr...

Wis. appeals court divides over removal of guns

Posted on November 17, 2010
A divided Wisconsin appeals court says police did nothing wrong when they found two illegal shotguns after removing other weapons legally in possession of a man taken into protective custody. Jason Kucik appealed his convictions for possessing the illegal shotguns, arguing St...

Death sentence upheld in 1997 deputies killings

Posted on November 16, 2010
The California Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty sentence for the killer of two Riverside County deputies in 1997. Timothy Russell was sentenced 11 years ago for the ambush killings of 41-year-old James Lehmann Jr. and 33-year-old Michael Haugen...

Calif. court upholds in-state tuition for illegals

Posted on November 16, 2010
The California Supreme Court upheld a state law on Monday allowing illegal immigrants who attend high school in California for three years and graduate to pay lower in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities.The unanimous ruling reverses a lower-court decision siding with opponents of the law who said it unfairly favors illegal immigrants over U...

Companies crank up deal machine, put cash to work

Posted on November 16, 2010
From Caterpillar to Chevron to Google, some of the best-known names in corporate America are scooping up smaller companies, finally putting the piles of cash they've been sitting on to use and positioning themselves for a stronger economic recovery.The volume of mergers and acquisitions is still running well below what it was in 2007 before the Great Recession, but the burst in activity is a sign of economic vitality and shows that companies are starting to shake off some of their caution...

Law firm signs lease for spot in former City Drug building

Posted on November 16, 2010
The only national tenants in Fort Collins' Old Town, according to Les Kaplan, are Pendleton, the Audubon Society and Starbucks.Two of them are in buildings he owns at College and Mountain avenues, an intersection many call Main and Main.Kaplan points with pride to the plethora of locally owned restaurants, retailers and offices that give Old Town its flair...

Discount retailer Loehmann's files for bankruptcy

Posted on November 15, 2010
Discount retailer Loehmann's is filing for bankruptcy after its Dubai government-linked owner failed to reach a debt-extension deal with creditors.Loehmann's says the Chapter 11 filing Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York is "pre-negotiated," meaning it could play out faster than a traditional bankruptcy filing...

Man in Bay Bridge standoff expected in court?

Posted on November 15, 2010
The man who halted the morning commute on the Bay Bridge for two hours last week and claimed to have pipebombs in his vehicle, is set to make his first court appearance today. Authorities say the Antioch man stopped his SUV on the upper deck last Thursday morning, dialed 911 and threatened to blow up the span...

Court won't get involved in patient advocate case

Posted on November 15, 2010
The Supreme Court will not stop subpoenas issued to an advocate for chronic pain patients who is under investigation for obstruction of justice. Siobhan Reynolds and her organization, the Pain Relief Network, are being investigated because of her involvement with a doctor and wife who illegally prescribed painkillers to dozens of patients who later died...

Medical Examiner: 2 kids drowned before scalding

Posted on November 15, 2010
A medical examiner says two Detroit-area toddlers probably drowned before their bodies were scalded with hot water. Dr. Carl Schmidt says the deaths of 13-month-old Johnathan Sanderlin and 15-month-old Ella Stafford were not an accident. He testified Monday at a court hearing to determine if their father, Steven Nicholson of Allen Park, will go to trial on murder charges...

Wesley Snipes to argue for new trial in Fla.

Posted on November 15, 2010
Attorneys for Wesley Snipes will try to convince a central Florida judge the actor deserves a new trial arguing the jury was biased.A hearing is scheduled for Monday before U.S. District Court Judge William Terrell Hodges. It's unclear whether Snipes will attend...

Minn.'s Pawlenty ups challenge to fed health law

Posted on November 12, 2010
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a potential GOP presidential candidate, stepped up his attack Thursday on President Barack Obama's federal health care law with a court filing challenging its cost to states.Pawlenty and Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri, both Republicans leaving office soon, joined in the federal court filing in Pensacola, Fla...

Nebraska high court disbars depressed attorney

Posted on November 12, 2010
In a decision released Friday, the court barred William Switzer from practicing law, agreeing with a referee's recommendation that Switzer had violated state rules.In its decision, the court said it had suspended Switzer in 2008 for 18 months, saying he had violated his oath of office in dealings with some clients...

Innocence Project: Overhaul death penalty laws

Posted on November 12, 2010
Anti-death penalty lawyers say the execution of a Texas man whose plea for DNA testing was ignored shows procedures and laws covering capital punishment need to be changed.The Innocence Project, a New York legal center that uses DNA to exonerate inmates, said Friday in Houston that the execution of convicted killer Claude Jones 10 years ago occurred only because then Gov...

Access to Tech Enables Terrorists, Hinders Federal Agencies

Posted on November 11, 2010
National security experts say serious threats from cyber and Internet terrorism that crosses geographic boundaries are rendering traditional methods of law enforcement and tracking elusive. ?Instead of a linear threat, we have diversified threats coming from all over,? said David S...

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