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Wis. court-appointed attorneys seek raise in pay

Posted on November 11, 2010
Court-appointed defense attorneys in Wisconsin say they deserve a raise, and they're asking the state Supreme Court to help make it happen. But the justices say it's up to state lawmakers to make that decision. Court-appointed lawyers represent defendants who can't afford to hire their own...

Ex-Fla. Senate leader's appeal back in court

Posted on November 11, 2010
A federal appeal court is reconsidering a decision that reversed former Florida Senate President W.D. Childers' bribery conviction.In a rare move, the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal vacated the 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel Wednesday. The full 11-judge panel now will rehear Childers' appeal...

GfK Poll: Public mixed on GOP tax, health plans

Posted on November 11, 2010
People back Republican tax cut plans but not the GOP campaign to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, according to a poll suggesting that the Republicans' big Election Day win was not a mandate for the party's legislative wish list.Fifty-three percent say income tax cuts that soon will expire should be renewed for all ? including the highest earners, as Republicans want ? according to an Associated Press-GfK Poll conducted just after last week's elections...

Pessimism pervades as G20 leaders show sharp split

Posted on November 11, 2010
A strong sense of pessimism shrouded the start of an economic summit of rich and emerging economies Thursday, with President Barack Obama and fellow world leaders arriving in Seoul sharply divided over currency and trade policies.The Group of 20 summit, held for the first time in Asia, has become the centerpiece of international efforts to revive the global economy and prevent future financial meltdowns...

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Court hears dispute over sales tax on "free" phone

Posted on November 10, 2010
The Supreme Court seemed wary about a business-backed challenge that could make it almost impossible for consumers to band together to make claims against their cell phone carriers, cable providers and credit card companies.The court heard argument Tuesday in a dispute between wireless provider AT&T Mobility and a California couple who objected to being charged around $30 in sales tax for what they were told was a free cell phone...

Ruling favors NY in smokeshop tax fight .

Posted on November 10, 2010
There's been another federal court ruling New York's attempts to tax most Indian reservation smokeshop sales, but the issue is far from settled.U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara in Buffalo has denied a request to block the state from collecting sales tax on cigarettes sold to non-Indians...

Some question prosecution's case in DeLay trial

Posted on November 10, 2010
In the six days Tom DeLay has been on trial, prosecutors have called 22 witnesses and presented volumes of e-mails and other documents as they try to convince a jury that the former U.S. House majority leader illegally funneled corporate donations to Texas GOP candidates in 2002...

Kan. advocate's supporters: Grand jury retaliatory

Posted on November 10, 2010
Federal prosecutors in Kansas who couldn't obtain a gag order against a strident patient activist later launched a secret grand jury investigation and issued subpoenas against the woman and her advocacy group ? moves some argue are nothing more than government retaliation against an outspoken critic...

SHEPPARD MULLIN ADDS FIVE-ATTORNEY SAN FRANCISCO LABOR GROUP

Posted on November 10, 2010
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has added five attorneys to the firm's Labor and Employment practice group: partners Ron Holland and Ellen Bronchetti, and associates Paul Cowie, Elia DeLuca and Jennifer Holly. The group joins Sheppard Mullin's San Francisco office from Littler Mendelson's San Francisco office...

Obama to GOP: Let's extend middle-class tax cuts

Posted on November 09, 2010
President Barack Obama is appealing to victorious Republicans to go along with his plan to extend tax cuts for the middle class, saying the election is over and it's time to down to business.But it's not fair, he says, to make permanent the Bush-era cuts for the wealthiest because that would require the U...

Conviction overturned for LA man in teen murders

Posted on November 09, 2010
A state appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Los Angeles man found guilty of killing a 17-year-old girl and her 16-year-old brother, ruling that the judge in his trial admitted improper evidence. City News Service says the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Monday that a judge wrongly allowed evidence that one of Williams' alibi witnesses was arrested in possession of a gun used in the killings...

Supreme Court asked to review gay military ban

Posted on November 09, 2010
A Republican gay rights group on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a California trial judge's order barring enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to go back into effect.Lawyers for Log Cabin Republicans asked the high court to vacate a 2?1 decision Monday by the 9th U...

Jury weighs murder evidence in NH machete attack

Posted on November 09, 2010
Jurors have begun deliberations in the trial of a New Hampshire teenager charged with wielding a machete during a deadly home invasion last year. Superior Court Judge Gillian Abramson told jurors to voice their individual opinions when they consider the case against 18-year-old Steven Spader...

With Obama's visit, India displays new power

Posted on November 09, 2010
For much of the last decade, New Delhi sold itself as "India Rising." Barack Obama's trip here delivered a new message: India has risen.During his three day visit that ended Tuesday, the U.S. president delivered nearly everything on India's wish list, affirming the country's growing importance...

Galleon insider case results in 18-month sentence

Posted on November 08, 2010
A former vice president of California chipmaker Atheros Communications has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in the biggest hedge fund insider trading case in history.Federal Judge Richard Holwell announced the sentence Monday in New York after Ali Hariri declined to speak on his own behalf...

Taking On a Second Mortgage to Pay the Foreclosure Lawyer

Posted on November 08, 2010
For some Florida residents, the price of getting out of foreclosure will include taking on a second mortgage ? payable this time to their lawyers. The new mortgage, which takes effect only if the foreclosure is dismissed and the homeowner?s debt to the bank is reduced, is controversial among defense lawyers, some of whom call it ?creepy? and ?crass...

Court order blocks Okla. amendment on Islamic law

Posted on November 08, 2010
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a state constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases.U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange ruled Monday morning in Oklahoma City following a brief hearing...

High court reviews Costco sale of Swiss watches

Posted on November 08, 2010
The Supreme Court is weighing whether Costco and other discount sellers can offer cut-rate goods from foreign manufacturers without violating U.S. copyright laws.The justices heard argument Monday in a dispute between Costco and the Swiss watch maker Omega over a line of watches that Costco sold for a third less than they cost elsewhere...

ABA COMMISSION ON HISPANIC LEGAL RIGHTS PREMIER HEARING

Posted on November 08, 2010
The American Bar Association Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities will hold the first of four hearings to gauge the intensity of Latino civic participation and evaluate access to justice issues Nov. 12 at Loyola University Chicago School of Law...

Appeals court overturns release of Gitmo detainee

Posted on November 05, 2010
An appeals court on Friday overturned a judge's order for the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of helping al-Qaida recruit two men who became Sept. 11 hijackers.A lower court judge had ruled Mohamedou Ould Salahi should be freed after eight years at Guantanamo because he was abused by interrogators at the U...

Man guilty of inciting racial hatred in cross burning

Posted on November 05, 2010
A Nova Scotia man who burned a cross on the lawn of an inter-racial Nova Scotia couple earlier this year has been found guilty of inciting racial hatred. Justin Rehberg will be sentenced in December. The 20-year-old Rehberg had pleaded guilty to criminal harassment but not guilty to the charge of inciting racial hatred stemming from the Feb...

Paul Kovacs named 2011 St. Louis Best Lawyers

Posted on November 05, 2010
Paul E. Kovacs, senior counsel at Armstrong Teasdale, has been named as the ?St. Louis Best Lawyers Legal Malpractice Lawyer of the Year? for 2011. Kovacs concentrates his practice in litigation, primarily in the areas of construction, commercial and products liability...

Ex-NJ lawmaker gets 5-year term for child porn

Posted on November 04, 2010
A former state lawmaker who championed legislation fighting child pornography was sentenced Thursday to a five-year term for viewing nude images of underage girls. Neil Cohen will serve the term either in prison or a mental hospital. The state Corrections Department will decide which venue...

High court hears Arizona school case

Posted on November 04, 2010
The Supreme Court appeared closely divided Wednesday about an Arizona tax-break program that provides millions of dollars in scholarships for students at private religious schools.The conservative justices indicated they are likely to rule against a challenge to the Arizona program that says it amounts to an unconstitutional state endorsement of religion...

Bragg sergeant pleads to killing pregnant soldier

Posted on November 04, 2010
A U.S. Army sergeant from North Carolina has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2008 death of a soldier from Kentucky who was pregnant with his child.The Fayetteville Observer reports that Sgt. Edgar Patino of Hope Mills agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for a lesser sentence...

Patrick picks state's first black chief justice

Posted on November 04, 2010
Ireland, currently the senior associate justice on the high court, would replace the retiring Chief Justice Margaret Marshall if he's confirmed by the Governor's Council, a process that could take as little as a month."We are making history again today," Patrick said, noting Marshall had been the court's first female chief justice...

California marijuana legalization goes up in smoke

Posted on November 03, 2010
California voters rejected a ballot measure on Tuesday that would have made it the first U.S. state to legalize marijuana for recreational use.The "no" vote on Proposition 19 had 56 percent of the vote to 43 percent for "yes," with 20 percent of precincts counted...

WA voters say no to state income tax Initiative 1098

Posted on November 03, 2010
Early returns show voters rejected Initiative 1098 being rejected with about 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent in unofficial returns.Initiative 1098 would institute a new state tax on the top 1 percent of incomes to pay for education and health programs while trimming state property and business taxes...

Court hears arguments on violent video games

Posted on November 03, 2010
The Supreme Court expressed sympathy for a California law that aims to keep children away from ultra-violent video games, but several justices said the law faces a high constitutional hurdle.The high court heard arguments Tuesday over a California ban that would make it illegal for retailers to sell or rent violent video games to anyone under 18...

Calif. voters give Brown a return trip as governor

Posted on November 03, 2010
Democrat Jerry Brown was elected California governor on Tuesday in an extraordinary political encore, defeating billionaire Republican Meg Whitman and the $142 million she spent of her own fortune as he reclaimed the office he held a generation ago.The 72-year-old state attorney general's victory leaves him with the enormous task of lifting the state out of a recession and joblessness...

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