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NY trial starts for 4 accused of temple bomb plot

Posted on August 25, 2010
Four men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes were caught on videotape plotting and praying together before setting out to launch the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday in opening statements at their trial."You will see them pray for success," Assistant U...

Court: Calif. preacher can sue ABC for defamation

Posted on August 25, 2010
A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a televangelist's defamation lawsuit claiming ABC's "20/20" news program used a fictionalized sermon portraying himself as a wealthy braggart out of context.A trial court judge had earlier tossed out the lawsuit filed by the Rev...

U.S. appeals court upholds $33 bln wireless auction

Posted on August 25, 2010
An appeals court upheld federal government auctions of about $33 billion of wireless spectrum, saying it would be "imprudent and unfair" to undo them even though some rules governing them were invalid.Tuesday's ruling by the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia allows Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc, Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile unit and others to keep billions of dollars of licenses they had won in the auctions, which took place between 2006 and 2008...

Feds: Ruling led to dismissal against Westar execs

Posted on August 24, 2010
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring proof of kickbacks or bribes in prosecutions involving the theft of so-called honest services left prosecutors with "little choice" but to dismiss charges against two former Westar Energy executives, the U...

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ACLU asks Supreme Court to hear Va alcohol ad ban

Posted on August 24, 2010
The ACLU of Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that bans alcohol advertising in Virginia's college newspapers.In a 2-1 ruling in April, the 4th U.S. District Court of Appeals concluded that the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission ban is a minimally restrictive approach to combat problem drinking...

Attorney: Great Lakes waterways a 'carp highway'

Posted on August 24, 2010
Five states are asking a federal judge in Chicago to take emergency action to close two shipping locks and install barriers to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes via a "carp highway."At the first hearing in the case Monday, Judge Robert M...

NY trial date set for Titans backup QB Chris Simms

Posted on August 24, 2010
Tennessee Titans backup quarterback Chris Simms needs to add a new date to his 2010 season: an October trial in his New York City drugged-driving case.Simms didn't make it Monday to a Manhattan court date in the case, which stems from a July 1 arrest...

Okla. court hears arguments on new Medicaid fee

Posted on August 24, 2010
An attorney for Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland's office asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court Monday to strike down a new law designed to raise revenue for the state's Medicaid program.Attorney Michael Ridgeway told the high court state lawmakers did not follow constitutional guidelines when they passed the bill...

Ruling overturning Prop 8 shaped for higher courts?

Posted on August 23, 2010
When U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker struck down California's Proposition 8?the 2008 ballot initiative to outlaw gay marriage?he said the motivation for the majority of voters was clear."The evidence shows conclusively that moral and religious views form the only basis for a belief that same-sex couples are different from opposite-sex couples," Walker wrote in his sweeping, 136-page decision announced August 4 in San Francisco...

'Grim Sleeper' arraignment set for Monday

Posted on August 23, 2010
Lonnie Franklin Jr., the suspect in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning in a Los Angeles, California, courtroom on 10 counts of murder.Franklin is accused of killing 10 women in the south Los Angeles area between 1985 and 2007...

Doctor charged in Jackson's death due in court

Posted on August 23, 2010
The doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death is due back in court for a scheduling hearing that will determine when prosecutors will publicly present some of their evidence.Dr. Conrad Murray is required to attend Monday's hearing, during which a Los Angeles judge is expected to schedule a preliminary hearing for later this year...

Armstrong Teasdale Adds Three New Associates

Posted on August 23, 2010
Armstrong Teasdale LLP announces the arrival of associates Irina Sandler, Lauren Ashley Smith, and Adam R. Wuller. ?The subtle shift in the economy has brought about additional business and afforded us the opportunity to add talent,? said Michael A. Chivell, Armstrong Teasdale?s managing partner...

Shapiro & Fishman accuses McCollum of grandstanding

Posted on August 23, 2010
Law firm Shapiro & Fishman has accused Attorney General Bill McCollum of pre-election grandstanding and ?abuse of power? in connection with McCollum?s recent announcement that his office is conducting a foreclosure fraud investigation into that firm and two others...

ACLU sues over detention in United Arab Emirates

Posted on August 20, 2010
American Civil Liberties Union lawyers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the FBI, CIA and other federal intelligence agencies, accusing them of detaining and torturing an American citizen later convicted on terrorism charges in the United Arab Emirates...

Arizona shelves idea of changing immigration law

Posted on August 20, 2010
Arizona legislators are setting aside Gov. Jan Brewer's suggestion that lawmakers consider changing parts of the state's controversial immigration law.Brewer on July 30 floated the idea of making "tweaks" to the law shortly after a federal judge blocked implementation of numerous provisions...

EU court exempts Inuit hunters from seal ban

Posted on August 20, 2010
The European Union's high court temporarily exempted Inuit hunters in Canada and Greenland on Friday from the bloc's new trade ban on seal products, while asking European Parliament and EU governments to justify the ban.Indigenous people had argued their livelihoods depend on their ability to hunt seals and export products such as seal meat, pelts, blubber, organs and oil used in producing omega-3 fatty acid supplements...

Ex-NASA official pleads guilty in contracts case

Posted on August 20, 2010
NASA's former chief of staff has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a case stemming from a $600,000 contract for Mississippi State University, a client of his consulting firm.Sheila Wilbanks, a U.S. Attorney's office spokeswoman, said Courtney Stadd pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Gulfport, Miss...

Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams to face NYC DWI case

Posted on August 20, 2010
Jayson Williams is already in prison for accidentally killing a limo driver, but the former NBA star still is contending with another criminal case.Williams has a Manhattan court date Friday in a drunken-driving case stemming from a car wreck a week before his January guilty plea in the driver's 2002 death...

Intel to Buy McAfee for $7.68 Billion to Add Software

Posted on August 19, 2010
Intel Corp. agreed to buy McAfee Inc. for $7.68 billion, its biggest-ever acquisition, adding security software to its chipmaking arsenal.McAfee investors will receive $48 a share in cash, Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world?s largest chipmaker, said in a statement today...

Calif. Supreme Court OKs Schwarzenegger furloughs

Posted on August 19, 2010
The California Supreme Court says furloughs of state workers can resume while it reviews whether governors have the authority to mandate unpaid days off.The announcement Wednesday was a victory for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has sought to save the state money by imposing another round of furloughs...

Stocks drop as jobless claims rise unexpectedly

Posted on August 19, 2010
Stocks fell Thursday after the Labor Department said claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, renewing concerns about the pace of the economic recovery.The disappointing news about the jobs market came minutes after news that Intel Corp...

Appeals court rules against Utah memorial crosses

Posted on August 19, 2010
The 14 crosses erected along Utah roads to commemorate fallen state Highway Patrol troopers convey a state preference for Christianity and are a violation of the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.The ruling reverses a 2007 decision by a federal district judge that said the crosses communicate a secular message about deaths and were not a public endorsement of religion...

Lindsay Lohan's father due in NY court

Posted on August 19, 2010
Lindsay Lohan's father is due in court to answer a charge that he kicked and threatened to kill his former fiancee. Michael Lohan is scheduled to be arraigned on the harassment charge in Southampton Town Court on Wednesday.His fiancee, Kathryn Major, told police that she and Lohan argued last month over a missed cell phone call at the home they shared in Water Mill on Long Island...

Appeals court: Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional

Posted on August 18, 2010
A three-year-old federal law that makes it a crime to falsely claim to have received a medal from the U.S. military is unconstitutional, an appeals court panel in California ruled Tuesday.The decision involves the case of Xavier Alvarez of Pomona, Calif...

NYC woman to Google: Who's posting trash about me?

Posted on August 18, 2010
A business consultant wants a court to force YouTube and owner Google to unmask a cyber cipher who posted what she says are unauthorized videos of her and online comments that hurt her reputation.Carla Franklin, a former model and actress turned MBA, said in a legal petition filed Monday that she believes a Google user or users impugned her sexual mores in comments made under pseudonyms on a Columbia Business School website...

U.S. court rules for India in New York tax dispute

Posted on August 18, 2010
A U.S. Appeals Court ruled on Tuesday against New York City in its long-running dispute with India and Mongolia over whether they owe about $47 million in taxes on property that houses staff assigned to consulates and United Nations missions.The demands by the city that hosts the United Nations headquarters for property taxes from several foreign governments had become an irritant in diplomatic relations, according to a U...

Snooki gets her day in court, but not in person

Posted on August 18, 2010
"Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's lawyer is expected in court on her behalf.Attorney Raymond Raya's office says that he'll attend an initial court appearance Wednesday and that Polizzi is not expected in court.She was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct last month in the New Jersey town where the MTV reality show is based...

Radio?s Deadly Stunts ? The Jennifer Strange Story

Posted on August 17, 2010
Today, The Insider Exclusive presents: "Radio's Deadly Stunts- The Jennifer Strange Story." We go behind the headlines with Roger Dreyer of Dreyer Babbich Buccola Wood, LLP, the Strange family's lead attorney, to uncover the real facts of why this 28-year-old mother of three, needlessly died of Hyponatremia (water intoxication) in this tragic incident...

Infamous NY child molest case may get new look

Posted on August 17, 2010
A man who has been trying for decades to take back his guilty plea in a notorious child molestation case won a huge moral victory Monday when a federal appeals court encouraged prosecutors to reopen their investigation.Although the judges on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals denied Jesse Friedman's request to withdraw his plea, saying there was no legal basis to allow that, the panel criticized interrogation techniques by investigators in the 1988 case and actions by prosecutors and the trial judge...

Mexico supreme court upholds gay adoptions

Posted on August 17, 2010
Mexico's Supreme Court voted Monday to uphold a Mexico City law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples.The justices voted 9-2 against challenges presented by federal prosecutors and others who had argued the law fails to protect adoptive children against possible ill effects or discrimination, or to guarantee their rights to a traditional family...

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