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Australia takes Japan to court over whaling

Posted on May 28, 2010
Australia said Friday it will challenge Japan's whale hunting in the Antarctic at the International Court of Justice, a major legal escalation in its campaign to ban the practice despite Tokyo's insistence on the right to so-called scientific whaling...

New court date for Charlie Sheen over Aspen arrest

Posted on May 28, 2010
Actor Charlie Sheen has a new court date over domestic violence allegations involving his wife, as settlement talks continue.Sheen has pleaded not guilty to menacing, criminal mischief and assault charges stemming from an argument with his wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, on Christmas Day at an Aspen home where they were on vacation...

CA court rejects Jackson doctor child support deal

Posted on May 28, 2010
Michael Jackson's former doctor lost a bid in a California court to resolve a child support issue that threatens his Nevada medical license.A Santa Clara County Superior Court commissioner rejected a bid Thursday by attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray to obtain a court order relieving Murray of an obligation to pay about $16,000 in back child support to the mother of his 12-year-old son...

California court cases against Toyota consolidated

Posted on May 27, 2010
A 10-page order signed on Wednesday by Los Angeles County Superior Judge Carl West also recommends that the state-based litigation, consisting of consumer-fraud class actions and personal injury claims, be assigned to a single judge in neighboring Orange County...

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Mass. AG argues against federal gay marriage ban

Posted on May 27, 2010
The Massachusetts attorney general asked a judge Wednesday to strike down a federal gay marriage ban, arguing it interferes with the right of states to define marriage and have those marriages acknowledged by the federal government.The challenge to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act by Attorney General Martha Coakley's office was heard in federal court in Boston...

2 men get probation for Big Dig fraud

Posted on May 27, 2010
Two former managers of a company convicted of supplying substandard concrete to the Big Dig highway project in Boston have avoided prison time for their roles in the scheme.A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced 64-year-old Robert Prosperi of Lynnfield and 53-year-old Gregory Stevenson of Furlong, Pa...

Appeals judges back Los Angeles billboard ban

Posted on May 27, 2010
A panel of judges has decided that the city of Los Angeles did not violate billboard companies' constitutional rights when it enacted a ban on outdoor ads.The ruling this week by the 9th District Court of Appeals reverses a federal judge's 2008 decision that exceptions to the ban raised free speech concerns because they gave city officials too much leeway in deciding which signs to allow...

Owner Of Gulf Coast Rental Property Files Class Action

Posted on May 27, 2010
Elizabeth A. Alexander, a partner with the Nashville office of the national plaintiffs? law firm, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, and attorney Charles Barrett, of Nashville, announced today that a local owner of a Gulf Coast vacation home has filed a class action lawsuit against BP...

Sonnenschein, UK law firm to merge

Posted on May 26, 2010
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP and London-based Denton Wilde Sapte LLP have agreed to merge, pending a partnership vote June 9.Chicago-based Sonnenschein is one of the largest law firms in St. Louis with 750 lawyers, including more than 40 locally...

NY teen faces sentencing in hate crime stabbing

Posted on May 26, 2010
A New York teenager is facing up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced in the hate crime killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant.Nineteen-year-old Jeffrey Conroy was convicted last month of manslaughter and other crimes in the November 2008 stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero (mar-SEHL'-oh loo-SEHR'-oh) on Long Island...

Court to hear Texas death row inmate DNA case

Posted on May 26, 2010
The justices agreed to hear Henry Skinner's appeal. On March 24, they granted him a stay about an hour before his scheduled execution to give them more time to decide whether to take up his case.In an order issued Monday, the Supreme Court said it decided to rule on the issue presented by his case...

Intn'l court reports Sudan to UN Security Council

Posted on May 26, 2010
The International Criminal Court said Wednesday it has reported Sudan to the U.N. Security Council for refusing to arrest a government minister and a militia leader suspected of war crimes in Darfur.Judges at the court said in a report that Sudan has refused to hand over Humanitarian Affairs Minister Ahmed Harun and Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb...

Phoenix School of Law Boot Camp Program

Posted on May 26, 2010
There?s an old expression about what to expect in law school: ?The first year they scare you to death, the second year they work you to death, and the third year they bore you to death." The Phoenix School of Law is doing everything it can to take the fear out of law school by preparing incoming students for what lies ahead...

US high court won't hear Microsoft, Alcatel case

Posted on May 25, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Microsoft Corp's appeal in a case that could have reshaped the standards used in court fights to determine if patents have been infringed.Lower courts had found that the date-picker tool in Microsoft's Outlook calendar infringed a patent held by French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent...

Judiciary chairman defends Kagan against GOP fire

Posted on May 25, 2010
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is defending Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan against Republican criticism.Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont says the GOP should set aside its "overheated rhetoric" questioning the qualifications and integrity of President Barack Obama's nominee...

Rip Torn cleared of DUI charge in Connecticut

Posted on May 25, 2010
A Connecticut judge has dismissed a drunken-driving charge against Rip Torn after the actor completed a court-ordered alcohol education program.Torn was arrested in December 2008 near his home in Salisbury. He was stopped while driving in the breakdown lane with a Christmas tree tied atop his Subaru...

Feds ask Va. health reform lawsuit be dismissed

Posted on May 25, 2010
The Obama administration is asking a federal judge in Virginia to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new health reform law.In a motion filed hours before the court deadline on Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius argued that Congress acted well within its authority...

Mathew B. Tully Awarded Prestigious Air Force Space Badge

Posted on May 25, 2010
Founding Partner Mathew B. Tully has been awarded the impressive Air Force Space Badge due to his completion of space training. Tully is among one of the few Army Officers awarded this prestigious badge, and among an even smaller number of National Guardsmen authorized to wear it...

Court: NFL is 32 teams, not single business

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Supreme Court says the National Football League can be considered as 32 separate teams - not one big business - when it comes to to selling NFL-branded items like jerseys and caps.The high court has unanimously reversed a lower court ruling throwing out an antitrust suit brought against the league by one of its former hat makers...

High court rejects Microsoft patent appeal

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Supreme Court has turned down Microsoft Corp.'s appeal of a jury verdict that it infringed on another company's patent.The justices said Monday they will not intervene in Microsoft's legal fight with Alcatel-Lucent. The disputed patent covers a method of entering information into fields on a computer screen without using a keyboard...

Supreme Court to review Texan's death row case

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a Texas death row inmate should have access to evidence for DNA testing that he says could clear him of three murders.The justices said Monday they will use the case of Hank Skinner to decide whether prison inmates may use a federal civil rights law to do DNA testing that was not performed prior to their conviction...

High court to hear Arizona school case

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Supreme Court says it will consider ending a lawsuit that challenges Arizona's tax breaks for donations for private school scholarships.The court on Monday said it will hear an appeal filed by the state and supporters of the 13-year-old program that provides dollar-for-dollar income tax breaks for donations to school tuition organizations...

A Court Challenge to Arizona's Immigration Law

Posted on May 24, 2010
Arizona, it appears, will have to defend its new immigration-enforcement law in federal court.A coalition of interest groups, including the ACLU, has launched a legal challenge to Arizona's new immigration law, arguing that it both invites racial profiling and is unconstitutional...

Judge says he'll stay suspensions if Vikes appeal

Posted on May 22, 2010
A Minnesota judge ruled Friday that he will keep the suspensions of two Minnesota Vikings on hold if they follow through on their plan to file an appeal in their closely watched fight against the NFL's anti-drug policy.An attorney for defensive tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams said he planned to file that appeal later Friday...

FDIC, WaMu reach agreement on bankruptcy plan

Posted on May 22, 2010
The FDIC said on Friday the agreement settles claims between the bankrupt bank's holding company and JPMorgan Chase, which acquired the failed bank.The FDIC is involved because it was appointed receiver of Washington Mutual in September 2008, during the height of the financial crisis...

Elena Kagan's writings suggest judge's proper role

Posted on May 22, 2010
Elena Kagan, a Supreme Court nominee without judicial experience, has suggested in writings and speeches over a quarter-century that when judges make decisions, they must take account of their values and experience and consider politics and policy, rather than act as robotic umpires...

Veterans finding service record helps in court

Posted on May 22, 2010
Courts are increasingly relying on military service records in deciding sentences for veterans accused of crimes.Since 2008, 31 so-called veterans courts have been established to exclusively handle the criminal cases of veterans.Veterans in those courts are typically sentenced to probation and counseling rather than prison and must stay clean and sober...

Mitsubishi files antitrust suit against GE

Posted on May 21, 2010
Mitsubishi filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday against General Electric Co., accusing the company of monopolizing part of the wind-turbine market and making "baseless" patent-infringement claims against Mitsubishi to gain a competitive edge.The suit was filed in federal court in Arkansas, where Mitsubishi plans a $100 million wind turbine manufacturing plant...

Appeals court rules against Bagram detainees

Posted on May 21, 2010
A federal appeals court says the civilian courts do not have authority to hear the cases of three detainees imprisoned at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan.The detainees had petitioned the courts seeking to be freed.The jurisdiction of the U.S. courts does not extend to foreigners held in the Bagram facility in the Afghan theater of war, three appeals court judges said in a unanimous decision...

Maine Sen. Snowe lauds high court nominee Kagan

Posted on May 21, 2010
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan criticized a campaign finance ruling in a case she argued for the Obama administration and considers abortion rights to be settled law, according to a GOP senator who met with her Thursday.Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, asked whether Republicans could support Kagan, said the nominee "certainly has the qualifications, and certainly has, I think, the balance in her approach ? at least so far ? but I'd like to wait and see...

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