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Congressional Bickering Stalls Estate Tax Fix

Posted on May 21, 2010
Attorneys Say Clients Left in LimboYet again, the U.S. Senate reached a dead-end this week on a possible solution to the expired estate tax. Unless action is taken soon, the federal tax -- temporarily phased completely for this year only -- will jump to a 55 percent rate with a $1 million per spouse exemption in January...

Woman to be sentenced in Elizabeth Smart case

Posted on May 21, 2010
State and federal judges on Friday are expected to order prison sentences for the woman who has pleaded guilty to kidnapping in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart.Wanda Eileen Barzee is set for back-to-back sentencing hearings in U.S. District Court and Utah's 3rd District Court...

Court: Can't charge corp. without worker crime

Posted on May 20, 2010
Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday that corporations can't face criminal charges in cases where none of their employees committed a crime, calling the theory "illogical."The Supreme Judicial Court ruling came in a case where an Acton nursing home owner was charged with involuntary manslaughter after a patient in a wheelchair toppled down the stairs to her death in 2004...

Professor given 3 1/2 years in China swingers case

Posted on May 20, 2010
A college professor accused of organizing a swingers club and holding private orgies in China was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison, officials said, in a case that touched off national debate about sexual freedom.Ma Yaohai, 53, was convicted and sentenced on charges of group licentiousness for participating in group sex parties, said an official from the Qinhuai District Court in southeastern Nanjing...

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Taylor prosecutors want Naomi Campbell to testify

Posted on May 20, 2010
Prosecutors trying former Liberian president Charles Taylor for war crimes at a U.N.-backed court asked judges Thursday to subpoena supermodel Naomi Campbell to testify about being given uncut diamonds by Taylor.Special Court for Sierra Leone Prosecutor Brenda Hollis filed a motion saying Taylor allegedly gave Campbell diamonds at a reception in South Africa in September 1997...

3 members of Midwest militia released from jail

Posted on May 20, 2010
Three of nine members of a Midwest militia accused of conspiring to overthrow the government were released from jail Tuesday until trial after prosecutors suddenly backed off an intense effort to keep the entire group behind bars.David Stone Jr., 19, Jacob Ward, 33, and Tina Stone, 44, were released to family members after appearing in federal court in Detroit...

Conn. official loses election lawsuit, ends AG bid

Posted on May 19, 2010
Connecticut's secretary of state ended her bid for attorney general Tuesday, hours after losing a lawsuit she filed against her own office in an effort to prove that she is qualified to be the state's top prosecutor.Democrat Susan Bysiewicz said in a statement she is tremendously disappointed with the state Supreme Court's unanimous decision that she is not legally qualified to hold the job now occupied by Richard Blumenthal...

Microsoft Says Salesforce.com Infringes Patents

Posted on May 19, 2010
Microsoft Corp. sued Salesforce.com Inc. yesterday, accusing the company of infringing nine patents for ways to make software more efficient.The complaint targets the customer-relationship management software that is the hallmark of Salesforce.com?s business...

Honduras drops World Court case against Brazil

Posted on May 19, 2010
The U.N.'s highest court says Honduras has dropped a case accusing Brazil of meddling in its internal affairs by allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay at one of its embassies in 2009.The International Court of Justice, widely known as the World Court, said Wednesday that Honduras asked to withdraw the case on April 30 and the request was granted May 12...

Times Square car bomb suspect has day in court

Posted on May 19, 2010
The man accused of plotting to kill Americans with a car bomb in Times Square appeared relaxed and obedient in his first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom, where he was told by a magistrate judge that he had the right to remain silent.Authorities say Faisal Shahzad's willingness to talk kept him out of court for two weeks, speeding up the progress of an investigation into his May 1 plot to set off a homemade car bomb on a spring Saturday evening amidst hundreds of people enjoying the tourist haven...

Release likely for 3 jailed militia members

Posted on May 18, 2010
Three of nine members of a Midwestern militia who are accused of conspiring to overthrow the government likely will be released from jail Tuesday until trial, a defense attorney said.Prosecutors notified attorneys for Tina Stone, David Stone Jr., and Jacob Ward that they intended to withdraw their opposition to a judge's order releasing the three, lawyer Michael Rataj said...

Microsoft, Hyundai, Cable TV: Intellectual Property

Posted on May 18, 2010
Microsoft Corp., the world?s biggest software maker, agreed to pay VirnetX Holding Corp. $200 million and license technology to communicate privately over the Internet, ending a patent dispute.?We believe that this successful resolution of our litigation with Microsoft will allow us to focus on the upcoming pilot system? for a virtual private network, Chief Executive Officer Kendall Larsen said yesterday in a statement...

Fieger blasts Detroit police accounts of girl's death

Posted on May 18, 2010
Prominent Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger called "absurd" any suggestion the shot fired by police officer during a raid that killed a 7-year-old girl Sunday morning was the result of an altercation between the cop and the girl's grandmother. Fieger said today at an hour-long press conference he has filed lawsuits on behalf of the family of slain Aiyana Jones in both federal and state courts...

US Supreme Court upholds Briton's custody right

Posted on May 18, 2010
The Supreme Court says an American mother illegally moved her son from Chile to the United States during a custody dispute with the boy's British father.The high court on Monday said an international child custody treaty demands that the child goes back to the South American country...

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Posted on May 18, 2010
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High court rules out life sentences for juveniles

Posted on May 17, 2010
The Supreme Court has ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life without chance of parole if they haven't killed anyone.By a 5-4 vote Monday, the court says the Constitution requires that young people serving life sentences must at least be considered for release...

WaMu files amended Chapter 11 plan

Posted on May 17, 2010
Bank holding company Washington Mutual Inc. has filed an amended Chapter 11 reorganization plan.The plan filed Sunday in Delaware bankruptcy court is based on a settlement involving WMI, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, which filed lawsuits against one another after the FDIC seized Washington Mutual's flagship bank in 2008 and sold its assets to JPMorgan for $1...

Supreme Court rejects appeal of "must-carry" rule

Posted on May 17, 2010
The Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge from cable television operators to the 18-year-old requirement that they carry local broadcast stations on their systems.The justices rejected an appeal Monday from Cablevision Systems Corp. The court upheld a federal "must carry" law, enacted in 1992 when cable TV systems faced much less competition than they do today...

CANCER CLUSTER TRIAL APPROACHES

Posted on May 17, 2010
CDC, COUNTY AND ILLINOIS STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTS ARE ?INADMISSIBLE,? JUDGE RULES; A state court judge is barring from evidence studies by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Illinois Department of Health, and the McHenry County Health Department in what is believed to be the largest brain cancer cluster cases in the U...

LimeWire loses copyright case in fight with labels

Posted on May 17, 2010
File-sharing software company LimeWire has lost a long-running court battle to the major recording companies.A judge with the U.S. District Court in New York ruled this week that the company and its chairman, Mark Gorton, were liable for inducing copyright infringement...

Oak Lawn woman charged with stealing $880K from law firm

Posted on May 14, 2010
A bounced check for $40 tipped off a Chicago law firm to a trusted employee's scheme that, over nearly seven years, drained more than $880,000 from the firm's bank account, Cook County prosecutors said Wednesday. Joan M. Sanchez, 52, 10445 Linder Ave...

Ohio executes hitchhiker who shot 3 drivers in '83

Posted on May 14, 2010
Ohio executed a hitchhiker Thursday who admitted to killing one motorist who gave him a ride and shooting two others during a three-week string of shootings that terrorized the Cincinnati area in 1983.Michael Beuke, 48, died by lethal injection at 10:53 a...

Tiger Woods' lawyers accused Elin's law firm of leaks

Posted on May 14, 2010
Tiger Woods' legal team evidently accused the London based law firm representing Elin Nordegren in the couple's divorce case of leaking information to the press. TMZ has obtained an email dated April 19, 2010 from Walter H. White Jr. to his staff that warns: "Recently we have been accused by the other side of leaking information to the press...

Top Republican challenges Kagan's independence

Posted on May 14, 2010
The top Republican in the Senate demanded assurances on Wednesday that President Barack Obama's solicitor general and friend, Elena Kagan, would be free of White House influence if confirmed as a Supreme Court justice."Americans want to know that Ms. Kagan will be independent," Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a Senate speech as Obama's Supreme Court pick began a series of courtesy visits with senators who will decide whether to confirm her...

KPA Settles $2.15 Million Class Action

Posted on May 14, 2010
Khorrami Pollard & Abir LLP, a national plaintiff-only law firm specializing in class actions and mass torts, has just settled a $2.15 million class action case. The case was brought before the court on behalf of certain students who attended Modern Technology/Maric College in Northern California, alleging they were mislead regarding their eligibility to sit for the ARRT examination...

Popcorn Lung Disease - The Jerry Blaylock Story

Posted on May 13, 2010
Popcorn Lung Disease, or Popcorn Workers Lung, appears mostly among factory workers in microwave popcorn plants. The illness is thought to be caused by the inhaled vapors of the butter flavoring (Diacetyl) used in microwave popcorn.The most likely victims of this illness are workers who mix the paste or powder forms of Diacetyl with oil to prepare it for use in the popcorn packets...

Heat's Wade faces ex-partners in restaurant suit

Posted on May 13, 2010
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade will be in a different kind of court as he faces trial in a $25 million lawsuit filed by his former partners in a failed restaurant venture.Jury selection was set to begin Wednesday in the case over the defunct D. Wade's Place chain...

Senate panel advances liberal appeals court pick

Posted on May 13, 2010
President Barack Obama's liberal pick for a San Francisco-based appeals court, Goodwin Liu (Loo), has survived his first Senate test but still faces strong Republican opposition.The Judiciary Committee voted 12-7 on Thursday to recommend confirmation of the law professor and associate dean of the University of California law school at Berkeley...

German court orders wireless passwords for all

Posted on May 13, 2010
Germany's top criminal court ruled Wednesday that Internet users need to secure their private wireless connections by password to prevent unauthorized people from using their Web access to illegally download data.Internet users can be fined up to euro100 ($126) if a third party takes advantage of their unprotected WLAN connection to illegally download music or other files, the Karlsruhe-based court said in its verdict...

Elderly Conn. sister can keep full lottery prize

Posted on May 13, 2010
A judge says an elderly Connecticut woman doesn't have to share her half of a $500,000 lottery windfall with the sister who sued her over it.Eighty-seven-year-old Rose Bakaysa and her 84-year-old sister, Theresa Sokaitis, have been fighting over the money in court since 2005...

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