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Trial date arguments due in Dodgers divorce case

Posted on March 30, 2010
A court commissioner will consider setting a trial date in a case that will determine whether Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt gets sole possession of the club, or if his wife is declared a co-owner.Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon is scheduled to listen to arguments on Tuesday on when the trial in the couple's ongoing divorce dispute should begin...

Rip Torn due in Conn. court for bank break-in

Posted on March 30, 2010
Rip Torn's lawyer says the "Men in Black" actor plans to enter pleas to burglary and firearms charges during a court hearing in Connecticut.Torn is scheduled to appear in Litchfield Superior Court on Tuesday morning.State police say the 79-year-old actor was so intoxicated on the night of Jan...

Court rebuffs Pa. man who didn't accept vote tally

Posted on March 30, 2010
A failed Pennsylvania judicial candidate who couldn't believe he received so few votes says he's finished fighting now that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear his case.Robert Pritchard Sr., of Fairchance, got 63 votes for a district judge post in southwestern Pennsylvania in the May 2009 primary...

Marine's dad ordered to pay protesters' court fees

Posted on March 30, 2010
The father of a Marine killed in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters was ordered to pay the protesters' appeal costs, his lawyers said Monday.On Friday, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered Snyder to pay $16,510 to Fred Phelps...

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Many felony pot cases getting tossed out of court

Posted on March 29, 2010
Police in a northern California town thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple's home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes.San Francisco police thought the same with a father and son team they suspected of abusing the state's medical marijuana law by allegedly operating an illegal trafficking operation...

Court won't hear frequent flyer point broker case

Posted on March 29, 2010
The Supreme Court has refused to let a company continue to buy and sell American Airline frequent flyer points while the airline is suing to stop the practice.The high court on Monday refused to lift a temporary injunction against Frequent Flyer Depot, Inc...

Dodgers owner's wife seeks nearly $1M per month

Posted on March 29, 2010
Relaxing at five-star hotels. Jet-setting around the world. Eating at top restaurants. While most people can't comprehend or even dream about that kind of opulence, former Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt says she wants her first-class lifestyle back and believes it will take nearly $1 million a month to do so...

Bryan A Lowe & Associates - Las Vegas Business Law

Posted on March 29, 2010
The firm was founded on a philosophy of service that not only emphasizes quality representation in terms of experience and expertise - but places a high value on initiating appropriate actions to meet the client's legal needs and objectives. Particular stress is also placed on providing individualized service and achieving results...

Judge upholds DC's post-Supreme Court gun laws

Posted on March 29, 2010
A federal judge on Friday upheld limitations on gun ownership that the District of Columbia put in place following a 2008 Supreme Court decision overturning the city's outright ban on handguns.Dick Heller, the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case, had challenged the new regulations, claiming the registration procedures, a ban on most semiautomatic weapons and other limitations violated the intent of the high court's decision...

The Tennessee Supreme Court ? Gary L. West?s Story

Posted on March 26, 2010
Gary L. West?s Story On Sep 2, 2005, The Tennessee Supreme Court issued a landmark decision: Gary L. West v. East Tennessee Pioneer Oil. The ruling expanded potential liability in sales to inebriated customers. ?Tennessee businesses selling products to visibly intoxicated people are subject to more liability...

US judge orders firms to defend municipals suit

Posted on March 26, 2010
About a dozen banks and financial firms must defend allegations of bid rigging, limited competition and price fixing in the municipal derivatives market, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.U.S. District Judge Victor Morrero's written order said the defendants, including Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, UBS AG, Morgan Stanley and others, should prepare for a pretrial conference on April 30...

Lawyers await hearing on combining Toyota lawsuits

Posted on March 26, 2010
As lawsuits over Toyota acceleration problems multiply nationwide, more than 150 attorneys gathered Wednesday to sharpen their legal skills on the eve of a major federal court hearing on whether dozens of cases will be consolidated before a single judge...

Charlie Sheen to hire law firm that defended Kobe Bryant

Posted on March 26, 2010
American actor Charlie Sheen?s representatives have reportedly approached the law firm that successfully defended basketball star Kobe Bryant against a rape charge. According to TMZ, Haddon?s Denver-based firm, Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, has handled a number of high-profile cases, and Sheen?s team has reportedly been told he will take the case, reports the Daily Telegraph...

McLane absorbs Mass. law firm

Posted on March 26, 2010
The McLane Law Firm with offices in Manchester, Portsmouth, and Concord, and Woburn, Mass., announced that the firm has absorbed the Colucci Norman Law Firm, of Beverly, Mass. John Colucci, William Norman, Larry Plavnik, all corporate lawyers and Andrew Botti, a litigator, join McLane's business-focused firm of more than 90 attorneys, 44 of whom actively serve Massachusetts businesses in some capacity...

IBM Faces New EU Competition Complaint on Mainframes

Posted on March 25, 2010
International Business Machines Corp. was named in a complaint in the European Union over claims it is blocking consumer access to open-source mainframe software developed by Paris-based TurboHercules SAS.IBM, the world?s biggest provider of computer services, is preventing customers from using a so-called mainframe emulator known as Hercules, by tying its mainframe operating system to IBM hardware, closely held TurboHercules said in a statement...

Court to decide if man can fight death sentence

Posted on March 25, 2010
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether an Alabama death row inmate can challenge his second death sentence with an argument state officials said he didn't use when he was first sentenced to die for shooting a county sheriff.Lawyers for Billy Joe Magwood want to argue that Alabama law was changed to make Magwood's crime a capital offense after it had already been committed...

Calif. voters could legalize pot in Nov. election

Posted on March 25, 2010
When California voters head to the polls in November, they will decide whether the state will make history again ? this time by legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults.The state was the first to legalize medicinal marijuana use, with voters passing it in 1996...

Judge dismisses 1 case against ex-Lion Tommie Boyd

Posted on March 25, 2010
A judge has dismissed one of the criminal sexual conduct cases against former Detroit Lions wide receiver Tommie Boyd.Boyd was accused of forcing the girl to have sex in 2006 at Fraser High School, where he was a substitute teacher and track coach. The now-19-year-old woman testified they had consensual sex at least six times...

Bangladesh sets up war crimes tribunal

Posted on March 25, 2010
Bangladesh set up a war crimes tribunal Thursday for long-delayed trials of people accused of murder, torture, rape and arson during its 1971 independence war.Three High Court judges will sit in the tribunal, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed told reporters, without specifying when trials would begin...

Galleon founder wins stay of wiretaps in civil case

Posted on March 24, 2010
Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, accused of insider trading along with several associates, won a suspension of a court order to hand over wiretap evidence to U.S. market regulators, pending appeal.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York ordered a stay in favor of Rajaratnam and co-defendant Danielle Chiesi on Wednesday after a lower court order in February compelled them to disclose wiretap evidence gathered in the criminal case...

Ohio officer takes murder appeal to US high court

Posted on March 24, 2010
A former Ohio police officer convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn daughter is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a new trial.Lawyers for Bobby Cutts Jr. filed an appeal with the nation's highest court earlier this month. The Ohio Supreme Court declined to review Cutts' case...

Senate on health bill's final chapter, maybe

Posted on March 24, 2010
The No. 2 Senate Democrat accused Republicans Wednesday of refusing to accept the finality of health care changes, a day after President Barack Obama signed the most sweeping medical system remake since Medicare."This is a political exercise for too many on the other side of the aisle," said Sen...

Condemned Texas man says DNA tests could clear him

Posted on March 24, 2010
Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner insists DNA testing could exonerate him in the New Year's Eve 1993 slayings of his girlfriend and her two adult sons.Skinner is scheduled to die Wednesday in Huntsville. On Tuesday, he visited with his French-born wife as he waited for the U...

Court lifts ban on media ownership restrictions

Posted on March 24, 2010
A federal court has at least temporarily lifted government rules that blocked media companies from owning a newspaper and a broadcast TV station in the same market.The decision Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit lifts the Federal Communications Commission's "cross-ownership" ban...

Las Vegas bankruptcy Law - Bryan A. Lowe & Associates

Posted on March 23, 2010
Founded in 1982, Bryan A Lowe & Associates is a law firm based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The firm provides a wide range of services, primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate, bankruptcy, general business (corporate, partnership, and proprietorship), taxation, real estate, asset protection, and elder care...

Barack Obama signs landmark US healthcare bill into law

Posted on March 23, 2010
With the stroke of President Obama?s pen, his health care overhaul ? the most sweeping social legislation enacted in decades ? became law on Tuesday. Mr. Obama affixed his curlicue signature, almost letter by letter, to the measure, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, surrounded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and a raft of other lawmakers who spent the past year on a legislative roller-coaster ride trying to pass it...

German court gives ex-Nazi life for Dutch killings

Posted on March 23, 2010
A court in Germany sentenced an 88-year-old former Nazi SS death squad member to life in prison Tuesday for the murder of three Dutch civilians in World War Two. A spokesman for the court in the western city of Aachen confirmed the verdict against Heinrich Boere for the three killings, which were carried out in the Netherlands in 1944...

Court sides with debtor in student loan case

Posted on March 23, 2010
A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a man who wanted his student loans dismissed through bankruptcy without having to prove that paying the money back would cause an "undue hardship."Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday in his opinion for the court that debtors must normally prove undue hardship...

Court hearing 'Fatal Vision' appeal after 40 years

Posted on March 23, 2010
A former Army doctor convicted in the 1970 slayings of his pregnant wife and two daughters is asking a Virginia-based federal appeals court for a new trial.A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond will hear arguments in 66-year-old Jeffrey MacDonald's case Tuesday...

Many Yale Law students forgo large firms

Posted on March 22, 2010
Last month, the National Law Journal ranked Yale Law School 18th in job placement at large law firms ? but Law School officials said they are proud of Yale?s position on the list.The journal ranked law schools in terms of how many students they send to the largest 250 law firms in the United States immediately after graduation...

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