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INSURANCE Company Secrets - ALLSNAKE

Posted on March 24, 2011
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Court nixes new rape trial in dispute over poem

Posted on March 24, 2011
A court has overturned a decision granting a new trial to a convicted rapist who claimed his rights were violated when a poem written by the victim was kept out of evidence during trial in Wayne County. The poem expressing regret about alcohol and sex was written before the woman's encounter with Dustin Wiecek in 1999...

Oregon appeals court: Teeth not dangerous weapon

Posted on March 24, 2011
The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that teeth are not a dangerous weapon.The decision Wednesday overturned a first-degree assault conviction for a Marion County man who bit off part of a neighbor's ear in 2008 in a drunken fight.The Oregonian reports a second-degree assault conviction against 30-year-old Scott Russell Kuperus II stands...

Federal court: Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional

Posted on March 22, 2011
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld an earlier ruling by three of its members that a law making it illegal to lie about being a military hero violates free speech. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision strikes down the so-called Stolen Valor Act passed by Congress in 2006...

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NY top court weighs sex offender's return home

Posted on March 22, 2011
New York's top court will decide whether a convicted sex offender's return home constitutes child neglect by him and his wife even though there was no evidence he did anything inappropriate with his children.The Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments Tuesday in the case of a Poughkeepsie couple identified as Grace and James C...

Lawsuit against herbicide maker languishes

Posted on March 22, 2011
It's been seven years since 13 southern Illinois water districts sued the makers of a farm herbicide, yet the case languishes in Madison County Circuit Court. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that Judge Bill Mudge is the seventh to preside over the case...

Corbett, lawmakers sued over ending adultBasic

Posted on March 16, 2011
Gov. Tom Corbett and the Pennsylvania General Assembly are being sued for allowing the adultBasic health insurance program for low-income adults to expire.Three former adultBasic members in the Pittsburgh area filed a class-action lawsuit in Commonwealth Court Monday...

Accused teenager's mental health to be considered

Posted on March 16, 2011
The issue of whether a teen accused of stabbing his teacher to death in 2009 can stand trial as an adult will again be considered in court.A hearing was scheduled Wednesday in Tyler for the youth, who's now 17. He is accused in the deadly attack on special education teacher Todd Henry in a classroom at John Tyler High School...

Wis. union fight could carry over to court race

Posted on March 15, 2011
Thirteen Somalis and a man from Yemen pleaded not guilty to piracy, kidnapping and firearms charges Tuesday in the February hijacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead.They entered their pleas in federal court in Norfolk, where five other men convicted of piracy in a separate case last year had been sentenced to life in prison a day earlier...

Ex-judge Camp sentenced to 30 days in prison

Posted on March 11, 2011
Jack Camp, the former federal judge ensnared in a scandal involving drugs and a stripper, was sentenced Friday to 30 days in prison and 400 hours of community service.Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said he could not give a sentence of only probation because Camp had breached his oath of office...

Court blames LA County for ocean pollution

Posted on March 11, 2011
A California appeals court has sided with environmentalists in a decision that blames Los Angeles County and its flood control district for sending polluted runoff into the Pacific Ocean.The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the county is responsible for the heavily polluted storm water flowing untreated each year down the Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers...

Mississippi high court upholds price-gouging law

Posted on March 11, 2011
The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the state's price-gouging law.The justices Thursday unanimously overturned a Winston County judge's ruling that the law was unconstitutionally vague.Chancellor J. Max Kilpatrick's ruling came in 2008 as he rejected Attorney General Jim Hood's lawsuit accusing a Mississippi oil company of charging too much for fuel after Hurricane Katrina...

Blagojevich Asks Judge to Cancel Retrial

Posted on March 10, 2011
The impeached former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, asked a judge on Wednesday to cancel his retrial and promptly sentence him on the sole conviction from his first trial, arguing that money woes prevent him from mounting an ample defense.A five-page motion filed in U...

Suspect in case of kids left in canal due in court

Posted on March 09, 2011
A man boasted of his parenting skills to a judge more than two years before being investigated in the killings of two young children whose bodies were found stuffed in luggage and dumped into a canal and in the death of their mother.Clem Beauchamp's testimony and that of his then-girlfriend, whose body was found months before those of her son and daughter, was enough to convince a judge to allow his children from a previous relationship to live with him, before changing his mind a year later...

Law Firm Website SEO

Posted on March 09, 2011
Search Engine Optimization, or ?SEO?, is a crucial element within the many services we offer. If you are interested in marketing your law firm website on the internet, it is probable that you have heard about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and the affect they can have on your website...

Fla. high court: Governor can reject rail funding

Posted on March 04, 2011
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday that $2.4 billion in high-speed rail funding intended for Florida will be sent to other states after the state Supreme Court upheld Gov. Rick Scott's decision to reject the money.The Republican governor's decision effectively kills the Tampa-Orlando route...

Delaware court upholds Barnes & Noble ruling

Posted on March 04, 2011
The Delaware Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by billionaire Ron Burkle in a lawsuit challenging a poison pill plan adopted by Barnes & Noble Inc. after he doubled his stake in the company.After hearing arguments Wednesday, the court on Thursday affirmed a judge's ruling last year upholding the poison pill plan, which limited a shareholder's stake in the company to 20 percent...

Ark high court upholds dismissal of gas lease suit

Posted on March 04, 2011
The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the state Game and Fish Commission's authority to lease public land to natural gas companies so they can drill.The Thursday ruling affirmed a circuit court ruling turned away James Dockery's claim that proceeds from the wells should go to the Legislature instead of the commission...

Disgraced Pa. judge wants convictions tossed

Posted on March 04, 2011
A former Pennsylvania juvenile court judge convicted in a $1 million kickback scheme involving privately-owned juvenile detention centers wants his conviction on racketeering charges overturned.Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella (shiv-uh-REL'-uh) filed motions Friday asking a federal judge to toss his convictions on charges including racketeering and money laundering conspiracy...

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Posted on March 03, 2011
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Posted on February 28, 2011
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Vivendi To Cut US Class Action Provision

Posted on February 25, 2011
Vivendi SA said Wednesday it will significantly reduce the EUR550 million provision it had made to cover potential damages for a U.S. class action case after a U.S. judge narrowed the size of the class. The Paris-based company's potential liabilities have been slashed by 80% in light of the court victory, which will free up more cash as the group prepares to buy out Vodafone PLC's minority stake in telecoms operator SFR...

France's Publicis faces $100 million gender bias lawsuit

Posted on February 25, 2011
A former public relations employee has sued Publicis Groupe SA for $100 million, saying the French advertising company discriminates against women in pay and promotions.Women make up 70 percent of the company's public relations staff but hold only about 15 percent of leadership positions, the lawsuit says...

Horizon Lines to plead guilty to fixing prices

Posted on February 25, 2011
U.S. authorities say the shipping company Horizon Lines LLC has agreed to plead guilty to fixing prices and to pay a $45 million fine.A Justice Department statement Thursday says the company was accused of conspiring to fix rates and surcharges for freight transportation between the United States and Puerto Rico from May 2002 until April 2008...

Woman charged in NY infant snatching due in court

Posted on February 24, 2011
A North Carolina woman indicted on a charge that she kidnapped a newborn from a Harlem hospital more than two decades ago is due for another court appearance in New York.Ann Pettway is scheduled to enter a plea to a kidnapping charge during an arraignment scheduled for Thursday afternoon...

Maine court rules against counties in access suit

Posted on February 24, 2011
A Superior Court justice has ruled that six Maine counties overcharged a Cumberland businessman who requested public records under the state's Freedom of Access law.Justice Thomas Warren ruled that fees charged by Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Knox, Penobscot and York counties -- in response to a request by John Simpson -- can't be justified...

Judge affirms $7.3M verdict against law firm

Posted on February 11, 2011
A Maine judge has upheld a jury verdict that awarded $7.3 million in damages for emotional distress to a businessman who contended he was double-crossed by a law firm he hired.A Cumberland County jury last summer said the Portland law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson worked against Peter Redman's interests in a dispute with his brother over control of the now-defunct Northern Mattress and Furniture Co...

Prairieville man pleads guilty to mail fraud

Posted on February 11, 2011
A Prairieville man pleaded guilty in Baton Rouge federal court to a charge of mail fraud concerning his use of almost $200,000 worth of computer equipment.The Advocate reports that 30-year-old Dustin J. Landry admitted Wednesday that he increased his income by $196,841 over a 4-year period by selling computer equipment that belonged to his Baton Rouge employer...

Murdoch firm to pay Insignia $125 million

Posted on February 10, 2011
Rupert Murdoch's News America Marketing has agreed to pay a whopping $125 million to settle a years-long lawsuit brought by tiny Insignia Systems Inc. that alleged Murdoch's people unfairly interfered and lied in attempt to take business from the Plymouth company, which provides in-store promotions...

Ex-congressional aide guilty for World Series trip

Posted on February 10, 2011
A federal jury on Thursday found that a former congressional aide broke the law by taking a trip to the World Series with a corporate official and lobbyist who picked up the tab. It was the 21st consecutive conviction in a broad corruption investigation tied to Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff...

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