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INSURANCE Company Secrets - What Policyholders Need to Know

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...

Mich. Supreme Court to hear septic case from Thumb

Posted on March 23, 2011
The Michigan Supreme Court says it will decide if judges can order a sewer system when septic tanks fail and spoil a lake. The court says Thursday it will take an appeal in a case involving Worth Township along Lake Huron in Michigan's Thumb region. State regulators want the township to install a sewer system, but an appeals court said local government isn't responsible for the problems of private property owners...

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Company agrees to settle suit filed by Nev. miners

Posted on March 16, 2011
A subsidiary of a Canadian mining company has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by employees of a northeastern Nevada mine after they were laid off in August 2008, both sides said.Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. subsidiary Queenstake Resources USA agreed to settle the complaint filed by five former Jerritt Canyon Mine employees, the Elko Daily Free Press reported Friday...

Oregon fishermen sue to break up seafood company

Posted on March 16, 2011
Two Oregon fishermen from Brookings and an antitrust lawyer from Portland have filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Medford in an effort to break up a giant seafood company.Lloyd Whaley and his son Todd, along with attorney Michael Haglund, seek up to $520 million in damages and a slew of injunctions that would effectively end Pacific Seafood Group's dominant role in the West Coast fish business, The Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene reported...

Kansas lawyer pleads guilty in Texas to fraud

Posted on March 15, 2011
An attorney from Kansas faces up to 10 years in federal prison over a $2.5 million Ponzi investment scam in Texas.Prosecutors say 62-year-old Clifford Roth of Leawood, Kan., pleaded guilty in Beaumont to interstate transportation of money taken by fraud...

Law Firm Mobile - Law firm mobile website development

Posted on March 11, 2011
Mobile website development that makes your firm's website mobile-friendly As more and more people switch from using regular computers to using their smartphones to search for what they want and need online, it's becoming more essential to implement law firm mobile website development for your legal practice...

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...

Ex-judge Camp sentenced to 30 days in prison

Posted on March 10, 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...

Why Lawyers Need a Website

Posted on March 04, 2011
Lawyer Website Design In recent years, the internet has become the most important marketing tool you have. By typing a few words, a potential client can find hundreds of lawyers and law firms that you must now compete with.Having a website is an excellent way for your firm to connect with new clients...

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...

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...

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...

Court turns down campaign disclosure challenge

Posted on February 22, 2011
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal challenging campaign disclosure laws in Washington state.The court on Tuesday let stand without comment a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the state's disclosure requirements. Human Life of Washington challenged the requirements as a violation of the First Amendment...

Lake County, Indiana cutting free lunches to jurors

Posted on February 21, 2011
Jurors in some Lake County cases won't get free lunches while serving because budget cuts have forced judges to halt a practice of using public money to feed them. The changes affect Lake Superior Civil Division Courts but not jurors serving in the better-funded Lake Circuit and Lake Criminal Courts...

Pa. judge guilty of racketeering in kickback case

Posted on February 20, 2011
A former juvenile court judge defiantly insisted he never accepted money for sending large numbers of children to detention centers even after he was convicted of racketeering for taking a $1 million kickback from the builder of the for-profit lockups...

Surgery Mistakes - Lazaro Perez's Nightmare Story

Posted on February 20, 2011
ew: http://insiderexclusive.com/show-content/276-surgery-mistakes-lazaro-perezs-nightmare-story.html Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery has many advantages over traditional gallbladder surgery including smaller incisions and greatly reduced recovery time...

Fla. Ruling Big Tobacco Won Comes Back To Bite It

Posted on February 20, 2011
A Florida Supreme Court ruling that threw out a $145 billion award against cigarette makers is biting Big Tobacco back, making it dramatically easier for thousands of smokers to sue and turning the state into the nation's hot spot for damage awards.The 2006 ruling has helped generate more than $360 million in damage awards in only about two dozen cases...

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...

Ex-congressional aide guilty for World Series trip

Posted on February 11, 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...

Former Ind. Sen. Bayh joining Washington law firm

Posted on February 10, 2011
Former Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh has picked up another new job as a partner with a Washington law firm. The firm of McGuireWoods announced Monday that Bayh would be partner in its Washington office and would be a strategic advisor to domestic and international clients on public policy matters involving Congress, the executive branch and state governments...

New budget forecast, agency cuts trim SC deficit

Posted on February 10, 2011
Tax collections and spending cuts have helped drop South Carolina's budget deficit closer to $700 million, down from an earlier forecast of $829 million.On Wednesday, the state's Board of Economic Advisors cited increased individual and corporate income tax collections as it added $100 million to the state's revenue forecast for the budget year beginning in July...

Judge tells Lohan she's no star in his courtroom

Posted on February 09, 2011
Lindsay Lohan walked into a courtroom to face a felony grand theft charge looking like a million dollars, only to be told by a judge she was no different than anyone else.Lohan's arraignment on a charge that she stole a $2,500 necklace from an upscale jeweler wasn't the first time a judge threatened to throw the troubled starlet in jail...

Superintendent gets taxpayer-funded lawyer

Posted on February 08, 2011
The Wisconsin superintendent who received $140,000 a year in salary and benefits has been declared indigent and will get a taxpayer-funded attorney to defend him against charges of trying to solicit sex from a minor. At a hearing in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Monday, New Holstein superintendent Christopher Nelson was appointed a lawyer who will be paid $60 an hour by Milwaukee County...

Lawyer tapes casino king asking that suit proceed

Posted on February 01, 2011
Lawyers for Stanley Ho released three videos Monday that they say show he wants to continue with a lawsuit against family members accused of seizing the tycoon's $1.6 billion stake in his Macau casino empire.It's yet another twist in a family feud that erupted last week over who will control Ho's interests in the world's biggest gambling market...

SF appeals court rejects sanctuary policy lawsuit

Posted on January 31, 2011
A state appeals court says San Francisco cannot be held responsible for the deaths of a father and two sons allegedly killed by a man who had previously been protected by the city's sanctuary city policy. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the San Francisco court ruled Monday that the city isn't liable for crimes committed by the alleged gunman, Edwin Ramos, a suspected illegal immigrant from El Salvador...

Lesbian students enter to cheers at Minn. school

Posted on January 31, 2011
Two lesbian high school students who fought for the right to walk together as part of a royalty court made their entrances Monday to the cheers of hundreds of classmates.Sarah Lindstrom and Desiree Shelton wore matching black suits with pink ties and held hands as they entered the Snow Days Pep Fest at Champlin Park High School in Minneapolis' northwest suburbs...

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