Legal News

Maryland Mesothelioma Lawsuit Results in $20M Award in Baltimore

Posted on November 02, 2009
A woman who developed mesothelioma as a result of washing the clothes of her grandfather, who was an insulation work, was awarded $20 million by a Baltimore City jury. The Maryland meshothelioma lawsuit was brought by Jocelyn Farrar, a 57 year-old nursing professor at University of Maryland...

Knight lawsuit against Indiana settled

Posted on October 26, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Private donors are giving $75,000 to Bob Knightto settle a lawsuit he filed against Indiana University claiming itdidn't properly defend him when he was sued by a former assistant coach.Aletter signed by lawyers for the university and Knight says the paymentoffer from anonymous donors would reimburse the former coach forexpenses from the lawsuit by former Knight assistant Ron Felling...

DUI Attorney Los Angeles

Posted on October 19, 2009
Los Angeles DUI LawyerDaily Bar News' Notable Attorney of the Year: Michael Bialys Michael Bialys, a Los Angeles DUI lawyer also known as theDUI Guy, is the former managing partner of a large criminal defense firm.  In his time in that role, he saw manymismanaged DUI cases and realized his true calling was to go into DUIdefense...

Widow of Oil Field Consultant Awarded $1.2M in Asbestos-Exposure Case

Posted on October 12, 2009
TEXAS? October 7, 2009 ? A Brazoria County jury has awarded the widow of Danny Puckett,an industrial engineer and oil field consultant, $1.2 million for asbestos exposure from 1975 to 1980that lead to his malignantmesothelioma? a terminal illness that often claims its victims within 12 to 18 months ofdiagnosis...

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Lawsuits over Heartland data breach folded into one

Posted on October 05, 2009
Computerworld -  A lawsuit consolidating 16 separate class-action complaints brought by financial institutions against Heartland Payment Systems Inc. has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The claims stem from the massive data breach disclosed by Princeton, N...

Pay czar: Talks with 7 companies are consensual

Posted on October 02, 2009
The Obama administration's pay czar said Wednesday his negotiations over executive compensation with the seven companies that received the biggest helpings from the federal bailout pot have been "a consensual process" and not a matter of forcing decisions on them...

Obama begins to overhaul key US appeals court

Posted on October 02, 2009
President Barack Obama is moving to reshape the Virginia-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, known as the nation's most conservative federal appeals court. The court supported anti-terrorism initiatives of the Bush administration and has issued many conservative rulings on abortion, death penalty and criminal rights cases...

Gaza to lead Federal Bar Association in Delaware

Posted on October 02, 2009
Anne Shea Gaza, counsel at Richards, Layton & Finger, has been elected president of the Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.Her two-year term begins Oct. 1. The Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association works to promote the welfare, interests, education and professional growth of the members of the federal legal profession...

Monkey see, monkey sue? Firm's name spawns lawsuit

Posted on September 28, 2009
A federal lawsuit is simmering between two marketing companies ? A Hundred Monkeys in California and 100 Monkeys in Wisconsin.Onespecializes in public relations and the other helps clients come upwith company names. Now, in a bit of "gorilla warfare," they'rewrangling over their own corporate names...

Lawsuit: Nurse Arrested For Not Giving Blood Test

Posted on September 21, 2009
An emergency room nurse is filing a lawsuit, after she was arrested fornot giving a blood test from someone who had been in a car accident. Lisa Hofstra, a registered nurse at Advocate Illinois Masonic MedicalCenter, claimed in the lawsuit that a Chicago Police officer onlyindentified by the surname Rodriguez ordered her to take blood for adrunken driving test for someone that had been in a car accident...

Lawsuit challenges bar exemption for Wisconsin law schools

Posted on September 15, 2009
A lawsuit revived over the summer contests the right of graduates of Wisconsin law schools ? including Marquette ? to practice law in the state without taking the bar examination. The suit was originally filed and dismissed in 2007. After an appeal, 7th U...

ABA President Urges Iran To Honor Free Speech, Due Process, Etc.

Posted on September 08, 2009
In a statement released today, ABA President Carolyn B. Lamm had this to say in regards to Iran's human rights policies: "The American Bar Association, an independent, non-governmental organization committed to defending human rights and the rule of law in the United States and around the world, expresses its grave concern regarding the allegations of serious human rights abuses of certain Iranians and foreign nationals in Iran...

Philadelphia Bar Wins Harrison Tweed Award

Posted on June 17, 2009
The Philadelphia Bar Association will receive the 2009 Harrison Tweed Award, one of the American Bar Association?s most prestigious honors, for its work with the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program. This program, which has enabled nearly 1,000 low-income Philadelphia homeowners to keep their homes, is a collaborative effort between Philadelphia?s courts and judges; city government; borrowers and lenders; credit counseling associations and Philadelphia Bar Association leaders, public interest attorneys, volunteer attorneys and judges pro tem...

Washington State Bar gives Free Legal Help

Posted on June 17, 2009
The Washington State Bar Association has launched a program to provide free legal help to low- and middle-income people in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Homeowners who call a toll-free number will be referred to volunteer attorneys in their communities who are trained to deal with foreclosure-related issues...

Sonia Sotomayor under heavy fire

Posted on May 29, 2009
As President Obama's Supreme Court nominee comes under heavy fire for allegedly being a "racist," Judge Sonia Sotomayor is listed as a member of the National Council of La Raza, a group that's promoted driver's licenses for illegal aliens, amnesty programs, and no immigration law enforcement by local and state police...

Obama's top court choice faces battle ahead

Posted on May 26, 2009
President Barack Obama's choice of Sonia Sotomayor to join the U.S. Supreme Court will generate a sharp political battle in the Senate over her liberal positions but she is likely to prevail.Sotomayor's selection would do little to change the court's 5-4 conservative majority as she replaces another liberal...

Court pick could face filibuster over 'feelings'

Posted on May 25, 2009
The Senate's No. 2 Republican on Sunday refused to rule out a filibuster if President Barack Obama seeks a Supreme Court justice who decides cases based on "emotions or feelings or preconceived ideas." Sen. Jon Kyl made clear he would use the procedural delay if Obama follows through on his pledge to nominate someone who takes into account human suffering and employs empathy from the bench...

Guilty Plea for Man Behind Creative E-Trade Scam

Posted on May 22, 2009
A California man has pleaded guilty to opening tens of thousands of bogus online brokerage accounts and then pocketing tiny test deposits made by companies like E-Trade Financial and Charles Schwab. Michael Largent, 23, of Plumas Lake, Calif. pleaded guilty Thursday to computer fraud charges in connection with the scam, which ran between November 2007 and May 2008...

Supreme Court candidates together at conference

Posted on May 21, 2009
Federal appeals court judge Diane Wood and Solicitor General Elena Kagan, two candidates for the impending vacancy on the Supreme Court, took part in a conference Wednesday on the importance of judicial independence. Kagan gave the keynote address at the daylong event that also included a lunchtime speech by retiring Justice David Souter...

Sonny Baldwin honored by Bar Association

Posted on May 14, 2009
Eugene P. (Sonny) Baldwin (1935-2008) was memorialized by the Ocmulgee Bar Association on Monday, May 4 at the opening of the May Superior Court term. The Honorable William A. Prior Jr., Chief Judge Superior Courts and former law partner of Baldwin presided over the ceremony...

Bar Association president keeping it friendly

Posted on May 13, 2009
The legal system is an adversarial process, but it helps when opposing sides remain professional. As president of the Bar Association of Frederick County, Scott M. Hartinger strives to promote collegiality among members.He's also eager to continue his predecessors' passion to do community service projects for those in need...

Appeals court says raid on Muslims' Va. home OK

Posted on May 07, 2009
Government agents searching for evidence of terrorist funding acted reasonably when they broke down a Muslim family's front door, entered with guns drawn and handcuffed a frantic woman and her teenage daughter, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday...

Stocks could pose conflicts for court prospects

Posted on May 06, 2009
Some Supreme Court prospects have extensive corporate holdings, including shares in Fortune 500 companies such as General Electric and Microsoft and stock in a manufacturer that recalled lead-paint-coated "Flush & Sounds Potty" toilet seats. Since businesses often land in court, a case involving a company in which a justice has financial ties could be trouble...

American Bar Association Aids Law Enforcement

Posted on April 29, 2009
Police officials are often the first contact a person has with a country's legal system. The American Bar Association's Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) helps train law enforcement officials around the world so that the first citizen-police encounter is a positive one...