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BP expected to pay Florida $20M for seafood inspections

Posted on October 25, 2010
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson says BP will pay his department $10 million to strengthen its inspection operations to ensure that seafood taken from Gulf of Mexico waters is safe to eat.Bronson said Monday another $10 million from BP will be used for advertising to help restore public confidence in the safety of Gulf seafood...

Court won't hear appeal from Adelphia founders

Posted on October 04, 2010
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a father and son who built Adelphia Communications into a cable television powerhouse and were convicted of fraud after it collapsed into bankruptcy.The high court refused on Monday to hear an appeal from John and Timothy Rigas...

Court won't speed challenge to MN disclosure law

Posted on October 04, 2010
A federal appeals court has declined to fast-track a challenge against a Minnesota law requiring disclosure of corporate political spending.In an order Monday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion to expedite the case, and it scheduled oral arguments for Jan...

Court won't get into battle between 2 USCs

Posted on October 04, 2010
The Supreme Court won't decide who really owns the initials "SC" when it comes to college sports: the University of Southern California or the University of South Carolina.The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from South Carolina, which wanted to trademark a baseball cap logo with the initials "SC...

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Court affirms overturning Fla. gay adoption ban

Posted on September 22, 2010
Florida's strict ban on adoption by gay people is unconstitutional because no other group, even people with criminal backgrounds, are singled out for a flat prohibition by state law, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.The ruling by the 3rd District Court of Appeal upholds a 2008 decision by a Miami-Dade County judge who found "no rational basis" for the ban when she approved the adoption of two young brothers by Martin Gill and his male partner...

SEC Has Toughened Enforcement Efforts, Agency Says

Posted on September 22, 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission's chief enforcement official says the agency has toughened its efforts to shut down financial misconduct after failing to act quickly in the cases of R. Allen Stanford and Bernard Madoff.SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami says in testimony prepared for a Senate hearing that "we have moved aggressively" to put in place reforms recommended by the SEC inspector general...

American Bar Association Honors Philadelphia Firms

Posted on September 22, 2010
The American Bar Association?s Death Penalty Representation Project will acknowledge Philadelphia law firms Reed Smith LLP and Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP?s role in ground-breaking, pro bono litigation of capital punishment appeals with an Exceptional Service Award on Wednesday, Sept...

Defendant pleads guilty in NJ in $880M fraud case

Posted on September 16, 2010
A Florida man known for his sports-related philanthropy pleaded guilty Wednesday to running a multistate Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say left investors with up to $100 million in losses.Nevin Shapiro pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court to one count of securities fraud and one count of money laundering as part of an agreement that still has him facing up to 17 years in prison at his Jan...

Man who tried to fake death pleads guilty to fraud

Posted on September 16, 2010
An Indiana money manager who once led a high-flying lifestyle pleaded guilty to five securities fraud counts on Wednesday, nearly two years after he tried to fake his death in a Florida plane crash to escape the crush of financial and personal problems...

Court lets part of organic-milk case proceed

Posted on September 16, 2010
A federal appeals court says a group of dairy consumers can proceed with parts of a lawsuit alleging that several national retailers and an organic dairy company falsely labeled the dairy's milk.Aurora Organic Dairy, based in Boulder, Colo., is the nation's largest provider of store-brand organic milk...

Court asked to keep stem cell money flowing

Posted on September 09, 2010
The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court to lift an order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, a day after being turned down by the judge who issued the order. The administration told a federal appeals court in Washington on Wednesday that the order by U...

Menzer & Hill, P.A. Announces Investigation

Posted on September 09, 2010
e Securities Arbitration Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. Announces Investigation Into The Sales Practices Of Broker-Dealers That Solicited Purchases of Inverse and Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) The Securities Arbitration Firm of Menzer & Hill, P...

Officials rescue 37 immigrants from Calif. house

Posted on September 09, 2010
Immigration authorities have rescued more than three dozen immigrants who were locked inside a sweltering boarded-up bedroom in a Southern California house.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Wednesday some of the 37 immigrants from six Latin American countries had been held for weeks in the 10-by-10-foot room in Riverside and had gone several days without food...

Court won't force Calif officials to defend Prop 8

Posted on September 02, 2010
A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.The 3rd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday denied a conservative legal group's request to force the officials to defend voter-approved Proposition 8...

Securities Law Attorney

Posted on September 02, 2010
Menzer & Hill, P.A. represents investors in the recovery of losses at the result of brokerage firms' failure to supervise their financial advisors who engage in unsuitable investment recommendations, the excessive trading of investors' accounts, inappropriate allocation of portfolio assets, misrepresentations and/or material omissions of fact resulting in fraud, negligence, breach of fiduciary duties, selling away, failure to advise their clients of risk management strategies and excessive use of margin...

Appeals court OKs warrantless GPS tracking by feds

Posted on August 30, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit earlier this month declined to schedule an en banc hearing, or a hearing before all judges in the ninth circuit, as requested by the defendant in a drug-related case. The defendant was seeking to suppress evidence gathered against him by federal agents who attached a GPS device to his vehicle without first obtaining a warrant...

Thousands sign on for $10 billion BP suit

Posted on August 30, 2010
The revelation that BP's Texas City refinery emitted toxic benzene for more than a month has ignited a furor in the port community that has suffered its share of deadly industrial accidents and toxic spills.Thousands of residents who fear they may have been exposed to the known carcinogen released at the oil refinery from April 6 to May 16 have been flooding parking lots and conference halls where local trial attorneys hosted information sessions and sought clients for class-action lawsuits against the oil giant...

Toyota Recalls Corolla Sedans and Matrix Hatchbacks

Posted on August 30, 2010
The popularity of Toyota took another blow last week as the company announced another in what seems to be a regular series of recalls. Apparently there have been issues with stalling engines in the 2005 through 2008 Matrix Hatchbacks and Corolla Sedans...

Shapiro & Fishman accuses McCollum of grandstanding

Posted on August 23, 2010
Law firm Shapiro & Fishman has accused Attorney General Bill McCollum of pre-election grandstanding and ?abuse of power? in connection with McCollum?s recent announcement that his office is conducting a foreclosure fraud investigation into that firm and two others...

Ruling overturning Prop 8 shaped for higher courts?

Posted on August 23, 2010
When U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker struck down California's Proposition 8?the 2008 ballot initiative to outlaw gay marriage?he said the motivation for the majority of voters was clear."The evidence shows conclusively that moral and religious views form the only basis for a belief that same-sex couples are different from opposite-sex couples," Walker wrote in his sweeping, 136-page decision announced August 4 in San Francisco...

Doctor charged in Jackson's death due in court

Posted on August 23, 2010
The doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death is due back in court for a scheduling hearing that will determine when prosecutors will publicly present some of their evidence.Dr. Conrad Murray is required to attend Monday's hearing, during which a Los Angeles judge is expected to schedule a preliminary hearing for later this year...

Paralegal, husband indicted in $1 million law-firm embezzlement

Posted on August 17, 2010
A paralegal and her husband have been indicted on suspicion of embezzling more than $1 million from the law firm where she worked.The suspects are Rosanne and Michael Stogner. A grand jury indicted them this month in a series of thefts from Oaxaca, Bernal & Associates between March 2001 and May 2007...

MOBILE LAW - MOBILEK

Posted on August 17, 2010
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recognized Robert Rainer as one of the most influential lawyers of the past 25 years. But what many people don?t know is that Robert is also a marketing genius whose innovative ?results oriented? ideas have literally changed the way business is done...

DUI Life Sentence Stirs Debate About Alcoholism

Posted on August 17, 2010
Nobody disputes that driving under the influence of alcohol is dangerous. In fact, it's one of the most deadly crimes. You won't get any serious arguments from anybody that people should be allowed to drive while impaired. Nobody would dispute that you are far more likely to die at the hands of a DUI driver than at the hands of a serial killer or by gang violence...

David Boies Urges ABA Members

Posted on August 09, 2010
David Boies challenged America?s lawyers to ?bring the rule of law to its full fruition here in this country ? to fulfill the goals and lofty rhetoric of our founding fathers,? as the keynote speaker at the Opening Assembly of the 2010 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco...

BP Deposits $3 Billion in Spill Fund

Posted on August 09, 2010
BP PLC said Monday that it has made an initial deposit of $3 billion into a $20 billion spill-recovery fund. BP said it was making the deposit earlier than the originally scheduled Sept. 30 deadline to show its commitment to restoring the livelihoods of people affected by the worst offshore oil spill in history...

Nun's death rallies anti-immigration forces

Posted on August 09, 2010
In Arizona, the shooting death of a rancher blew the lid off simmering anger over border security and helped solidify support for a tough new immigration law. A similar eruption threatens in Virginia following the death of a Catholic nun in a car accident involving a man in the country illegally and accused of drunken driving...

Mo. man pleads guilty in 10-fatality Okla. wreck

Posted on August 03, 2010
A former Missouri truck driver charged in the deaths of 10 people in a northeast Oklahoma traffic collision has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and 10 years probation.Ottawa County District Attorney Eddie Wyant said in a statement that 77-year-old Donald L...

Charlie Sheen pleads guilty in Aspen wife assault

Posted on August 03, 2010
Charlie Sheen's plea deal with prosecutors allowed him to avoid jail time for a Christmas Day assault on his wife and also won't require him to do public service around the tony resort town of Aspen.The "Two and a Half Men" actor pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor third-degree assault in exchange for prosecutors dropping two other more serious charges, including a felony charge of menacing...

Murder conviction of mom reversed in California

Posted on August 03, 2010
An appeals court panel has reversed the murder conviction of a mother accused of driving her teenage son and his friends to a Southern California park where a 13-year-old rival gang member was stabbed to death.The 2nd District Court of Appeal panel ruled 2-1 on Monday that jurors in the case of 33-year-old Eva Daley were given an "impermissibly ambiguous" jury instruction during the 2008 trial...

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