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Idaho to pay $50K to settle grazing lease lawsuit

Posted on November 18, 2009
Idaho agreed Tuesday to pay $50,000 and pledged to follow anti-discrimination rules to settle a federal lawsuit against state officials who awarded grazing leases to ranchers, not the environmentalist who had offered more money.The Idaho Board of Land has also committed to revising its rules to allow conservation groups to lease state endowment trust lands, a big change after years of fierce litigation...

Oregon criminal defense lawyer

Posted on November 18, 2009
Max J. Mizejewski Max Mizejewski (pronounced Majeski) received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993. In 1997, Max graduated from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College and went on to work in the public sector before entering private practice...

Court again upholds Fla. homeowner tax breaks

Posted on November 18, 2009
A three-judge panel Tuesday rejected another challenge to state constitutional amendments that give property tax breaks to Florida's primary homeowners, but not to owners of second homes.The panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal disagreed with arguments that the amendments violate U...

Fla. lawyer suspected in $1B fraud losing license

Posted on November 18, 2009
A South Florida lawyer suspected of operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme is asking for his own disbarment.A Florida Bar committee has approved the disbarment request submitted by attorney Scott Rothstein. A spokeswoman said Wednesday the final decision must be made by the state Supreme Court...

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Guilty plea in Wash. shooting spree that killed 6

Posted on November 18, 2009
A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison.Isaac Zamora entered the pleas to 18 charges, including aggravated murder, attempted murder and burglary, after prosecutor Rich Weyrich agreed he would not seek the death penalty...

Court gives $1.1B tanker contract back to Boeing

Posted on November 17, 2009
A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that overturned Boeing Co.'s $1.1 billion contract for maintenance of an Air Force refueling tanker jet.The decision Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinstates Chicago-based Boeing's 10-year contract for work on the KC-135 Stratotanker ? the Air Force's primary mid-flight refueling aircraft...

Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit

Posted on November 02, 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out. In making the argument, the Obama administration agreed with the Bush administration's position on the case but insists it came to the decision differently...

Nokia?s lawsuit against Apple over iPhone likely a negotiating tactic over licensing fees

Posted on October 26, 2009
CrunchGear's Jeremy Kessel recnetly spoke with "Barry L. Cohen, Esq.,who specializes in commercial and business litigation and intellectualproperty litigation and licensing at Thorp Reed & Armstrong,[regarding] his thoughts on the Nokia v. Apple matter at large...

DUI Lawyer Los Angeles

Posted on October 19, 2009
Los Angeles DUI LawyerLaw Firm Highlight of the Week 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...

Chavez says Obama did "nothing" to deserve Nobel

Posted on October 12, 2009
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama had done nothing beyond wishful thinking to earn the Nobel Peace Prize. Chavez, who has mixed praise for Obama personally with criticism of his government's "imperialist" policies, said he thought it was a mistake when he read the U...

LAs leave 25% of class action settlements unclaimed

Posted on October 05, 2009
UK ? Local authority pension schemes could be losing up to �125m (?136m) by not participating in class actions, a report from the Goal Group has claimed. The firm, which provides specialist class action services, calculated that between 2007 and 2008 UK local authority pension schemes lost almost �8...

Law firm websites that work

Posted on October 02, 2009
How Important Is Web Design? Despite what some might think, the internet is 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 a great way for your business to connect with new customers...

Madoff trustee sues Madoff family for almost $200M

Posted on October 02, 2009
Bernard Madoff's brother, sons and a niece used the family finance business like a "piggy bank," a court-appointed trustee charged Friday as he demanded in a lawsuit that they return almost $200 million in money to be distributed to cheated investors...

Obama's nominees for federal court vacancies

Posted on October 02, 2009
A look at President Barack Obama's nominees to fill federal court vacancies:___NOMINEES CONFIRMED_ Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, nominated June 1, confirmed Aug. 6._ Gerard Lynch, 2nd Circuit, nominated April 2, confirmed Sept. 17._ Jeffrey L. Viken, district judge-South Dakota, nominated June 25, confirmed Sept...

Comic Artie Lange pleads guilty to DUI in NJ

Posted on October 01, 2009
Comedian and radio personality Artie Lange has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of a habit-producing drug in a minor traffic accident in New Jersey. The 41-year-old Lange was charged following the July 10 accident in Toms River, about 40 miles southeast of Trenton...

Lawsuit puts Lake Tahoe boating facilities on hold

Posted on September 28, 2009
A federal judge is blocking construction of boating facilities on Lake Tahoe while he resolves an environmental lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed by the League to Save Lake Tahoe and the SierraClub, challenges new regulations that would allow more than 100 newprivate piers, 10 new public piers, new boat ramps, mooring buoys andhundreds of slips...

Microsoft Lawsuit Shows Malicious Advertising a Growing Issue

Posted on September 21, 2009
Microsoft announced on Sept. 18 that it has filed lawsuits against five entities that it claims have been spreading "malvertising," or online advertising used to port malware onto end users' machines. Microsoft is asking the court to shut down those entities, saying that they used Microsoft?s AdManager service, which lets Website owners manage their own advertising inventory, to launch their attacks...

Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen & Benson, LLP Files $80 Million Lawsuit

Posted on September 15, 2009
SAN ANTONIO--(Business Wire)-- Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen & Benson, LLP filed a lawsuit today in a San Antonio, Texas state court on behalf of 97 former investors at Stanford International Bank. The lawsuit, styled Rupert, et al. v. Winter, et al., seeks almost $80 million in damages from insurance brokers Willis Group Holdings, Ltd...

Prop 8 To be Decided on Soon

Posted on June 17, 2009
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says a federal lawsuit challenging California's gay marriage ban poses a valid legal question that should be decided by the courts. Schwarzenegger's position came in a court filing Tuesday in response to the lawsuit filed on behalf of two unmarried same-sex couples who want to overturn Proposition 8...

John Hinckley Gets More Freedom

Posted on June 17, 2009
The man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan is now allowed to visit his mother more, to get a driver's license and spend more time away from the mental hospital where he lives, a federal judge ruled. John Hinckley shot President Reagan and wounded three others because of an obsession with actress Jodie Foster...

Conrad Black Asks for Release from Prison

Posted on May 29, 2009
Former media executive Conrad Black is seeking his release from prison, at least until the Supreme Court decides whether to uphold his fraud conviction. Black has served nearly 15 months of a 6 1/2-year prison term following his conviction in July 2007...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor Accepts Nomination to Supreme Court

Posted on May 26, 2009
President Obama on Tuesday nominated federal appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor "is an inspiring woman who I believe will make a great justice," Obama said at a White House announcement.She "has worked at almost every level of our judicial system, providing her with a depth of experience and a breadth of perspective that will be invaluable as a Supreme Court justice," he added...

Some possible nominees had easy Senate path before

Posted on May 24, 2009
Some of the people President Barack Obama is considering for the Supreme Court got significant support from Republicans when they were last before the Senate seeking jobs in the judiciary or executive branches of government. But a yes vote then doesn't necessarily mean a yes vote now...

Calif. wants US Supreme Court OK of video game ban

Posted on May 22, 2009
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate a state law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In February, the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the law as a free speech violation that could limit minors' access to other material under the guise of protecting children...

Key player in sports-bribery case appears in court

Posted on May 15, 2009
Two former University of Toledo football players charged in a point-shaving scheme were arraigned in federal court Wednesday, including an ex-running back from Canada who is described as a key contact for Detroit-area gamblers. Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of Adam Cuomo of Hagersville, Ontario, and Quinton Broussard of Carrollton, Texas...

US judge OKs $116M ruling in deadly terror attack

Posted on May 14, 2009
A federal judge in Rhode Island has upheld a $116 million verdict against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority over a 1996 terror attack that killed a U.S. citizen and his wife. U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux (LAH'-guh) ruled Wednesday the defendants cannot set aside the judgment against them because they didn't respond to the accusations from the victims' family...

Conservative Sessions leads court nomination fight

Posted on May 07, 2009
The top Republican in the Senate served notice on President Barack Obama Tuesday that the GOP won't rubber-stamp his choice to succeed the retiring Justice David Souter. "The president is free to nominate whomever he likes," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky...

Judge Upholds $100M Verdict for Mattel

Posted on April 28, 2009
A federal judge upheld a $100 million jury verdict Monday for MattelInc. in a lengthy legal battle over rights to the Bratz doll, a rivalto Mattel's Barbie. U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson also confirmed in his ruling lateMonday that the Bratz doll ? marketed by MGA Entertainment Inc...

Supreme Court Takes on Special Ed Case

Posted on April 23, 2009
The Supreme Court is again trying to decide when taxpayers must footthe bill for private schooling for special education students. The court will hear arguments Tuesday in an Oregon case in which alocal school district contends that students should at least givepublic special education programs a try before seeking reimbursementfor private school tuition...

Supermarket Mogul Guilty of Charges

Posted on April 21, 2009
George Torres, a feisty entrepreneur who built a multimillion-dollargrocery store chain by catering to some of Los Angeles' poorestcommunities, was convicted of racketeering, solicitation of murder,bribery and other crimes Monday by a federal court jury...