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Polanski sex case back in court

Posted on January 05, 2010
Roman Polanski will be returning to the courtroom for an overdue hearing for his criminal case later this week. The case could be resolved quickly, the appeals court has suggested, if Roman?s attorneys agree to sentencing in absentia ? without Roman physically in court ? or Roman drops his opposition to being extradited to the United States...

Peruvian court ratifies Fujimori's 25-year prison sentence

Posted on January 04, 2010
The First Penal Transitory Hall of the Peruvian Supreme Court of Justice ratified on Sunday the sentence of 25-year imprisonment against former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimory, for qualified homicide, killing and grave injuries. The trial was carried by Judge of the Supreme Tribunal Duberli Rodriguez, as well as by judges Julio Biaggi, Elvia Barros, Roberto Barandiaran and Jose Neyra...

Supreme Court to weigh NFL and antitrust laws

Posted on January 04, 2010
The NFL players, like football fans everywhere, will be focused on the playoffs this month and the fierce competition for a spot in the Super Bowl. Their lawyers, however, will be keeping an eye on the Supreme Court.On Jan. 13, the pro football owners will be asking the high court to rule for the first time that the NFL is shielded from antitrust laws because, while its teams compete on the playing field, they function in business as a "single entity...

Lawyer charged in fraud gave $6M to nonprofits

Posted on January 04, 2010
A defunct South Florida law firm run by an attorney now charged with operating a huge Ponzi scheme gave more than $6 million in the past year to charities and nonprofit groups.A federal bankruptcy court filing details contributions by the firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler to more than 100 organizations...

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Burns, White & Hickton adds two offices

Posted on January 04, 2010
Burns, White & Hickton LLC, Pittsburgh?s tenth-largest law firm, opened two new offices late last month, in Harrisburg, and in Cherry Hill, N.J., bringing its total number of sites to eight.Burns, White & Hickton, founded in 1987, employs close to 100 lawyers, two-thirds of whom are based in its headquarters on Pittsburgh?s North Shore...

Campaign finance law: Third time a charm?

Posted on January 03, 2010
Vermonters running for office this year are already raising and spending money, but the rules that try to limit the influence of campaign money on government are murky.Legislators may ? again ? pass a bill this year limiting donations from individuals, political action committees and parties...

Gerry Spence?s Winning Courtroom Strategies

Posted on December 31, 2009
Every lawyer in America admires Gerry Spence?s courtroom victories, and many of them come to Thunderhead Ranch in Wyoming to learn his strategies. The evolution of this legal legend can be traced to Gerry?s courtroom victories and his best-selling books...

Alaska Airlines & The FAA Whistleblower

Posted on December 31, 2009
Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a MD-83 aircraft, experienced a fatal accident on January 31, 2000, in the Pacific Ocean, about 2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island, California. Two hours into the flight, the pilots realized that the horizontal stabilizer was jammed...

THE KELLY GROUP, P.C.

Posted on December 30, 2009
Civil Cases Lead attorney for the Estate of Nicole Brown Simpson, et al. v. O.J. Simpson in the civil action resulting from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The jury returned a verdict finding O.J. Simpson responsible for her death, and awarding punitive damages to the Estate of Nicole Brown Simpson...

Truck Deaths Georgia: Mitcham v. Terminix & Georgia DOT

Posted on December 30, 2009
http://www.insiderexclusive.com/component/content/article/1-shows/108-truck-deaths-georgia-mitcham-v-terminix-a-georgia-dot- On July 24, 2003, Tonya Mitcham, a mother of four, was driving on I-75 in South Georgia in a severe rainstorm and was fatally struck by a Terminix Company utility truck, which slid out of control and crossed the median, killing Tonya and gravely injuring one of her surviving children, Mallory...

CA grocer free after guilty plea on minor count

Posted on December 30, 2009
The founder of a Southern California grocery chain who was once convicted on racketeering and other felonies is free after pleading guilty to a lesser count.George Torres admitted Monday to one count of failing to collect payroll taxes from employees at his Numero Uno markets...

SEC sues former head of western Pa. health firm

Posted on December 30, 2009
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday sued the former head of a defunct Pittsburgh-area medical staffing company, claiming he led a stock fraud and misappropriated $6.4 million by lying about the company's finances.The SEC sued Richard McDonald, who had already been charged by federal prosecutors, and three other former executives at World Health Alternatives Inc...

Balloon boy parents are sent to jail for hoax

Posted on December 30, 2009
The parents who pulled the balloon boy hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show were sentenced to jail Wednesday ? 90 days for him, 20 days for her ? and barred from profiting from their newfound celebrity status for the next four years.Choking back tears, Richard Heene apologized in court for the frenzy he caused when he claimed his 6-year-old son Falcon had floated away in a giant helium balloon shaped like a flying saucer...

Maverick Tube Corp. Wins $6.5 Million Case

Posted on December 29, 2009
Attorneys Alan S. Breckenridge and Jennifer A. Bierman of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman L.C. served as co-counsel in a successful legal action that will benefit client Maverick Tube Corporation by more than $6.5 million. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of Maverick Tube on December 10, 2009 by overturning the district court rulings in favor of Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company...

Cremated remains found in Atlanta-area storage

Posted on December 29, 2009
A legal team that was seeking a bankrupt funeral home's financial records instead made a macabre discovery: nearly 100 boxes of cremated remains, some dating back more than two decades, stashed in a suburban storage unit.The discovery has been a comfort for a few families that received the ashes of lost loved ones, but a conundrum for officials trying to figure out what to do with the rest...

Giuliani not running for NY Senate or governor

Posted on December 29, 2009
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he's not running for governor or for U.S. Senate.Giuliani tells WABC-TV Tuesday that he's decided to turn his attention to his law firm and consulting business rather than commit to another high-profile run for office...

Woman pleads not guilty to charges in Pitino case

Posted on December 29, 2009
A woman has pleaded not guilty to new charges, including retaliating against a witness, related to an alleged extortion attempt of University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.Karen Cunagin Sypher's attorney, James Earhart, entered the not guilty plea Tuesday, a month after a federal grand jury handed up a second indictment against her...

Craigslist lawyer surprised by eBay action

Posted on December 28, 2009
Craigslist officials were caught off guard when told in 2007 that their minority shareholder, eBay, was going to compete directly with them in the online classifieds business in the U.S., an attorney for Craigslist said Wednesday.Ed Wes said he was equally troubled by eBay's defiance in the face of Craigslist's subsequent request that eBay divest or sell its 28 percent minority stake because Craigslist was no longer comfortable having the online auction giant as a shareholder...

Lawyer wants charges for Nevada hospital officials

Posted on December 28, 2009
A lawyer for a Las Vegas woman is calling for criminal charges against hospital officials who he says ignored his client in the emergency room so long that she went home and gave birth to a premature baby who died.Attorney Jacob Hafter on Tuesday accused University Medical Center administrators and nursing officials of criminal neglect for failing to treat 25-year-old Roshunda Abney...

Fla. judges, lawyers must 'unfriend' on Facebook

Posted on December 28, 2009
Florida's judges and lawyers should no longer "friend" each other on Facebook, the popular social networking site, according to a ruling from the state's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.At least one South Florida judge warned her pals with a Facebook status update that they could be "unfriended," and the ruling has prompted others to do the same...

Fla. gov: No reason to refuse lawyer's donations

Posted on December 28, 2009
Florida's governor says he saw no reason to investigate a South Florida lawyer charged with operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme or refuse his political contributions.Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday he initially didn't believe rumors about now disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein...

Chrysler Death

Posted on December 28, 2009
http://www.insiderexclusive.com/component/content/article/1-shows/104-chrysler-death-flax-v-daimlerchrysler-butler-wooten-a-fryhofer- Chrysler DeathOn November 11, 2004, a Nashville, Tennessee, jury returned a verdict of $105.5 million against the DaimlerChrysler Corporation, finding the seatbacks in Chrysler minivans were unsafe, defective and unreasonably dangerous...

Court snubs Star Trek fan's memorabilia lawsuit

Posted on December 24, 2009
A "Star Trek" fan isn't entitled to millions of dollars in damages for buying memorabilia that he says wasn't as out-of-this-world as it seemed, a court said.Ted Moustakis wasn't promised he was getting a one-of-a-kind plum when he paid $11,400 for a uniform for "Star Trek: The Next Generation" character Data at a 2006 auction, an appeals court said Tuesday...

NY court: Consider harsher sentence in terror case

Posted on December 24, 2009
A federal appeals court in New York City says a judge who sentenced a disbarred lawyer to just over two years in prison should consider a harsher sentence in light of the case's terrorism connection. The Manhattan federal appeals court on Wednesday reissued its decision upholding the conviction of ex-lawyer Lynne Stewart, saying it has serious doubts whether her sentence of two years and four months is reasonable...

US general: No court-martial for pregnant soldiers

Posted on December 24, 2009
A U.S. general in Iraq who listed pregnancy as a reason for court-martialing soldiers said Tuesday that he would never actually seek to jail someone over the offense, but wanted to underline the seriousness of the issue.Last month, Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo issued a policy that would allow soldiers who become pregnant and their sexual partners to be court-martialed...

Court: Microsoft violated patent; can't sell Word

Posted on December 24, 2009
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $290 million judgment against Microsoft Corp. and issued an injunction that will prevent the sale of its popular Word software.The court injunction is set to go into effect Jan. 11. Microsoft has said such a bar would prohibit the sale of all currently available versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office...

Appeals court rejects Ky. online hotel tax suit

Posted on December 24, 2009
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit in which Louisville and Lexington officials tried to collect taxes from hundreds of online hotel brokers such as Hotels.com.The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Kentucky's law governing hotel taxes doesn't cover online travel companies...

Wis. court backs $5.6M fee award against Microsoft

Posted on December 22, 2009
An appeals court is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $5.6 million to a national law firm involved in a Wisconsin antitrust case against the software giant.Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Mason LLP represented consumers who bought Microsoft equipment in Wisconsin...

Newspaper publisher Heartland files for Chapter 11

Posted on December 22, 2009
Heartland Publications LLC, the owner of 23 daily newspapers and other publications in nine states, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday after agreeing with its major lender on a plan to cut the company's debt load by more than half.The privately held company is one of at least a dozen newspaper publishers forced into bankruptcy protection by the recession, which dampened advertising sales in an industry that was already seeing readers and advertisers migrate to the Web...

Court rejects Polanski move to have case dismissed

Posted on December 22, 2009
A California appeals court on Monday rejected Roman Polanski's bid to have his 32-year-old sex case dismissed, but cited grave concerns over possible judicial and prosecutorial misconduct.The California 2nd District Court of Appeal announced it had denied the petition, with justices saying they are "deeply concerned" about the probable misconduct by a now-deceased judge and a retired prosecutor who advised him...

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