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Ohio governor says he regrets slot machine plan

Posted on December 22, 2009
A feisty, yet reflective Gov. Ted Strickland said Monday that his biggest mistake in 2009 was deciding to rely on revenue from racetrack slot machines that were later sidelined by the Ohio Supreme Court.It was one of the most controversial decisions the Democratic governor had to make in a challenging year that stretched government finances to their limit and left Strickland a little battered heading into a re-election campaign...

THE KELLY GROUP, P.C.

Posted on December 22, 2009
One of the most renowned litigators in the country, Mr. Kelly has a proven track record in complex civil and corporate litigation nationwide.His clients include some of the most widely publicized victims in recent times, including:Estate of Nicole Brown Simpson Parents of Natalee Holloway Estate of Kathleen Savio, ex-wife of Drew Peterson Estate of Heiress Anne Scripps Douglas Former Yankee great Joe Pepitone BUSINESS LITIGATIONMr...

NC lawyers try to block release of 2 killers

Posted on December 21, 2009
The attorney general's office in North Carolina is petitioning the state Supreme Court to block the release of two convicted killers who had been serving life sentences.Lawyers filed their petition Friday, a day after the state appeals court rejected a request to keep Alford Jones and Faye Brown behind bars...

Settlement reached in farmworkers' suit in Miss.

Posted on December 21, 2009
A lawsuit filed on behalf of 27 Mexican farm workers against a Mississippi sweet potato operation has been settled.A joint notice filed with the U.S. District Court shows the settlement was reached this past week in the suit against Ryan Alexander and Alexander Farms, located in Vardaman...

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White Conn. firefighters seek back pay, damages

Posted on December 21, 2009
oup of white New Haven firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court are seeking back pay, damages and legal fees.The high court ruled in June that New Haven officials violated white firefighters' civil rights when they threw out 2003 test results in which too few minorities did well...

Pregnant soldiers could face court-martial

Posted on December 21, 2009
A U.S. Army general in northern Iraq has added pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier under his command could be court-martialed.The new policy, outlined last month by Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo and released Friday by the Army, would apply to both female soldiers who become pregnant on the battlefield and the male soldiers who impregnate them...

US transfers 12 Gitmo detainees to home countries

Posted on December 21, 2009
The U.S. has transferred a dozen Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region as the Obama administration continues to move captives out of the facility in Cuba in preparation for its closure.The Justice Department said Sunday that a government task force had reviewed each case...

Judge: Schwarzenegger can't furlough prison guards

Posted on December 18, 2009
A judge on Thursday ruled against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's furlough order for thousands of California prison guards in a decision that could cost the state millions.Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch sided with the 30,000-member California Correctional Peace Officers Association and ordered the state to pay prison guards back for the days they worked without pay...

NC lawyers try to block release of 2 killers

Posted on December 18, 2009
The attorney general's office in North Carolina is petitioning the state Supreme Court to block the release of two convicted killers who had been serving life sentences.Lawyers filed their petition Friday, a day after the state appeals court rejected a request to keep Alford Jones and Faye Brown behind bars...

Brazil's top court halts boy's return to US dad

Posted on December 18, 2009
A long-running fight by a New Jersey man to win custody of his 9-year-old son from the Brazilian family of his deceased ex-wife has been delayed again ? and the battle is turning ugly.David Goldman has spent more than five years trying to gain custody of his son, Sean, who was taken to Brazil in 2004 by Goldman's then-wife Bruna Bianchi...

Man gets 2 1/2 years in sale of gun that shot McNair

Posted on December 18, 2009
A convicted murderer who pleaded guilty to selling the gun used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.Thirty-three-year-old Adrian Gilliam, of nearby La Vergne, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Nashville to 30 months...

Trial set for Miss. woman in money laundering case

Posted on December 18, 2009
A woman accused of laundering some of the $10 million her husband allegedly embezzled from a Tennessee company is scheduled to stand trial in federal court Feb. 1.Federal court records say Danielle J. Williams withdrew more than $300,000 from accounts where her husband allegedly put the stolen money...

Man shoots and kills court employee in Austria

Posted on December 16, 2009
A man unhappy with a judge's ruling in his divorce case returned to the court house on Wednesday and shot and killed one of its employees, authorities said.The alleged killer ? a 57-year-old Austrian male ? was arrested after gunning down a 42-year-old court employee who is the mother of two young children, police said...

Ohio justices: Cell phone searches require warrant

Posted on December 16, 2009
The Ohio Supreme Court said Tuesday police officers must obtain a search warrant before scouring the contents of a suspect's cell phone, unless their safety is in danger.The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio described the ruling as a landmark case...

Randy Quaid and wife no-show in California court

Posted on December 16, 2009
Arrest warrants have been issued for actor Randy Quaid and his wife after they failed to appear for a court hearing, a prosecutor said Tuesday.The couple didn't show up in a Santa Barbara criminal court Tuesday on a felony charge that they defrauded an innkeeper...

Colo. Supreme Court bans smoking in live theater

Posted on December 16, 2009
The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a state ban on smoking by actors onstage, ruling that public health trumps actor's freedom of expression.The court ruled 6-1 on Monday that a state indoor smoking ban applies to theaters. Observers called it the first decision by a state court upholding the extension of a smoking ban to theatrical performances...

EDF wins EU court challenge on euro1.2 mn state aid

Posted on December 16, 2009
Electricite de France SA could potentially recover some euro1.2 billion after it won a European Union court challenge Tuesday that said EU regulators were wrong to order the company to repay tax relief to the French government.The ruling from the EU's general court can still be appealed to the EU's highest legal authority, the court of justice ? or EU regulators can also come to a new decision on the subsidy that would address the court's criticisms...

Prosecutors: LA man cheated investors out of $10M

Posted on December 15, 2009
A Los Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that cheated about 50 investors in a NASCAR merchandise wholesale business out of at least $10 million.Federal prosecutors say 63-year-old Eliott Dresher was arraigned and ordered held pending trial in U...

2 guilty of killing CA teen, hiding body in drum

Posted on December 15, 2009
Two Riverside County men have been found guilty of murdering an 18-year-old girl, putting her body in a 55-gallon drum and leaving it in a field in Southern California.Two separate Riverside Superior Court juries on Monday convicted Jeffree Buettner of Menifee and Glen Jones of Wildomar of the 2002 murder...

Erin Andrews, accused stalker due in court

Posted on December 15, 2009
Erin Andrews plans to be in a Los Angeles courtroom when a man accused of secretly filming her nude enters an expected guilty plea to stalking.A hearing is set for Tuesday afternoon for Illinois insurance executive Michael David Barrett to enter the plea...

NC appeals court temporarily halts inmate release

Posted on December 15, 2009
North Carolina's appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of two convicted murderers sentenced under a 1970s law that limited life terms.The court clerk issued an order Monday afternoon approving a request to halt the case, but he gave no explanation...

Teen sentenced to 30 years in Florida gang rape

Posted on December 15, 2009
A teen who pleaded guilty to gang raping a South Florida woman and beating her young son has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.Seventeen-year-old Avion Lawson pleaded guilty in August and testified against three other suspects in the 2007 attack. The others have all received life in prison...

Indian reservation cigarettes under fire in NY

Posted on December 11, 2009
The City of New York has accused several cigarette dealers on a Long Island Indian reservation of secretly defying a court order that was supposed to have shut them down.The charge is the latest in a legal battle between New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and smoke shops on the Poospatuck Indian Reservation over the sale of millions of dollars in untaxed cigarettes...

Justices making new push to abolish elected judges

Posted on December 11, 2009
An old debate about whether judges should be elected or appointed is heating up again.Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and several state Supreme Court justices are planning a nationwide push during next year's state legislative sessions to end the practice of electing judges...

Senators revise climate bill to court GOP support

Posted on December 11, 2009
Senators trying to craft bipartisan climate legislation offered a revised proposal Thursday that would add incentives for building nuclear power plants and open the way for expanded oil and gas drilling off the nation's coastlines in hopes of attracting wider support...

Attorneys ask court to dismiss Polanski sex case

Posted on December 11, 2009
Roman Polanski is getting help from his victim in a bid to have sex misconduct charges against him dismissed.The attorney for Samantha Geimer, who long ago publicly identified herself, argued for an end to the 32-year-old case on Thursday, saying she has repeatedly said she wants it dropped...

Legal case debates classiness of Flynt family smut

Posted on December 11, 2009
When it comes to peddling porn, Larry Flynt wants you to know his videos of people having sex are a cut above other smut on the rack.So when a pair of nephews Flynt personally groomed for the porn business decided to launch their own company last year and use the family name, the creator of "Barely Legal," "Busty Beauties" and "Daddy Gets Lucky" wasted no time suing the upstarts for trademark infringement...

Burglars hit offices of Blagojevich's legal team

Posted on December 09, 2009
Burglars broke into the offices occupied by two members of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal defense team overnight and stole eight computers and a safe, police said Friday.The break-in occurred at the South Side offices of veteran Chicago criminal defense lawyer Sam Adam and his son, Samuel E...

Court skeptical of federal anti-fraud law

Posted on December 09, 2009
The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to limit federal prosecutors' use of a fraud law that has helped win convictions of high-profile corporate executives and public officials, or throw out the law altogether.The justices, hearing two challenges to the honest services fraud law, seemed to be in broad agreement that the law is vague and has been used to make a crime out of mistakes, minor transgressions and mere ethical violations...

Travis Barker settles suit over plane crash

Posted on December 09, 2009
An attorney says Travis Barker has settled his lawsuit against several companies over a fatal plane crash in South Carolina last year.Lawyer William L. Robinson, who represents some of the companies sued, says the terms of the settlement are confidential...

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