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Former John Edwards aide returning to NC court

Posted on March 12, 2010
A former aide to John Edwards is returning to court just days after a North Carolina judge nearly sent him to jail over his handling of a videotape purportedly showing the two-time presidential candidate in a sexual encounter.Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones scheduled a hearing for Friday...

Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge

Posted on March 12, 2010
An appellate court has upheld references to God on U.S. currency and in the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting arguments they violate the constitutional separation of church and state. "The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded," Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the 9th U...

Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision

Posted on March 12, 2010
A federal court has upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make channels they own available to satellite TV providers and other rivals on equal terms.Friday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia leaves in place the Federal Communications Commission "program access" rules...

Ga.'s system to defend the poor still reeling

Posted on March 11, 2010
Georgia's public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on the way to his conviction.The state's ailing system to defend the poor has struggled almost since its start in 2005, hamstrung not just by the costly Brian Nichols case but also because of the lukewarm support from legislators and a dismal economy...

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Female teacher in teen sex case appears in court

Posted on March 11, 2010
A California middle school teacher who's reportedly wracked with guilt over an affair with a 14-year-old boy has been returned to jail following a brief court appearance.Amy Victoria Beck had arrived in court with her lawyer on Wednesday for her arraignment, but it was postponed until March 25...

Pink Floyd win court battle against EMI over online sales

Posted on March 11, 2010
The surviving members of Pink Floyd have won their court case against record label EMI. As reported in Spinner, the prog supergroup where forced to take EMI to court over a dispute relating to download royalties and whether the label had the right or not to sell Pink Floyd's catalogue online as individual tracks and not complete albums...

Mass. court upholds state gun-lock requirement

Posted on March 11, 2010
The highest court in Massachusetts on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law that requires gun owners to lock weapons in their homes in a ruling applauded by gun-control advocates.The case had been closely watched by both gun-control and gun-rights proponents...

Pratt & Whitney to move quickly on court appeal

Posted on March 10, 2010
Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday a federal appeals court granted the jet engine maker's request for an expedited appeal of a lawsuit it lost as it tries to move 1,000 jobs out of Connecticut.The subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. filed five proposed issues in its appeal to the 2nd U...

Goldman Sachs group to appeal Shaw-Canwest deal

Posted on March 10, 2010
Goldman Sachs Group Inc will ask a Canadian court on Wednesday to hear its appeal of a lower court decision allowing Shaw Communications Inc to buy the broadcast arm of bankrupt Canwest Global Communications Corp.An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled on Feb...

Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme Court

Posted on March 10, 2010
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."Responding to a University of Alabama law student's question about the Senate's method of confirming justices, Roberts said senators improperly try to make political points by asking questions they know nominees can't answer because of judicial ethics rules...

Pink Floyd goes to court in royalty row with EMI

Posted on March 10, 2010
Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.The group's lawyer, Robert Howe, told the High Court that the band was disputing the way royalties for online sales are worked out...

Eugene, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer

Posted on March 10, 2010
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...

D.C. law firm Arent Fox names Mark M. Katz new chairman

Posted on March 09, 2010
The Washington law firm Arent Fox said Monday that it has named longtime partner Mark M. Katz as its new chairman, a leadership change that comes as the legal sector copes with an economic downturn that has curtailed business and prompted layoffs. Katz, 52, succeeds Marc L...

Supreme Court accepts appeal over vaccine safety

Posted on March 09, 2010
The justices Monday agreed to decide whether drug makers can be sued outside a special judicial forum set up by Congress in 1986 to address specific claims about safety. The so-called vaccine court has handled such disputes and was designed to ensure a reliable, steady supply of the drugs by reducing the threat of lawsuits against pharmaceutical firms...

Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation

Posted on March 09, 2010
Eamonn Daniel Higgins spent seven years in college. Between 2002 and 2009, he attended 10 different schools in Southern California, including Cal State L.A., Irvine Valley College and Santa Monica College, according to federal prosecutors. During that time, he studied sociology, marketing, English, business and math...

Sex.com domain goes up for auction

Posted on March 09, 2010
Sex.com, one of the most valuable Internet domain names, will go up for auction next week after the previous owner defaulted on its debts.Escom LLC paid a reported $14 million for the Web site in 2006. But the company failed to repay debt owed to DOM Partners LLC, the New Jersey-based lender that helped finance the deal...

Eugene, Oregon, Personal Injury Lawyer - Michael Arnold

Posted on March 09, 2010
Mike Arnold, Eugene, Oregon Accident/Injury AttorneySerious personal injury or the wrongful death of a loved one are highly personal family tragedies attended by a level of suffering and a sense of loss no one should have to bear. Oregon serious injury attorney C...

Lawyer cheated south suburb out of $1 million

Posted on March 08, 2010
A longtime municipal attorney is alleged to have stolen at least $1 million - and perhaps as much as $3 million - from the village of Calumet Park, where he grew up, according to prosecutors and others familiar with the matter.Mark J. McCombs, of Chicago, worked for nine years as the village's special counsel for development and is accused of a fraudulent billing scheme meant to bolster his position at the Chicago law firm where he worked until Friday...

Court upholds lawyer bankruptcy advice law

Posted on March 08, 2010
The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld part of the U.S. bankruptcy law that bars attorneys from advising clients to take on more debt while considering a bankruptcy filing.The opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor reverses a ruling by a U.S. appeals court that a provision of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was unconstitutionally broad and violated free-speech rights...

Supreme Court will hear case about vaccine side effects

Posted on March 08, 2010
The Supreme Court will decide whether drug makers can be sued by parents who claim their children suffered serious health problems from vaccines.The justices on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from parents in Pittsburgh who want to sue Wyeth over the serious side effects their daughter, six months old at the time, allegedly suffered as a result of the company's diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine...

Court will decide if NASA checks can continue

Posted on March 08, 2010
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to referee a dispute between NASA and some of its independent contractors over required security checks, a decision that could affect how the federal government investigates the background of current and future employees...

Court to rule in military funeral protest case

Posted on March 08, 2010
The Supreme Court is getting involved in the legal fight over the anti-gay protesters who show up at military funerals with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers."The court agreed Monday to consider whether the protesters' message, no matter how provocative and upsetting, is protected by the First Amendment...

Bryan A. Lowe & Associates - Las Vegas Tax Law

Posted on March 08, 2010
Founded in 1982, Bryan A Lowe & Associates is a law firm based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The firm provides a wide range of services, primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate, bankruptcy, general business (corporate, partnership, and proprietorship), taxation, real estate, asset protection, and elder care...

RCN, Cable Operator, to Sell Itself for $1.2 Billion

Posted on March 05, 2010
RCN, the cable operator, said on Friday that it has agreed to sell itself to the private equity firm ABRY Partners for $1.2 billion, including debt, as the leveraged buyout industry continues to get back to business.ABRY, a media and telecom specialist based in Boston, will pay $15 a share in cash, a 22 percent premium over Thursday?s closing price...

Yukos vs Russia face off in European court

Posted on March 05, 2010
Thousands of miles (kilometers) from the Siberian jail where its founder is imprisoned, representatives of the ruined Russian oil giant Yukos and the Russian government will meet face to face for the first time at the European Court of Human Rights this week as the dismantled company seeks to prove that its rights were violated...

Judge OKs Denver Post publisher's bankruptcy exit

Posted on March 05, 2010
A federal judge has approved Affiliated Media Inc's bankruptcy reorganization plan, clearing the way for the publisher of the Denver Post and San Jose Mercury News to emerge from Chapter 11 protection this month.Judge Kevin Carey of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, at a Thursday hearing approved the plan, which he called "fair, equitable and reasonable," and warranted by "exceptional and unique circumstances...

Penton Media gets bankruptcy plan OK, to exit soon

Posted on March 05, 2010
Penton Business Media Holdings Inc, a publisher of 113 trade magazines such as Ward's AutoWorld, Restaurant Hospitality and National Hog Farmer, won court approval of its reorganization plan, and expects to emerge from bankruptcy within a few days.Judge Arthur Gonzalez confirmed the New York-based company's Chapter 11 plan on Friday in Manhattan bankruptcy court...

Australian court: Vioxx doubled heart attack risk

Posted on March 05, 2010
The once-popular painkiller Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attack and was unfit for consumption, an Australian court ruled Friday, awarding a man leading a class action suit against the drug's maker 287,000 Australian dollars ($259,000) in compensation...

High Court Turns Back Hustler Appeal

Posted on March 01, 2010
The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against Hustler Magazine over decades-old nude photographs of a woman that were published after she was killed by her husband, wrestler Chris Benoit.The court turned down Hustler's appeal Monday. Benoit killed his wife, Nancy, and their son before committing suicide in 2007...

Former Enron CEO's Case Before High Court

Posted on March 01, 2010
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling is asking the Supreme Court to throw out his convictions in connection with the collapse of the energy giant that cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars.Lawyers for Skilling and the government are appearing before the high court Monday as he appeals his 2006 convictions on 19 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors...

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