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Court turns down energy company over Okla. taxes

Posted on March 01, 2010
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an energy company over a court ruling that could allow counties in Oklahoma to collect taxes on natural gas that is shipped by pipelines that run through the counties.The justices did not comment Monday on their order in an appeal filed by Missouri Gas Energy...

Court orders new look at Fla. murder case

Posted on March 01, 2010
The Supreme Court has thrown out a Florida court ruling favorable to a former male model sentenced to death for fatally stabbing his friend and an office worker.The justices on Monday ordered the Florida Supreme Court to take a new look at the case of Thomas Rigterink in light of their ruling last week in another Florida case...

K&L Gates establishes office in Poland

Posted on March 01, 2010
K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh?s largest law firm, said Monday it has established an office in Warsaw, marking its 36th location and third new site so far this year. It is the first Pittsburgh-based firm to open an office in the Polish city.The office is expected to open March 15...

Law Firm Website Design News

Posted on February 27, 2010
Law Promo is a specialized web design and internet marketing agency that has been providing the legal community with website services since 2004. In that time, we have helped over two hundred and sixty clients to establish themselves online and expand their businesses through internet marketing...

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Florida's "mini-Madoff" Nadel admits huge fraud

Posted on February 25, 2010
Arthur Nadel, a former Florida fund manager dubbed a "mini-Madoff" for running a decade-long investment fraud of nearly $400 million, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges.Nadel, 77, disappeared for two weeks before his arrest in January 2009...

Supreme Court weighs free speech against aid to terrorists

Posted on February 25, 2010
The Supreme Court on Tuesday explored the tension between Americans' right to free speech and a federal law that prohibits aid to terrorist groups, and hardly anyone seemed clear about the lines of demarcation. The case stems from a challenge to an antiterrorism act by American advocates who say they want to support only the peaceful efforts of groups that the State Department has deemed to be terrorist organizations...

Obama nominates Berkeley prof to appeals court

Posted on February 25, 2010
A UC Berkeley constitutional law professor and civil rights advocate was nominated Wednesday by President Obama to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.Goodwin Liu, 39, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, learned English in kindergarten and later became an honors graduate at Stanford and a Rhodes Scholar...

Miami Law Firm Joins Class Action Suit Against Yelp

Posted on February 24, 2010
To loyal users, Yelp.com is a helpful way to find and share reviews of local businesses, but some business owners claim that the website's business practices represent something closer to an extortion scheme.Miami-based law firm Beck & Lee has joined with a San Diego firm to file a class action suit against the company, according to Mashable...

Oklahoma City hires private law firm for union talks

Posted on February 24, 2010
Oklahoma City Council members hired a private law firm Tuesday to lead upcoming contract negotiations with the city?s police and firefighter unions. The firm, McAfee and Taft, was hired in part because negotiations with the unions have gone poorly in recent years...

S.F. man can sue feds for revealing HIV status

Posted on February 24, 2010
A small-plane pilot from San Francisco, who hid his HIV-positive status for years out of fear of losing his license, can sue the government for disclosing his condition during a fraud investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed Stan Cooper's damage suit in 2008, despite finding that the Federal Aviation Administration and the Social Security Administration had violated Cooper's rights by sharing his confidential personal and medical records...

Corporations Win Federal Court Access Battle

Posted on February 24, 2010
As litigators, cynics and viewers of A Civil Action know, how and where a lawsuit is brought can determine its outcome at least as often as the merits of the case. Perhaps the most potent civil procedure decision is the case's forum: state or federal court...

Supreme Court: Police can question suspect after release

Posted on February 24, 2010
The justices unanimously ruled for the state of Maryland in overturning a lower-court decision that had thrown out the confession to the police by a suspect in a child sexual abuse case.Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the high court that an initial request for an attorney does not mean the police cannot question a suspect later if the person has been released from custody and decides to confess...

Lehman bankruptcy advisers paid $641.9m

Posted on February 22, 2010
Alvarez & Marsal LLC, the liquidator of bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., has collected $233 million in fees for ?interim management? over 16 months, according to a regulatory filing.The restructuring firm, which provided Lehman with its current chief executive officer, Bryan Marsal, has made more than any other adviser of the investment bank since the September 2008 bankruptcy filing, according to a Feb...

Supreme Court won't hear Pimco market squeeze case

Posted on February 22, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by Pacific Investment Management Co challenging class-action certification for a lawsuit alleging the world's largest bond fund manager tried to corner a market for U.S. Treasury note futures.A U.S. appeals court in Chicago upheld a judge's ruling that certified as a class more than 1,000 investors who seek more than $600 million in damages...

Tobacco Industry Faces Renewed $300 Billion Court Battle

Posted on February 22, 2010
The Obama Administration requested that the U.S. Supreme Court let the government seek damages of around $300 billion from the tobacco industry through an appeal of the landmark 2006 federal racketeering case that was earlier rejected by the courts.Last Friday, the U...

Insider Exclusive TV show list

Posted on February 22, 2010
What's Wrong with the American Financial System?U.S. vs. Fieger & Johnson ? Bring It On!Truck Deaths Georgia: Mitcham v. Terminix & Georgia DOTTrailer Truck Nightmare AccidentsTom Mesereau - America?s Premier LawyersTime Warner Loses $454 MillionThe William L...

Airgas urges holders to reject Air Products bid

Posted on February 22, 2010
Airgas Inc urged its shareholders on Monday to reject a $5.1 billion tender offer from larger rival Air Products & Chemicals Inc, arguing the offer substantially undervalues the industrial gas supplier.The move was widely expected, and Airgas investors now have until April 9 to formally consider Air Products's $60-per-share cash offer...

U.S., big tobacco take racketeering case to top court

Posted on February 21, 2010
Altria Group Inc's Philip Morris USA unit and two co-defendants filed to overturn the verdict, while the government argues the appeals court wrongly denied the disgorgement of billions of dollars in ill-gotten gains by the tobacco industry.In May, a three-judge panel of the U...

Saudi could allow women lawyers in court: reports

Posted on February 21, 2010
Saudi Arabia could soon allow women lawyers to appear in court, though apparently only representing other women, the country's justice minister said in comments published on Sunday.Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa said the ministry is drafting new rules to permit female lawyers to argue family cases, which could be passed soon, Saudi newspapers reported...

Law firm adds partner

Posted on February 21, 2010
The Berenstein, Moore, Heffernan, Moeller & Johnson L.L.P. law firm announce that Karrie R. Hruska has become a partner in the Sioux City firm. Hruska joined the firm in November 2008 after 10 years in private practice in Sioux City.She concentrates her practice in the areas of probate law, estate planning, litigation, business and family law...

Supreme Court: Ex-Gov. Ryan can't keep pension

Posted on February 19, 2010
The Illinois Supreme Court today rejected a bid by imprisoned former Gov. George Ryan to keep a portion of his lucrative government pension that was built up before his corrupt reign as governor and secretary of state.The high court?s 6-1 decision cost the disgraced former Republican governor $70,824 a year, sending an unmistakable message from the court to Illinois? governing elite that cronyism and corruption do not pay...

Bryan A Lowe & Associates - Las Vegas Corporate Law

Posted on February 19, 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...

Philip Morris Takes Case to Supreme Court

Posted on February 19, 2010
Cigarette maker Philip Morris, a unit of Altria Group Inc., asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a landmark ruling that found the tobacco industry violated federal racketeering laws for deceiving the public about the dangers of smoking. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last year affirmed most remedies that a trial judge imposed against tobacco companies in 2006, which included restrictions on tobacco marketing and a requirement that the industry make corrective public statements about the health effects and addictiveness of smoking...

Andrew Hebl Joins Madison?s Boardman Law Firm

Posted on February 19, 2010
Boardman Law Firm announced that Andrew Hebl has joined the firm as an associate. Andrew will work with the firm?s insurance litigation team.?We are excited to add Andrew to our trial team,? comments Boardman litigation attorney Claude Covelli. ?He?s smart, personable, and a hard worker?a great combination...

Pittsburgh DUI/DWI DEFENSE - Hiring a DUI/DWI

Posted on February 19, 2010
Pittsburgh DUI Defense Lawyer Just as you wouldn?t hire your family doctor to perform brain surgery, you should be very careful when selecting an attorney to defend you if you?ve been charged with DUI. With the continuing emphasis on DUI in the media and the trend toward increased penalties, even for first time offenders with a low blood-alcohol concentration (?BAC?), it is important that you choose an attorney knowledgeable in all areas of DUI law...

Court Clears 'Florida Times-Union' Parent to Exit Bankruptcy

Posted on February 18, 2010
Morris Publishing Group's reorganization plan was confirmed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Augusta, Ga. Wednesday, clearing the way for the parent of The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and a dozen other dailies to emerge from bankruptcy as soon as March 1...

Hawaii county sues Merrill Lynch in federal court

Posted on February 18, 2010
Maui County is suing Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. in federal court over access to $32 million invested in student-loan auction-rate securities, county officials announced Wednesday.The county purchased securities from Merrill Lynch with the understanding they were safe, short-term, liquid investments, the officials said...

Judge Praises Chris Brown's Probation Progress

Posted on February 18, 2010
A judge is praising Chris Brown's progress on his probation for the beating of ex-girlfriend Rihanna.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg says Brown hasn't missed a session of domestic-violence counseling and has done 32 days of hard labor in his home state of Virginia...

Valrico man arrested for damaging law firm's computers

Posted on February 18, 2010
The FBI today arrested a Valrico man accused of damaging computers at a Tampa law office.Edwin Vega Jr., 41, initially ignored agents who went to his house around 9 a.m., according to FBI spokesman David Couvertier. Agents believed Vega was inside his house, along with his wife and possibly one of his three children...

Freedom asks court to OK sale of Ariz. newspapers

Posted on February 17, 2010
Freedom Communications asked a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday to approve the sale of the East Valley Tribune and several other Phoenix-area publications for about $2 million.Irvine, Calif.-based Freedom Communications Holdings Inc. put the Tribune up for sale shortly after it filed for bankruptcy protection in September...

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