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Posted on November 16, 2009
Rikki Klieman, TV Legal AnalystRay Boucher, The Consumer Attorneys of CaliforniaProtecting Investors from Financial FraudstersPaul Henderson, The San Francisco District Attorneys OfficeOrange County Sherriff's Dept Alleged Police BrutalityMysterious Death of Jason Gomez at the Orange County, CA...

Lawsuit Alleges KFC Causes Cancer, Customers Shrug

Posted on October 26, 2009
A national doctors group filed suit against KFC last month in San Francisco, alleging that the fast food chain?s new grilled chicken product contains carcinogens and should be required to come with a warning. ?This is an issue of alerting the public to the danger,? said Dan Kinburn, general counsel for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine...

Lawsuit: former officer involved in sex crime

Posted on October 26, 2009
WATERBURY, Conn. - A lawyer for a 17-year-old boy has fileda lawsuit against the city of Waterbury, claiming a now-retiredcity police officer handcuffed the teen during an attempted sexualassault in 2006. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month and seeks unspecifieddamages...

Los Angeles DUI Defense

Posted on October 19, 2009
Los Angeles DUI LawyerLegal Interview with Attorney Michael Bialys 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...

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Dolton police officers beat up innocent man, lawsuit claims

Posted on October 12, 2009
A federal lawsuit filed Friday accuses Dolton police officers of beating up an innocent man and lying about it. The suit also alleges the Village of Dolton and its police department tried to cover up the crime. David Smith's nose was broken and he had a concussion when he went to Ingalls Hospital after being released by Dolton police...

U.S. Sugar settles class action

Posted on October 05, 2009
U.S. Sugar Corp. said Friday it has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought by shareholders and members of its Employee Stock Ownership Plan for an $8.4 million payment to members of the settlement class. An additional payment of $7.5 million, less plaintiffs' attorneys? fees, will be made if U...

Mich. Judge has say in Dress

Posted on June 17, 2009
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday voted to give judges authority over how witnesses dress in court after a Muslim woman refused to remove her veil while testifying in a small claims case. A statewide court rule letting judges regulate the appearance of witnesses ? such as asking them to remove face coverings ? was approved by a 5-2 vote...

North Korea Threatens Merciless Attacks

Posted on June 17, 2009
North Korea today warned that it would launch a "merciless" attack if provoked by the US and its allies, hours after President Barack Obama described the state's nuclear and missile programmes as a "grave threat" to the world. "If the US and its followers infringe upon our republic's sovereignty even a bit, our military and people will launch a one hundred or one thousandfold retaliation with [a] merciless military strike," the state-controlled Minju Joson newspaper said...

Court says judges must avoid appearance of bias

Posted on June 08, 2009
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that elected judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against the company of the most generous supporter of his election deprived the other side of the constitutional right to a fair hearing...

Ex-Tyco execs lose appeal at Supreme Court

Posted on June 08, 2009
The Supreme Court is refusing to hear an appeal from two former top executives of Tyco International that challenges their convictions for fraud and larceny involving more than $100 million in bonuses.The justices' action Monday ends the effort by Tyco's former CEO L...

O.C. Bar Association awards Stewart Glenn

Posted on May 29, 2009
Stewart P. Glenn, a partner in the Newburgh law firm of Glenn & Breheney PLLC is this year?s recipient of the Orange County Bar Association Outstanding Service Award. Bar Association President Steven I. Milligram, Esq. and Mr. Glenn?s law partner, Mary Fern Breheney, Esq...

Google sued for selling law firm names

Posted on May 29, 2009
Connecticut law firm Stratton, Faxon has sued Google for US$50,000 on discovering that a competitor's name appeared in display ads when Stratton's name was typed into the Google search box It is also seeking an injunction preventing Google from selling law firm names in its Adwords business in Connecticut...

Delaware Supreme Court gives OK to sports betting

Posted on May 29, 2009
The Delaware Supreme Court says a proposed sports betting lottery does not conflict with the state constitution. The opinion was requested by Gov. Jack Markell, who has signed a bill that would make Delaware the only state east of the Rocky Mountains to offer sports wagering...

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