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'Boston Legal's' Kelley delivers parting shotsNo other current scripted TV series is as political, topical or self-referential as ABC's 'Boston Legal.' After tomorrow night, the show will disappear, ending its five-year run. Created and largely written by David E. Kelley, 'Boston Legal,' which began as a spin-off of Kelley's 'The Practice,' probably won't go gently in its two-hour finale Monday (9 p.m., WTAE). Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Dec 7, 2008Legal Group May Become Very InfluentialThe American Constitution Society for Law and Policy was founded seven years ago to counter a growing right-leaning legal philosophy that has reshaped the American legal landscape on issues from the reach of federal regulation to the separation of church and state. Now, as President-elect Barack Obama assembles his administration, the little-known legal organization stands on the brink of ... Washington Post - Dec 7, 2008Victim impact videos stir unease in criminal casesWriting for a 6-to-3 majority, then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist said prosecutors could balance the unlimited defense mitigation evidence by offering 'a quick glimpse of the life' of the victim. But the court laid out little specific guidance beyond saying that victim impact evidence must not be 'unduly prejudicial' WASHINGTON The images are those of any childhood: a toddler wearing a ... Houston Chronicle - Dec 7, 2008Election was no sweeping mandateChief Justice William Rehnquist liked to take small groups of Supreme Court law clerks to lunch at the Monocle, an old Capitol Hill watering hole near the Senate. He ordered the same meal every time, a hamburger and a beer. Just as predictably, one of the young clerks would ask the chief justice of the United States for career advice. 'Go home,' he would say. Philadelphia Inquirer - Dec 7, 2008O.J. Simpson faces prison during appealLAS VEGAS -- In the harsh light of the morning after his sentencing, O.J. Simpson s future was clear Saturday. His new home will be a prison cell in the Nevada desert with his door to freedom hinging on an appeal of a trial that his lawyers say was filled with errors. This is not a frivolous appeal, Yale Galanter, Simpson s lawyer, said. There were some grave errors made by Judge ... China Post - Dec 7, 2008O.J. lawyer cites trial errorsPHOTO GALLERY O.J. Simpson sentencing LAS VEGAS - In the harsh light of the morning after his sentencing, O.J. Simpson's future was clear Saturday. His new home will be a prison cell in the Nevada desert with his door to freedom hinging on an appeal of a trial that his lawyers say was filled with errors. 'This is not a frivolous appeal,' Yale Galanter, Simpson's lawyer, said. Los Angeles Daily News - Dec 7, 2008Proposed cow, hog fee causes stinkMONTGOMERY, Ala. - For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if a federal proposal to charge fees for air-polluting animals becomes law. Feeders speak out The Texas Cattle Feeders Association said in a Nov. 25 letter to the EPA that it strongly opposes any effort to regulate greenhouse cases under the Clean Air Act. Amarillo Globe News - Dec 7, 2008Term limits still a bad ideaSen. Mary Easley, D-Tulsa, hopes Oklahoma voters will abolish the 12-year limitation on legislative service that they approved overwhelmingly in 1990. She tried and failed last session to get the issue on the state ballot but undeterred, she will try again when the Legislature convenes Feb. 2. Senate Joint Resolution 3, which Easley has pre-filed, calls for a vote of the people to repeal the ... Tulsa World - Dec 7, 2008Indian Democracy: Time to be 'Of the People, By the People and For the People'Jawahir Mulraj There is, justifiably, a palpable anger at the political leaders for failing miserably in governance. Democracy, as practised in India, is more about survival of politicians, guarded by a bevy of commandos whom they dont pay for, and not about the people. The terrorist attacks in Mumbai have revealed the disdain and insensitivity of our political class for the people who have put ... Seeking Alpha - Dec 7, 2008For sale: Fake futuresPRICIEST FAKE: 'DIPLOMA' FROM U OF T Here is the price list Peng Sun quoted in emails and brought with him to meetings with a Star undercover operative: $3,000 Most university degrees (York, University of Toronto, etc.) $6,000 University of Toronto-post 2006 (with anti-counterfeit hologram) $1,000 Two copies of sealed transcripts, on watermarked paper $1,000 Letter from the Chinese Ministry of ... Toronto Star Online - Dec 7, 2008Fishermen begin to get payments from Valdez oil spillCORDOVA, Alaska A little less than 20 years ago, Mike Webber was king of his own watery world. He was 28, with three herring fishing boats. He leased another boat for halibut, and gill-netted the fat salmon that made Prince William Sound one of the most legendary fisheries in the world. Then came the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Overnight, it was all gone: Fish prices plummeted. Star-Telegram - Dec 7, 2008Guns and butterUnder the UN umbrella, there are at least 12 conventions and protocols on terrorism and, ad nauseam, UN documents tell us lack of consensus on defining terrorism inhibits adoption of an international comprehensive convention. In 1937, League of Nations did attempt a definition, but nothing much came of that proposed convention. 'All criminal acts directed against a State and intended or ... Yahoo! India - Dec 7, 2008Extremism breeds extremismFollowing the expulsion of families from Beit Hashalom in Hebron, during a radio interview with the BBC, I was asked about our future plans. When I responded that the community would continue to purchase property in Hebron, the interviewer asked, 'But won't that just cause more violence?' I answered, 'If I bought a home in London and was told that a Jew purchasing on 'that side of the city' ... Jerusalem Post - Dec 7, 2008For Some Elderly, Mentally Ill Patients, There's Nowhere to GoBREMERTON The old man is getting worse. He spent his life as an educator active in the community. Now, he is losing his mental capacity. He is becoming combative and confused. He frightens his wife and hits her. Eventually, he ends up in a Harrison Medical Center emergency room. A rush of doctors, bright lights and loud voices whirl around him. He is bewildered. Kitsap Sun - Dec 7, 2008CIBC faces $600M class-action lawsuit hearing MondayTORONTO - The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce squares off in a Toronto courtroom Monday with bank teller Dara Fresco, in a $600-million class-action fight about overtime. It's the first major national class-action lawsuit to be contested at the certification stage and the case could spill over into workrooms across the nation if Justice Joan Lax accepts arguments from Ms. National Post - Dec 7, 2008Columnist: Local judge's Ten Commandments poster ensures religious libertyIn a nation that espouses the motto, 'Liberty and justice for all,' are we really ready for the consequences should the Ten Commandments suddenly become unprotected speech? Fortunately, the Federal Court of Northern Ohio last summer ruled in favor of the display of a form of the Ten Commandments in a courtroom in Richland County. The American Civil Liberties Union challenged Judge James DeWeese ... Mansfield News Journal - Dec 7, 2008How 'visionary' raised - and lost - a fortuneIn Minnesota, his chiropractic clinics collapsed in a flurry of lawsuits and unpaid bills. Two girlfriends had him arrested, one for allegedly abusing her, the other for assertedly trashing her house, according to court records. After a traffic stop, police booked him on suspicion of using cocaine. There was little about John P. Rogers' turbulent, erratic life as a Midwestern businessman to ... San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 7, 2008Martha Crawford von Bulow, famed heiress dies at 76The notorious aristocrat at the center of the von Bulow Trial of the Century greeted the news of his ex-wifes death with sadness, his famous lawyer said yesterday. Its a tragic ending to a tragic story, said s former attorney, Harvard law professor . Claus was falsely accused of something that he didnt do and I was privileged to represent him. This is not a day for celebration. Boston Herald - Dec 7, 2008Will Obama's recession become a 1930s depression?Gordon Bishop Posted:12/08/08 With all of these bailouts and bankruptcies throwing millions of people out of work, is America about to plunge into another Great Depression like the 1930s? General Motors, CitiGroup, AIG and thousands of small, medium and big size businesses are begging the federal government to bail them out. The bailouts could cost taxpayers 2 or 3 trillion dollars, or ... Bayshore Courier - Dec 7, 2008Ex-beau's rant leads to criminal charges (12/05/2008)FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Locked in a visitation dispute with his ex-girlfriend over their young daughter, J.P. Weichel wanted to vent, court records show. Mr. Weichel, 40, allegedly posted comments about the woman on the Craigslist 'Rants and Raves' forum, accusing her of child abuse and welfare fraud and making crude comments about her sex life. The woman said the postings were defamatory. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Dec 7, 2008What does a Collection Company do?What is a collection company? There are two possibilities. Some creditors will try to deceive a debtor by using a DBA'ed company name, address, and telephone number for their internal collection department. They want to give the impression of an 'outside' agency hoping the debtor will take it more seriously. This strategy is generally only used when the debt is not older than six months old. ... Article Motron - Dec 7, 2008NC death row inmate dies in a hospitalWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. George Franklin Page, a death row inmate convicted of killing a police officer in 1995, has died at a hospital, more than four years after state and federal judges postponed his scheduled execution. He was 68. Page died Friday at WakeMed hospital in Raleigh, where he's been for the last month. He had a chronic heart condition and other health problems, said Ken Rose and ... Asheville Citizen-Times - Dec 7, 2008LA Weight Loss Settles Nationwide Sex Discrimination Lawsuit With EEOCCompany Refused to Hire Men into Weight Loss Counselor and Other Jobs, Agency Alleged BALTIMORE The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved its pattern or practice sex discrimination lawsuit against LA Weight Loss Centers, Inc., (renamed Pure Weight Loss, Inc., in early 2007), for $20 million and other significant relief. Equal Employment Opportunity - Dec 7, 2008Proving a disability is about to get much easierEffective Jan. 1, the Americans With Disabilities Act will be amended to make important changes in the definition of the word 'disability.' The amendments retain the basic definition of disability as: (1) an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) a record of such an impairment; or (3) being regarded as having such an impairment. Tennessean - Dec 3, 2008Colorado man faces criminal charge in libel caseReporting from Fort Collins, Colo. Locked in a visitation dispute with his former girlfriend over their young daughter, J.P. Weichel wanted to vent, court records say. Weichel, 40, allegedly posted comments about the woman on the Craigslist 'rants and raves' forum, accusing her of child abuse and welfare fraud and making crude comments about her sex life. The woman said the postings were ... Los Angeles Times - Dec 3, 2008High court hears clean water case involving R.I.By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Several members of the Supreme Court agreed with environmentalists today that it's difficult, and perhaps impermissible, to weigh the value of an environmental rule directly against its economic cost -- ''a few baby clam larvae'' versus the dollars it would cost to save them, as Justice David H. Souter put it. Providence Journal - Dec 3, 2008Give bankruptcy judges power to alter mortgagesI watched a middle-aged widow lose her home recently. Her story was familiar. She owned her simple brick residence outright until four years ago, when a mortgage broker stopped by and offered her a loan too good to be true. In exchange for taking on a modest monthly payment, she could make some needed repairs and consolidate other debts. More sophisticated than many borrowers, she realized she ... Press of Atlantic City - Dec 3, 2008White House fights for nuke plants over towersThe Bush administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to let the nation's older power plants, including the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey, avoid installing costly cooling towers that would best protect fish and other aquatic organisms. Lawyers for the government and electricity producers urged the justices to overturn a lower court ruling that says the Clean Water Act does not ... Asbury Park Press - Dec 3, 2008Justices object to Oregon court's actions in tobacco caseTobacco giant Philip Morris USA might be partially freed from a $145 million punitive judgment, from the sounds of some Supreme Court justices Wednesday. In an epic legal dispute pitting the will of one court against another, conservative justices made clear their sympathies with Philip Morris and their dismay over seemingly being ignored by the Oregon Supreme Court. San Luis Obispo.com - Dec 3, 2008An Important Case the Supreme Court Heard This Week Shows Why Constitutional and Statutory Remedies for Gender Discrimination are Not RedundantThe Supreme Court argument this week in Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee was less than helpful to the petitioner's constitutional cause. The Justices were given little help by counsel in working through the complex interrelationships between constitutional and statutory remedies for gender discrimination. Normally, when the correct interpretation of a major federal statute outlawing ... Find Law - Dec 3, 2008Pa. High Court Hears Arguments Over Taxpayers' StandingThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court has heard arguments over the issue of whether Philadelphia taxpayers have standing to appeal rulings of the Zoning Board of Adjustments and other panels. In a case linked to the battle over billboard proliferation in Philadelphia, the state Supreme Court heard arguments over a state law enacted several years ago. An attorney for the city argued that the law is ... KYW News radio - Dec 3, 2008Gas-station dispute may draw Supreme Court's scrutinyThe U.S. Supreme Court signaled interest in a case that could affect how much leverage oil companies have to change their leases with tens of thousands of independent service station owners. The justices asked the Justice Department for advice on a bid by Massachusetts gas station owners to sue Shell Oil Co. and Motiva Enterprises LLC. A group of station owners say Shell and Motiva used rent ... Salt Lake Tribune - Dec 3, 2008Judge Hears Arguments Over Telco ImmunityConstitutional-questions dept We were quite disappointed with Congress earlier this year, selling out the country and granting retroactive immunity to telcos for any involvement they might have had in any warrantless wiretapping program. The immunity basically gave the White House a get out of jail free card that it could hand to any telco -- even if that telco clearly violated constitutional ... Techdirt - Dec 3, 2008RPM International loses bid to get insurers to cover asbestos-related liabilitiesMedina firm fighting to get insurers to cover liabilities from lawsuits Frank Bentayou Plain Dealer Reporter A federal court in Ohio has handed RPM International Inc. a loss in its efforts to get insurance companies to cover the Medina-based corporation's asbestos-related liabilities resulting from lawsuits. But the company said Tuesday that it will seek to overturn that ruling with a filing in ... Cleveland Live - Dec 3, 2008Septic system proposal tweakedCounty Council continues debate The proposal to require homeowners near the waterfront to put in pollution-reducing septic systems was scaled back last night as county councilmen tried to quell concerns that state money for the project would run out. The plan would mandate that homeowners with failing systems near the waterfront replace them with more expensive pollution-reducing systems. HometownAnnapolis.com - Dec 3, 2008Family of man trampled at Wal-Mart sues retailerNEW YORK (Reuters) The family of a man killed in a stampede of frenzied holiday shoppers filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday, seeking unspecified damages. Shoppers on New York's Long Island broke down doors and surged into the Valley Stream Wal-Mart at 5 a.m. Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving, known as 'Black Friday' and traditionally the busiest retail ... Business Insurance - Dec 4, 2008Ex-WorldCom chief Ebbers seeks clemency from BushNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Imprisoned former WorldCom Inc chief Bernard Ebbers has joined the list of high-profile corporate defendants petitioning for clemency in the final days of President George W. Bush's term in office. Ebbers, convicted of orchestrating an $11 billion accounting fraud, joins former publishing mogul Conrad Black and 1980s-era financier Michael Milken in seeking ... Portland Tribune - Dec 4, 2008Tobacco trial: Philip Morris disputes addiction claims(The Miami Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- MO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Philip Morris, defending a lawsuit brought by the Cooper City widow of a chain smoker who died of lung cancer, disputed allegations that he was addicted to cigarettes and therefore couldn't stop smoking. In opening arguments of a closely watched trial, the first to be heard of ... TradingMarkets - Dec 3, 2008Half of civil servants are unqualified, says ministerAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Responding to the discouraging results of recent public service surveys, State Minister for Administrative Reforms Taufiq Effendi revealed half of the country's 4 million civil servants are unqualified. He said his office was preparing to reassign 2 million unqualified officials to other government jobs in an effort to tackle bureaucratic inefficiencies ... Jakarta Post - Dec 4, 2008Change: The Election's Effect on Securities RegulationThe SEC's Chairman, Christopher Cox, typically describes the SEC as a 'law enforcement agency.' The election of Barack Obama and a House and Senate dominated by the Democratic Party will likely change this job description. Under the US Constitution, law enforcement is the duty of our executive branch of government. Chairman Cox's statement shows that he thinks the SEC is part of the executive ... Traders Magazine - Dec 4, 2008Stopping WMD; Plan for Economy; Mortgage Crisis; Selective Enforcement; College Loan CrisisTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LOU DOBBS, CNN ANCHOR: Thank you, Wolf. Tonight, startling evidence that one in five young American adults now suffers from serious psychological problems. Many are abusing alcohol and drugs. We're going to tell you what's causing this crisis and what can be done about it. CNN - Dec 3, 2008MedQuist Announces Resolution of the DOJ Investigation and Dismissal of Shareholder LawsuitsMedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ), the largest Medical Transcription Service Organization (MTSO) in the world, is pleased to announce the positive resolution of several material legal matters As previously announced, the Company received an administrative HIPAA subpoena for documents from the United States Department of Justice ('DOJ') on December 17, 2004. The subpoena sought information primarily ... PR Newswire - Dec 3, 2008Department of Justice Announces Improvements and Name Change for Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFeature News Text hiding to spacing of Justice Announces Improvements and Name Change for Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website Changes Announced Near the 5-year Anniversary of Dru Sjodin Disappearance WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Justice today announced improvements to the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Web site (NSOPW) and a new ... PR Newswire - Dec 3, 2008Patent Office Stifles InnovationInformation Age innovators need not apply. At least that's the implied message being stretched like police tape across the door of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office [USPTO]. The agency seems fixated on eliminating the last, true, sustainable American advantage: our capacity to innovate. Recent moves by the USPTO have resulted in a precedent-setting legal victory that now threatens software ... MSNBC - Nov 11, 2008U.S.: FIRST, CLOSE GUANTANAMO, RIGHTS GROUPS BESEECH OBAMAWASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- President-elect Barack Obama should make the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility a top priority when he takes office Jan. 20, U.S. and international human rights groups said Monday. They are also calling for the abolition of the military commissions that have begun trying suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo, and for them to be transferred to ... Macro World Investor - Nov 11, 2008COLUMN: Workplace Law: Court to clarify meal requirementsRecently, the authors of this column have followed case law regarding meal periods with interest. You may remember that the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District concluded in the Brinker decision, which was the topic of an earlier article, that employers are not required to force their employees to take their meal periods but, rather, need only 'authorize and permit' them to take ... The Californian - Nov 11, 2008Covalence SA: Innovation Fuels Techs' Reputation Despite Corruption Scandals(M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Innovative green and social products greatly contribute to the ethical reputation of technology hardware companies, while labour, legal, institutional and production-related challenges are rising, states a report published today by -based research firm Covalence - Covalence Technology Hardware Industry Report 2008. In Covalence cross-sectors EthicalQuote ranking ... TMC Net - Nov 11, 2008The Lanier Law Firm Announces Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Nintendo Over Wii Video Game TechnologyAttorney W. Mark Lanier of The Lanier Law Firm is announcing a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Kyoto, Japan-based video game giant Nintendo Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary on behalf of a small Ohio technology company based on claims that Nintendo infringed the company's patented technology to produce the popular Wii video game. The lawsuit, Motiva, LLC v. PR Newswire - Nov 11, 2008Ex-S.F. firefighter's workers' comp problemChristina Hijjawi, 37, surrendered at the Hall of Justice last week, after a warrant was issued for her arrest on multiple felony counts of workers' compensation and disability insurance fraud, and attempted perjury, authorities said. Hijjawi is free on $30,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 3. 'Many of these (endurance) events were completed while Hijjawi reportedly was too injured ... San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 11, 2008A Quiet Windfall For U.S. Banks: With Attention on Bailout Debate, Treasury Made Change to Tax PolicyThe financial world was fixated on Capitol Hill as Congress battled over the Bush administration's request for a $700 billion bailout of the banking industry. In the midst of this late-September drama, the Treasury Department issued a five-sentence notice that attracted almost no public attention. But corporate tax lawyers quickly realized the enormous implications of the document: ... Washington Post - Nov 10, 2008ABA President Calls Expensive Judicial Races ObsceneMONTGOMERY, Ala. - The president of the American Bar Association says enormously expensive judicial races, like this year's $5 million slugfest for a Supreme Court seat in his home state of Alabama, threaten the public's confidence in the judicial system. 'More was spent on that race than was spent on providing access to the courts for people of limited means. New York Lawyer - Nov 10, 20084th Circuit could be reshaped: Obama's picks could swing the court to one with a majority named by Democratic presidentsNov. 10--As president, Barack Obama and a new U.S. Senate could transform the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, long one of the most conservative in the country. President Bush failed to fill four vacancies on the 15-judge court, which decides cases on issues such as abortion, the death penalty and terrorism. The Bush administration steered terrorism cases to the court, where it ... Calibre Macro World - Nov 10, 2008US labor looks to Obama to help advance its agendaThe labor unions that helped Barack Obama win the White House are looking for some return on their investment. Labors wish list for the incoming president and the expanded Democratic majority in Congress includes an easier path toward forming unions, expanding the pool of workers who can join them, prohibiting employers from permanently replacing striking workers and expanding health care. Japan Today - Nov 10, 2008In California, What Happens After Prop 8?Well perhaps this sill put an end to the absurd @ssunption that African American support can be taken for granted by those on the left. Cookie Puss Says: Monday, November 10, 2008 at 9:46 am Roberta McCain was right -- Mormons are trouble! textee Says: Monday, November 10, 2008 at 9:49 am Yawn. Ana Marie Cox, pimping for the unwatched freakshow hostessed by Kief Olbermoronn, announces that ... Time - Nov 10, 2008California Enacts New Disability Access LegislationA landmark disability access bill aimed at decreasing unwarranted disability-access litigation that does not advance disability access and increasing equal access for individuals with disabilities has been approved by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The legislation, S.B. 1608, adds new provisions to the states existing disability access laws which are likely to benefit employers and ... Jackson Lewis - Nov 10, 2008Family under the foreclosure gun (3)Family under the foreclosure gun The Sylvester family stands to lose their Mendham home in foreclosure. Above: Valerie Sylvester in front of the home. Family says they re subprime victims and will lose home without last-minute help MENDHAM Valerie and Gary Sylvester and their five children don t want to become another casualty in the subprime mortgage scandal that has been the focus of ... Madison Eagle - Nov 10, 2008Health Care Workers Get Help Fighting Unprecedented Attacks from Service Employee International Union LeadershipFundraising has begun to help United Healthcare Workers-West members fight unprecedented attacks by Andy Stern and Anna Burger, Service Employees International Union President and Secretary-Treasurer. 'A Salute to Union Democracy' honoring the 150,000 members of SEIU United Health Care Workers-West and their President, Sal Rosselli, takes place Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 5:30 to 7:30 at the ... San Antonio Business Journal - Nov 10, 2008Proper medicine for sound' economyCST The truest thing that Sen. John McCain said during this election campaign is what got him into the most trouble: The economy is sound.Sound does not mean bullet-proof. Nor does it mean that everything is going wonderfully at the moment or that nothing needs to be done. You may be as sick as a dog from having eaten the wrong thing. But that does not mean that you need to have your arm ... Mohave Valley News - Nov 10, 2008Property Law Overview Through ConversionTakeaways Overview, Ownership, Conquest, Conversion, PROPERTY OVERVIEWProperty law gives owners rights over non-ownersa. Right to exclude non-owners from propertyb. Imposes duty on others not to enter without consentc. Power to transfer titled. Immunity from having property taken or damaged without consente. Privilege to use = power over peoplei. pros: creates jobsii. Associated Content - Nov 10, 2008Protests Continue in ParaguayAsuncion, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan doctors, teachers, indigenous people and farmers began on Monday a day of protests in front of the Congress building, simultaneously to the beginning of the 2009 budget analysis. In their demands, they highlighted salary rises, funds for cotton crops and land buys, mother-infant health, social security, snacks, and school materials. Prensa Latina - Nov 10, 2008PRESS DIGEST - Philippine newspapers - Nov 11MANILA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in Manila newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories. - Former agriculture secretary Jocelyn Bolante, suspected of diverting fertiliser money to finance the candidacy of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2004, promised to attend the Senate inquiry on the multi-million pesos fertiliser fund scam. Reuters - Nov 10, 2008B.C. health workers get $68 million in compensation after jobs privatizedVANCOUVER, B.C. - Thousands of British Columbia health-care workers who lost their jobs through contracting out will be getting payouts from a total of $68 million in compensation. The Hospital Employees' Union, which represented about 92 per cent of the affected employees, said Monday that the average amount will be $9,500, and the cheques will be in the mail before Christmas. 1057 EZRrock - Nov 10, 2008Construction: When is a development project a project?LATEST CEQA RULING CLOUDS PROCESS FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE EFFORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL STAFF REPORTER Instead of clarifying a long-running legal question about when a development plan becomes a project, triggering environmental-impact analysis, a new state Supreme Court ruling will prompt a review of commonly used public-private agreements, according to Phillip Kalsched, a construction and land-use ... Press Democrat - Nov 10, 2008InterTAN Canada to File for Creditor ProtectionInterTAN Canada Ltd. ("InterTAN"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based Circuit City Stores Inc. (NYSE: CC), today announced that it intends to file for creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. InterTAN expects that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice will hear the application today. InterTAN Canada Ltd. ("InterTAN"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based Circuit ... MarketWire - Nov 10, 2008Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Daktronics Inc. (NASDAQ: DAKT)On November 7, 2008, a class action On November 7, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota against Daktronics Inc. (NASDAQ: DAKT). The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series of material ... MarketWire - Nov 10, 2008Judge tells White House to release wiretapping docsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration must give to a federal court documents related to government wiretapping of domestic communications without a warrant after the September 11 attacks, according to a recent court order. U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy signed the order on Friday requiring the U.S. Justice Department to provide the court for private review certain documents that were ... Reuters - Nov 2, 2008Whatever the Outcome, the World Wont EndYou would think from the way some political partisans on both sides of the ideological divide are talking, the sky will fall Tuesday night if the presidential candidate they oppose is elected to the White House. You just want to look them square in the eyes and slowly and calmly say Breathe & take deeeeep breaths. The true believers on the both the right and the left are hyperventilating and ... Lynchburg News and Advance - Nov 2, 2008Gay marriage votes may show changing U.SBy Peter Henderson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gay couples are not hiding any more and that has made all the difference, said health care administrator Linda Merkens before Tuesday's vote in California that will decide the legality of same-sex marriage there. It's one of several important ballot measures voters will face in states across the country on Election Day. Reuters - Nov 2, 2008Dirty politics: Election of 1898 among nastiest in historyTheres no telling how many votes were dumped into the Cape Fear River. No telling how many would-be voters were dumped along with them. But people who balk at the name-calling, the mean-spirited bickering, even the sporadic property damage that has flavored this years campaigns in North Carolina can take a look at history to see just how nasty elections around here can get. Fayetteville Online - Nov 2, 2008Terrorism financing blacklists at riskBRUSSELS - The global blacklisting system for financiers of al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups is at risk of collapse, undermined by legal challenges and waning political support in many countries, according to counterterrorism officials in Europe and the United States. In September, the European Court of Justice threw the future of the United Nations' sanctions program against al-Qaeda and the ... MSNBC - Nov 2, 2008How the Supreme Court Fractured Online PricingA June 2007 ruling gave manufacturers greater leeway to set retail prices. That s set off a free-for-all as online retailers seek creative ways to compete including on price. Just as millions of consumers are turning to the web to find the lowest prices, online retailers in many categories find they no longer can compete on price. That s because a growing number of manufacturers are ... InternetRetailer.com - Nov 2, 2008U.S. Senate " MinnesotaParty: DFL. Family: Wife Franni; 2 children. Age: 57. Home: Minneapolis. Education: B.A., Harvard University. Professional experience: Political commentator; satirist. Political experience: See above. - On the economy: Franken proposes to increase support for working families, including assistance with child care and tax credits for employers with family-friendly policies. Grand Forks Herald - Nov 2, 2008Direction of high court hangs on electionWASHINGTON As Election Day nears, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are sparring over the economy, taxes, health care and each other. But the next president of the United States may make his most lasting imprint on the U.S. Supreme Court. With four of the nine justices in their 70s and one in his 80s, the next president likely will have the privilege of appointing at least one new justice to ... St. Petersburg Times - Nov 2, 2008EPA passes wastewater authority to stateDischarger user fees will rise to handle agency's new workload The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it would hand off wastewater discharge permitting authority and enforcement in Alaska to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Alaska joins 45 other states that will oversee their own National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems, and they all have to follow ... Juneau Empire - Nov 2, 2008US electoral system flaws come to foreMoved by the powerful speech of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, one of his supporters cries during a rally at JFK Stadium in Springfield, Missouri Saturday. Photo: AFPAs Republicans and Democrats are expecting record turnout in the November 4 US presidential election, experts fear loopholes in the electoral system may bring into question the fairness of the historic ... Bangladesh Daily Star - Nov 2, 200840,000 Jewish Conversions Annulled by Israel High CourtJERUSALEM In a rigorous conversion process, she studied religious law for a year, took a Hebrew name and changed her wardrobe to long skirts and sleeves as dictated by Orthodox Jewish custom. Finally, a panel of rabbis pronounced her Jewish. But five years later, she and some 40,000 like her have suddenly had their conversions annulled by Israel's Rabbinical High Court. FOXNews.com - Nov 2, 2008Argentina Impoverishes Itself Again'It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.' -- Frederic Bastiat, 'The Law,' 1850 Our subject today is not Barack Obama's 'change' plan to 'share the wealth.' But readers who want to know what happens to a nation that legalizes plunder -- as the 19th century French economist termed the taking ... Wall Street Journal Online - Nov 2, 2008Surrey homes with high power usage can still be inspected -but cops stay outsideVANCOUVER, B.C. - Local municipalities and B.C. police forces have to rewrite part of their battle plan in the war against marijuana grow operations after a B.C. Supreme Court drew the line at police entering homes without a search warrant. The provincial government widened the powers of cities two years ago under the Safety Standards Act, in the effort to rid communities of the power-hungry and ... Yahoo! Canada - Nov 2, 2008Jump-starting climate actionThis is a guest essay by Michael Northup and David Sassoon. It was originally published at . ----- The urgency of the current situation cannot be overemphasized: The latest scientific research tells us that global warming is accelerating at a rate beyond previous expectations, and that the window for a timely response is closing quickly. Despite some political efforts to muddy the waters, there ... Grist Magazine - Nov 2, 2008Drug makers seek new limits on lawsuitsChildren's musician Diana Levine watched her right hand gradually turn black in the six weeks after she was injected with a Wyeth anti-nausea drug. The pain, so powerful even morphine couldn't mask it, subsided only when doctors amputated the arm just below the elbow. 'It was totally shocking to wake up to this,' said Levine, motioning toward her sleeve-covered stump as she sat in the kitchen of ... Delaware Online - Nov 2, 2008Obviousness: On carbon nanotubesHome> Nanotechnology Columns > Magda Carvalho PhD, JD > Abstract: Carbon nanotube inventions have succeeded as innovative and hundreds of patents have been awarded. But as claimed inventions accumulate, issues of patentability relating to obviousness inevitably arise. Specifically, methods that produced end-derivatized single-wall carbon nanotubes could not successfully stand up to 35 ... Nanotechnology News - Nov 2, 2008Economic woes mean boom time for lawyersLOS ANGELES - The loose-leaf binders on Beverly Hills attorney Paul Kiesel's shelves contain hundreds of stories alleging deception, loss, and heartache. Kiesel is representing struggling homeowners who say they were misled about the terms of their mortgages. He is far from the only lawyer finding himself busy these days as a result of the hard economic times. Boston Globe - Oct 31, 2008Nevada Cap on Medical Damage Awards Draws CriticismAs 59-year-old Richard Krikalo lumbers through the office of a junkyard he helps manage, he bumps into a desk and clips a wastebasket with his right leg. Krikalo is almost blind in his right eye and has trouble with depth perception and peripheral vision. 'I go to the buffet and bump into people carrying food,' he growls, shaking his head, his static right eye unable to follow his blinking left ... Insurance Journal - Oct 31, 2008Neighbours left rich spinster 'in squalor'Squalor ... rich spinster Betty Dyke gave neighbours $1.2m to look after her, but was found in filthy conditions, a court has been told. Rich spinster died in squalor Gave neighbours money to care for her Court hears they did nothing MILLIONAIRE spinster Betty Dyke was so desperate to end her days in her own home with her beloved animals that she gave neighbours $1.2 million to look after her. NEWS.com.au - Oct 31, 2008Campaign ad watch: Dueling ads in attorney general race misleadThis week's most popular (2198) Regional News By JENNIFER McKEE Missoulian State Bureau HELENA - The Montana Democratic and Republican parties both released fresh attack ads this week in the withering air war of the attorney general race.The Missoulian State Bureau analyzed both ads for accuracy.Republican ad vs. Bullock The ad attacks Democratic candidate Steve Bullock and neither mentions ... Missoulian - Oct 30, 2008Rabbis' ruling puts thousands of converts in limboLAURIE COPANS JERUSALEM, Raised without religion in Maryland, Shannon sought to make a new life for herself as a Jew in Israel. In a rigorous conversion process, she studied religious law for a year, took a Hebrew name and changed her wardrobe to long skirts and sleeves as dictated by Orthodox Jewish custom. Finally, a panel of rabbis pronounced her Jewish. Calibre Macro World - Oct 30, 2008Mee wins patent case against corporate giantMee Industries has announced the successful conclusion of a patent infringement suit brought against it by Dow Chemical Company. The Federal Court suit, tried in December of last year in Orlando, Florida, USA, was ended by a decision of the court in late September of this year. In the suit, Dow accused Mee Industries of infringement of patents dealing with the use of fogging technology for ... Power Engineering - Oct 30, 2008Military Members to Face General Court Martial in Database Corruption CasePetty Officer Second Class (PO2) Silvya Reid and PO2 Janet Sinclair will face a General Court Martial in relation to the alleged corruption of a Government database in July 2007. Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) Silvya Reid and PO2 Janet Sinclair will face a General Court Martial in relation to the alleged corruption of a Government database in July 2007. PO2 Reid and PO2 Sinclair were charged ... MarketWire - Oct 30, 2008Baseball and the reserve clauseThese election days have seen political terms bandied about such as socialism and the Bradley Effect. Essentially socialism is the distribution of money and goods by the government. It s not something new, we have been going down that path for many years beginning with social security, which has allowed our aging a better life. Socialism flies in the face of the free market, but maybe it s ... Albert Lea Tribune - Oct 30, 2008Nursing home cameras will help reduce abuseGod bless Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for placing hidden cameras in nursing home rooms. Much elder abuse is assault, pure and simple, and those in any way involved, including staff who avert their eyes, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Residents in nursing homes are often thought of as other, not normal adults. But they are your mother and father, sister and brother; they are you if ... Buffalo News - Oct 30, 2008ExxonMobil profit surges to record $14.8blnUS oil giant ExxonMobil shook off economic troubles and hurricanes to post a record third-quarter profit of 14.83 billion US dollars, up 58 percent from a year ago, the company said Thursday. The latest report pushed up profits for the first nine months of 2008 to 37.4 billion US dollars, putting the biggest oil and gas company toward another record year for earnings. Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 30, 2008Persons With Psychosocial Disability [opinion](Ghanaian Chronicle/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX News Network) -- Everybody has the right to rights; fundamental human rights are meant for everyone, no matter the circumstance one might find him or herself. Most times societies tend to disassociate with people who are psychologically screwed up. Little attention is given to them when it comes to the issue of rights. Calibre Macro World - Oct 30, 2008Lost-gun ordinances usually fire blanksLose a gun in Cleveland and fail to report it to police and you could face a $250 fine and 30 days in jail. But in the 12 years that ordinance has been on Cleveland's books, only two people have been taken to court for failing to report a lost or stolen gun. That experience, and those of other cities, suggests that Pittsburgh's proposed ordinance on reporting lost or stolen guns and others ... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 30, 2008India's Vanishing TigersEdited by Claire George It is a well known fact that the tiger in the Indian wild is critically endangered. At the beginning of the 20th century 40,000 of these striped animals roamed the country's jungles. Wanton killing, rising human populations and economic development leading to shrinking habitats brought their numbers to a perilous low of around 2,000 by the end of the ...
OhmyNews - Oct 31, 2008
Races to Watch: Pennsylvania 11
Previous Races to Watch: Ohio 15 Minnesota 3 Once upon a time, when the Republican presidential hopefuls were all attempting to 'out-Tancredo Tancredo,' immigration looked to be shaping up as a major issue in the 2008 election. Of course, that was before the selection of immigration moderate John McCain as the GOP nominee. Before Palin-mania. Before the financial crisis.
American Prospect - Oct 30, 2008
Am Law Litigation Daily -- Oct. 30, 2008
Years ago, the Litigation Daily remembers, we were sitting in Steven Schulman's office at One Penn Plaza as he boasted about the big, big returns he was expecting from the 300 class actions that were later consolidated to become the multidistrict IPO securities litigation. It was way back in 2001, and Schulman's firm, today just known as Milberg, was leading the plaintiffs bar's charge against ...
The American Lawyer - Oct 30, 2008
Growing National Demand For Marijuana Expert Eric Nash
GROWING NATIONAL DEMAND FOR MARIJUANA EXPERT ERIC NASH Eric Nash sits quietly in a small room at the Duncan court offices. He's impeccably dressed in a black suit and burgundy tie, and with his glasses and closely cropped hair, he looks every bit the qualified court expert. What's not immediately apparent is that this man's area of expertise is marijuana. 'We're beginning to become known by ...
Media Awareness Project - Oct 30, 2008
The Senior Citizens League's Comments on U.S. Supreme Court Case Wyeth v. Levine
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) filed an amicus brief in support of a courageous Vermont woman's fight to preserve her common law right to damages for the amputation of her gangrenous arm caused by the tortious conduct of a large pharmaceutical company. Wyeth, with the wholehearted backing of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), argued that the administration of its drug in a manner not ...
Pharma Live - Oct 30, 2008
COALITION PROTECTS LEGAL AID FROM HULLS' RAID ATTEMPT
The Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition has stopped the government from raiding the Public Purpose Fund, through an amendment passed by the Legislative Council, Shadow Attorney-General Robert Clark said today. The Brumby Government attempted to give itself the power to take money from this fund, which provides money for legal aid, education and research, and use it to pay running costs for its ...
Liberal Party Victoria - Oct 30, 2008
Many states' ballot measures concern social issues
WASHINGTON California voters on Tuesday will consider the care of pregnant pigs, and Massachusetts voters will have a chance to abolish the state's income tax, but most ballot issues this year again target a variety of social issues. State ballots contain 153 propositions, including 59 initiatives from citizen petitions. Some are on the ballot because of a constitutional mandate Illinois' ...
Chicago Tribune - Oct 31, 2008
Emptoris Comments on Initial Verdict of Patent Infringement Lawsuit Case
Emptoris, Inc., a leading provider of Emptoris, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise supply and contract management software, commented today on the patent infringement lawsuit filed against the company by Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) of Sunnyvale, CA. The suit, filed in April 2007, was heard over the past two weeks in Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Case Number ...
MarketWire - Oct 30, 2008
New Report Shows How Drug Industry Immunity Would Endanger Women
A new report released today by the national consumer rights group Center for Justice & Democracy finds that many of this country's dangerous government-approved drugs and devices have been marketed specifically for women. Many of these products were removed or made safer only after women filed lawsuits. The release of the report, THE BITTEREST PILL -- How Drug Companies Fail To Protect Women ...
PR Newswire - Oct 29, 2008
Lawsuit over Obama's citizenship dismissed
I believe that only McCain has the standing to sue. JakeD Says: October 27th, 2008 at 11:43 am Although, I guess the other Presidential candidates could technically argue they have standing to sue as well (but what is the harm to them? McCain would simply win). Flyboy Will Says: October 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pm I m going to go sue Berg for molesting puppies in 1973, I heard some guy in ...
Orange County Register - Oct 29, 2008
DWP OKs payouts for overcharges to L.A. County, schools, MTA
After almost a decade of what state prosecutors called 'ripping off state agencies,' the Department of Water and Power on Monday agreed to pay out a $160 million settlement to the county, local schools, community colleges and the MTA. Coming after years of legal wrangling, the settlement is the largest ever against a utility for overcharging customers, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs.
Los Angeles Daily News - Oct 29, 2008
Court weighs state ban on violent video games
SACRAMENTO - A federal appeals panel on Wednesday considered whether California can ban the sale of violent video games to minors. The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held a rare hearing in Sacramento to take arguments over a 2005 state law. It prohibits the sale or rental of violent video games to anyone under the age of 18 and requires that such games be clearly ...
Los Angeles Daily News - Oct 29, 2008
Wealthy interests alter Calif's initiative process
SACRAMENTO, Calif. When Hiram Johnson championed an initiative system for California nearly a century ago, he sold it as a grassroots way to 'arm the people to protect themselves.'California's 23rd governor foresaw citizen campaigns putting propositions on the ballot when the Legislature failed to address a pressing need.But 97 years after Californians voted to allow themselves to put measures on ...
Vida en el Valle - Oct 29, 2008
The George W. Bush factor looms large
The campaign for the election of the 44th president of the United States has been dominated by the administration of George W. Bush, as Sen. Barack Obama speaks as if hes running against him and Sen. John McCain spares no effort to distinguish himself from Bush. This is not surprising, considering that most public opinion polls report President Bushs popularity at about 35 percent (although more ...
Desert Dispatch - Oct 29, 2008
The Supreme Court matters
Marian Wright Edelman Carolina Peacemaker Originally posted 10/29/2008 On the way to the voting booth on November 4, in addition to thinking about who should occupy the White House, we should also be concerned about who will appoint to federal courts. The next president will likely name one to three Justices to the Supreme Court and hundreds to lower federal courts.
Carolina Peacemaker - Oct 29, 2008
Life Insurance Is Big Business in the USLoading...
Life - Life in America.; Life insurance is big business in the US, with changes brought about by the credit crunch creating new opportunities reports Stephen Gray. UK The integration of the financial services sector is a worldwide phenomenon, and the US life industry with its $4tn of assets has not been immune. The surge tide of regulatory rulings and law changes began in the 1980s, when rulings ...
Insurance News Net - Oct 29, 2008
B.C. judge's ruling could change way suspected grow-op inspections are done
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Provincial legislation that allows electrical inspections of homes identified as having high electricity usage - and therefore suspected of being marijuana grow-ops - is sound but police cannot accompany those safety teams without a warrant, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled.The decision came after two Surrey residents went to court against the City of Surrey, BC Hydro and ...
Metronews - Oct 29, 2008
Group challenges Nativity scenes at state parks: Letter to attorney general alleges church/state violation
Oct. 29--An organization that advocates separation of church and state has asked the Ohio attorney general for her position on having a Nativity scene in a state park, while warning of a possible legal challenge. The Freedom from Religion Foundation wrote to Nancy H. Rogers on Oct. 6 to complain that a stand-alone Nativity scene at Malabar Farm State Park in north-central Ohio was 'a recurring ...
Calibre Macro World - Oct 29, 2008
The Other Half of Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller could not have built his empire without one of America s greatest entrepreneurs, Henry Flagler. In all of American industrial history, perhaps only Henry Ford is more closely identified with the company he founded than is John D. Rockefeller. In the 1860s, Rockefeller was just one of many entrepreneurs seeking to exploit the possibilities opened up by the brand-new ...
American.com - Oct 29, 2008
IR tribunal faces firing squad
THE NSW Labor Government has delivered an ultimatum to Australia's oldest industrial relations tribunal: sack yourselves or we'll do it for you. The tribunal's commissioners have been told that NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos wants half of them to take redundancy under the threat that all their positions will be abolished if they refuse. The Attorney-General's move has been prompted by ...
The Australian - Oct 29, 2008
Chickens and the egg
But thanks to Olivera Egg Farm and its 700,000 chickens, country life is not all sunshine and butterflies. With a quick turn of the wind, the pleasant breeze suddenly sours to the sickening, fetid stench of ammonia from the nearby 'lagoon' a 16.5-acre cesspool of chicken manure that lies 370 feet from the nearest house. 'It takes your breath away,' said Janice Magaoay, who has lived in a ...
San Francisco Bay Guardian - Oct 29, 2008
Algeria president to abolish term limits
ALGIERS, Algeria-Algeria's president is giving himself the constitutional right to stay in power, announcing plans Wednesday to abolish term limits that would have prevented him from seeking a third term next spring. Abdelaziz Bouteflika said in a speech broadcast from Algeria's supreme court that he wants to bring 'stability, efficiency and continuity' to the oil- and gas-rich nation, which is ...
Macro World Investor - Oct 29, 2008
CO2Emission Cuts: The Economic Costs of the EPA's ANPR Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) foreshadows new regulations of unprecedented scope, magnitude, and detail. This notice is not just bureaucratic rumination, but could very well become the law of the land. Jason Grumet, a senior environmental advisor to Barack Obama, has promised that a President Obama would 'initiate those rulings.' These ...
Heritage Foundation - Oct 29, 2008
Republican Loyalists Jumping Ship
BOSTON -- The Republican Party was the model of unity leaving its national convention barely two months ago. But no more.Displaying a fracture that stands to become a clean break if John McCain loses the election next week, Republicans of all stripes and stature have broken with their party's nominee and are not only supporting Democrat Barack Obama, but trashing the GOP in the process.Former ...
WSMV - Oct 29, 2008
'Eli Stone' Recap: Lead Paint and a Magic Book
With the resolution of Eli's crisis of faith having already come (his reluctance to become a prophet was so last season), 'Eli Stone' was in need of a larger story arc to keep the momentum going and provide viewers with a reason to tune in each week. Posner (Tom Amandes) and Klein's (Katey Sagal) attempt to wrest the firm from Jordan's (Victor Garber) control has provided just that.
Starpulse - Oct 29, 2008
Security and Financial Risks of Data Breaches Grow as Some IT Departments Inadvertently Expose Data by Improperly Retiring Data Storage Products
OAKDALE, Minn., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patient health records, social security numbers, bank account numbers and internal auditing procedures are examples of the kinds of information that is unknowingly 'leaking' out of data centers. This disturbing trend is the result of companies improperly disposing of used data storage products at end-of-life, including a growing practice of ...
Columbus Business First - Oct 29, 2008
Sri Lankan government tests all milk products for melamine
Oct 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka government today said that it is taking urgent steps to implement procedures recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) over the melamine found in some food products. The government has instructed the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to test all milk products being sold in the market to test whether they are suitable for human consumption.
Colombo Page - Oct 29, 2008
Ex-Haitian strongman sentenced in NYC fraud scheme
Emmanuel Constant was sentenced in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn to 12 years to 37 years in prison, said state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office, which prosecuted the case. Constant was found guilty of fraud and grand larceny in July. He has been jailed since 2006 for the fraud case. An investor who testified as part of a plea deal claimed Constant offered to broker deals to buy ...
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 29, 2008
Aussie sues casino over gambling binge
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian gambler who lost millions in a A$1.4 billion (548.5 million pounds) gaming spree is suing one of the country's largest casinos, claiming he was targeted by managers despite a known gambling addiction. In a case which lawyers say could have implications stretching to China, gambling addict Harry Kakavas is suing Crown Casino in Melbourne for A$50 million damages ...
Tiscali - Oct 30, 2008
Discover Financial Services Reaches $2.75 Billion Settlement Agreement in Antitrust Dispute with Visa and MasterCard
RIVERWOODS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) said today that it has reached an agreement with Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. in the settlement of a lawsuit seeking damages for practices that suppressed third-party issuing on the Discover Network and the acceptance of its cards. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Discover is expected to receive up to $2.75 ...
Street Insider - Oct 27, 2008
CBS increasingly airing indecency
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--CBS and other broadcast television networks increasingly are pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable entertainment as the Federal Communications Commission, the government body charged with enforcing indecency laws, awaits an upcoming Supreme Court hearing in order to determine a response.The Parents Television Council, a nonpartisan watchdog group, filed an indecency ...
Town Hall - Oct 27, 2008
Supreme Smackdown Over Speech
While America will be busy at the polls on Nov. 4, Fox has a different, pressing Election Day appointment at the Supreme Court. That?s where the network?s reps will battle the FCC over fleeting profanities that drew an indecency finding from the commission. Fox has elected to take aim at the FCC?s powers to regulate any broadcast speech whatsoever. News Corp.
WaveForm - Oct 27, 2008
Galvanizing the gun vote
NRA hopes to seal election by painting Obama as no friend of the firearm Tiffany Brown Canadian tourists Colin Grosh, left, and David Mitchnick check out the wares Wednesday at the Las Vegas Gun Range & Firearms Center. The NRA says that in the past year it has registered more than 1 million gun owners to vote, and at the center NObama T-shirts are hot items, with most of the 300 ...
Las Vegas Sun - Oct 27, 2008
The Dangerous Reasoning of the Connecticut Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Connecticut recently embraced legal reasoning that opens a Pandora's Box. The Court recently handed down the latest in a series of bizarre rulings from state courts on 'gay marriage.' Using the court's logic any and all sexual conduct could be deemed constitutional -- and any and all sexual partners allowed to 'marry.' The Connecticut court's ruling brings America another ...
American Thinker - Oct 27, 2008
George F. Will: A healthy proposition (Yesterday)
WASHINGTON -- On Election Day, Arizonans can give the nation the gift of a good example. They can enact a measure that could shape the health-care debate that will arrest or accelerate the nation's slide into statism. Proposition 101, 'The Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act,' would put the following language into Arizona's Constitution: 'Because all people should have the right to make ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 28, 2008
In This Election The Supreme Court Matters
Court will rule on whether cigarette manufacturers can be sued for deceptively labeling their products as "light" and "lowered tar and nicotine." This case will have a major impact on the health of children and teenagers who are influenced to start smoking because they are deceived by these ads. Many of them will grow up to be among the 438,000 who die of smoking related causes each year.
Huffington Post - Oct 27, 2008
2 skinheads accused of plot to kill Obama
Nazi skinheads accused of plot to kill Barack Obama Comments WASHINGTON - Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. In all, the two men whom officials describe as neo-Nazi skinheads planned to kill 88 people - 14 by ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 27, 2008
Shame, Cubed
The Drudge Report this morning led off with a link to audio of Barack Obama on WBEZ, a Chicago public radio station. And this time, Barack Obama was not eight years old when the bomb went off. York: Dunphy: Whittle: Bayefsky: McCarthy: Coulson: Busch: Miller: Neighborly WisdomGratzer: Lopez: Reality ElectionBenard: Pitney: Whittle: Biden's HintSteyn: Barone: Sowell: Obama, Con Speaking on a ...
National Review - Oct 27, 2008
Credit Suisse Repurchases Auction Rate Securities (ARS) From Rosetta Genomics
REHOVOT, Israel and JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, October 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (Nasdaq:ROSG), a leader in the development of microRNA-based diagnostics and therapeutics, today announced that Credit Suisse, as part of a settlement agreement it has reached with the Attorney General of the State of New York and the North American Securities Administrators Association Task ...
PR Newswire - Oct 27, 2008
Banks lose in Bell litigation saga
A group of 20 financiers, including three of Australias four biggest banks, face having to pay back more than $280 million they snatched out of Alan Bonds failed Bell Group after it collapsed in April 1991. Bringing an end to the first chapter of a 13-year legal battle, WA Supreme Court judge Neville Owen today upheld parts of claims by Bell liquidators over the actions of the Westpac-led banking ...
The West Online - Oct 27, 2008
Parental notification measure on ballot again
For the third time in four years, California voters will be asked to require doctors to notify an unmarried minor girl's family before performing an abortion on her. Thirty-four states have laws requiring parental involvement in abortion decisions, but the issue has proved to be a hard sell in California. AT ISSUE:PROPOSITION 4 The measure would amend the state constitution to require a doctor ...
SignOn San Diego - Oct 27, 2008
Parenting abused children
DOUBLE TAKE THE Philippines is a country filled with hurt and angry children. Some of these children have been burned with flatirons, cigarette butts, bathed in alcohol or gasoline, beaten up with wood or iron rods, chained to staircases, caged like dogs, or their heads bashed against the wall. There are some who were born alcoholic or addicted to drugs simply because their expectant mothers had ...
Manila Times - Oct 27, 2008
Mokbel loses bid to have charges stayed
Accused underworld killer Tony Mokbel has lost his bid to have drugs and murder charges against him stopped. Mokbel's lawyers argued in the Victorian Supreme Court that the charges against him should be stayed on the basis his extradition to Australia was unlawful because his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights was pending. Mokbel fled Australia in 2006, but was extradited from Greece ...
Sunshine Coast Daily - Oct 27, 2008
ACLU to new president: End rights slide
The American Civil Liberties Union has recommendations Here's an excerpt from the ACLU issued to alert media about its new report: 'This past administration has left us with a disastrous legacy of bad policy, abuse of power, and civil liberties violations,' said Caroline Fredrickson, director of the Washington Legislative Office of the ACLU. 'The next president, whoever he is, must immediately ...
Baltimore Sun - Oct 27, 2008
Labor Unions Prolonged the Depression
Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com By the mid-1930s, the U.S. economy appeared to be climbing out of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), which had ...
Wall Street Journal Online - Oct 27, 2008
Senator Stevens Guilty; McCain Slams Obama; San Francisco Policy Rejected; Election Fraud Risk
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LOU DOBBS, HOST: Thank you, Wolf. Tonight a bombshell verdict in the Senator Ted Stevens trial. Stevens found guilty of seven charges of corruption. We'll have a live report and we'll examine the political impact. Also tonight Senator McCain and Obama presenting their so-called closing arguments in this ...
CNN - Oct 27, 2008
Hedge Lawsuit Threat Has Hill Seeing Red
When Braddock Financial heard about out a plan to fix the mortgage dilemma, it threatened a lawsuit. The Denver hedge fund had a mortgaged-back portfolio, so a renegotiation could hurt its performance. That threat of legal action did not sit well with Capitol Hill. Now, Braddock Financial along with another hedge fund, Greenwich Financial, is being summoned to Washington, D.C., to explain its ...
HedgeFund.net - Oct 27, 2008
From Vogue to MTV, Palin drew press to Alaska
GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is keeping reporters at arms' length in her campaign, but she had a very different approach as Alaska's new governor: She couldn't get enough of them. Palin cultivated interviews with local and national journalists and welcomed them from as far away as London, earning time in the spotlight even before Republican presidential candidate John McCain selected ...
Fresno Bee - Oct 27, 2008
McCain warns of dangers of Dem control
This election comes down to how you want your hard-earned money spent, McCain said to a small audience at the Renaissance hotel in downtown Cleveland. Do you want to keep it and invest it in your future, or have it taken by the most liberal person to ever run for the Presidency, and the Democratic leaders who have been running Congress for the past two years -- Nancy Pelosi and Harry ...
The Politico - Oct 27, 2008
SC frowns upon unnecessary use of Contempt of Court Act
New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) The Supreme Court has strongly disapproved the use of Contempt of the Court Act for purpose other than to secure the compliance of the order of the court. A bench comprising Justices S P Sinha and Cyriac Joseph while dropping the contempt of court proceedings against a TV programme producer company 'Three Cheers Entertainment Pvt Ltd' also imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on ...
United News of India - Oct 27, 2008
Obama vs. McCain: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Treatment of Veterans -- Voter Guide
The current financial crisis, which experts are roundly describing as a calamity of unprecedented proportions, has convinced most voters that the economy is the most urgent priority of the incoming administration. The war on Iraq -- and the broader existential conflict known for years now as the Global War on Terror -- has taken a backseat in many voters' minds.
AlterNet.org - Oct 27, 2008
McCain tackles Obama on plan to 'spread the wealth'
Reporting from Pottsville, Pa., and Canton, Ohio - Addressing a boisterous crowd in eastern Pennsylvania, John McCain said Monday that Barack Obama wanted to be 'Redistributionist in Chief,' putting a new twist on his warning that the Democrat intends to 'spread the wealth around,' as he told Joe the Plumber. McCain's new turn-of-phrase came after his campaign unearthed an obscure, 7-year-old ...
Chicago Tribune - Oct 28, 2008
Happy Is as Happy Does: Mortgage Interest Deductibility & the GAAR
Happy and Snitty are soon-to-be neighbours. Snitty shops around for a mortgage, haggles over half a percentage point, and ultimately accepts the financing offered by the institution he's banked with for years. He purchases a home with the funds and makes the first of many mortgage payments, knowing a large portion of each payment will go toward the interest, and not the principal amount, of his ...
Ottawa Business Journal - Oct 27, 2008
Secure Computing Reports Q3 2008 Results
Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading enterprise security company, today announced third quarter GAAP revenue of $63.0 million. This represents a 5% increase in revenue compared to $60.0 million in the same quarter last year. Third quarter non-GAAP revenue was $64.7 million. This represents a 1% decrease compared to the same ...
MarketWire - Oct 27, 2008
Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of AIG International Group, Inc. 7.70% Series A5 Junior Subordinated Debentures (NYSE: AVF) Investors
Notice is hereby given that Stull, Stull & Notice is hereby given that Stull, Stull & Brody filed a lawsuit on October 27, 2008 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking class action status on behalf of purchasers of 7.70% Series A5 Junior Subordinated Debentures (NYSE: AVF) of American International Group, Inc.
MarketWire - Oct 27, 2008
Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC Announces That a Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against The Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNC)
Shareholder class action lawsuits have been Shareholder class action lawsuits have been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against The Spectranetics Corporation ("Spectranetics" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SPNC) and certain of its officers and directors on behalf of purchasers of Spectranetics common stock, who purchased shares between April 19, 2007 and ...
MarketWire - Oct 27, 2008
Bankruptcy not the best choice for borrowers
WASHINGTON -- Can filing for bankruptcy help homeowners facing foreclosure? For most people, trying to negotiate changes in their loan with help from a housing counselor or lawyer is a far better option. While bankruptcy judges can reduce or eliminate certain kinds of debt, they aren't allowed to alter the total amount owed or interest rate of primary mortgages.
The Sun News - Oct 26, 2008
Knowledge is the best defense for renters
By E-E Business Editor Many people choose to rent a place to live as an alternative to buying a home. While rental options are many and varied, it is always wise to protect oneself when entering into a lease or rental agreement, which is, after all, a legal and binding contract between a landlord and a tenant.Glenna Dorris, managing attorney for Legal Aid Services of Bartlesville and Jay, said ...
Examiner Enterprise - Oct 26, 2008
European politics: Why don't we care?
The decisions taken by our representatives in Brussels have a direct impact on nearly every area of our lives. Yet British voters remain stubbornly apathetic toward EU affairs John Edward What is it about the United States that makes its politics so exciting to us? Is it the shared language? Is it the vast amounts of money and influence at play? Or is it just the sheen of 'West Wing'-esque ...
Edinburgh Journal - Oct 26, 2008
PRO BONO WORK: Not a self-serving activity
As a law professor (and now dean of a new law school), I work hard to encourage my students to use their legal training to make society a better place and to help those who cannot afford legal services. Whatever their field of practice, they should spend some time doing legal work without charging for their time and services. There are so many pressures on lawyers, especially economic ones, that ...
National Law Journal - Oct 26, 2008
Freedom of Choice in Health Care
WASHINGTON -- On Election Day, Arizonans can give the nation the gift of a good example. They can enact a measure that could shape the health care debate that will arrest or accelerate the nation's slide into statism. Proposition 101, 'The Act,' would put the following language into Arizona's Constitution: 'Because all people should have the right to make decisions about their health care, no ...
Town Hall - Oct 26, 2008
Dems predicting earthquake election
Carville likened the Washington political environment to pre-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, saying that there will be nothing left standing after the election. He added that Republicans stand to lose not just an election but a generation of voters. [John] McCain and [Sarah] Palin are losing the argument, Greenberg said, pointing to favorable numbers for Obama on the campaign s ...
The Politico - Oct 26, 2008
Credit card lawsuits on the rise
More Wisconsinites sued for defaulting on debts A growing number of Wisconsinites are being sued for defaulting on credit card and other debts, another sign of stress in a weakening economy. Large-claim money judgment lawsuits - debt collections exceeding $5,000 on credit cards as well as business, car and college loans, and medical and other bills - jumped 49% statewide in 2007, a review of ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Oct 26, 2008
McCain: Obamas Judges Would Coddle Criminals
The National Law Journal invited John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden to write op-eds about their views on the rule of law, the federal court system, judicial appointees and priorities for the U.S. Department of Justice. So far, only McCain accepted the offer. Tomorrows NLJ will feature this article. Frankly, were a little disappointed. McCain begins the article with a call for a ...
Wall Street Journal Online - Oct 26, 2008
How candidates stand on the issues
A recap of where Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., stand on issues that have helped to define their campaigns for the presidency: TAXING AND SPENDING McCain would extend the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 and add new breaks: He would cut the corporate income tax rate to 25 percent from 35 percent, repeal the alternative minimum tax and double the deduction for dependents.
Akron Beacon Journal - Oct 26, 2008
Missing from Prop. 8 ads: gays
These days, it's pretty hard to walk the streets of a California city without seeing same-sex couples -- shopping, strolling, holding hands, sometimes accompanied by children. What used to be called, self-consciously, 'public displays of affection' are now merely public displays of ordinary family life. For gay folks, then, it is all the more stinging an irony that the one place where same-sex ...
Los Angeles Times - Oct 26, 2008
IndyMac, FDIC are models for mortgage relief
Los Angeles earlier this year. With her family's construction business sputtering, she and her husband soon fell behind on their home loan on their four-bedroom ranch home in Los Angeles. After missing three payments, the Carrillos were $9,800 behind on their mortgage with IndyMac Bank. But after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. seized IndyMac, the bank agreed to modify Carrillo's loan, ...
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 26, 2008
Activist files suit to halt bailoutFORT ANN -- Activist Robert Schulz won't let the $700 billion bailout of American International Group and other Wall Street giants slide by.
FORT ANN -- Activist Robert Schulz won't let the $700 billion bailout of American International Group and other Wall Street giants slide by.When he heard the news that the insurance giant would receive taxpayer money in order to stay afloat, the Fort Ann resident and nationally known constitutional rights scholar filed two lawsuits in federal court.He contends the bailout package goes against the ...
Post Star - Oct 26, 2008
Ariz. health plan debated
WASHINGTON - On Election Day, Arizonans can give the nation the gift of a good example. They can enact a measure that could shape the health care debate that will arrest or accelerate the nation's slide into statism. Proposition 101, 'The Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act,' would put the following language into Arizona's Constitution: 'Because all people should have the right to make ...
The Leaf Chronicle - Oct 26, 2008
Ethiopia: the authoritarian executive, rubber-stamp parliament, and delegation of power
The Nondelegation Principle The doctrine of nondelegation is explicit or implicit in all written constitutions that impose a structural separation of powers. It is usually applied in questions of constitutionally improper delegations of legislative powers to the executive. In 1690, John Locke (1632-1704), one of the most influential political philosophers of the modern period, wrote that ...
American Chronicle - Oct 26, 2008
Ambani brothers feud over natural gas sharing reaches SC
NEW DELHI: A petition has been moved in Supreme Court seeking vacation of stay granted by Bombay High Court, which restrained Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries from selling gas to any company other than Anil Ambani group and NTPC. The petition filed in public interest by one B A Aloor, a practising advocate from Pune, alleged that the feud between two brothers is affecting people at large ...
Economictimes - Oct 26, 2008
Lawyers movement gaining lost momentum
By Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The upcoming election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), scheduled to be held on October 28, and the recent pace of the lawyers movement for the independence of judiciary is likely to gain momentum which the legal fraternity had lost during the last few months for the restoration of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.The recent visits of deposed ...
The News International - Oct 26, 2008
Indonesia fights terrorism with power of persuasion
By WARREN P. STROBEL - McClatchy papers (0) Text Size: tool name tool goes here Sitting in a Papa Ron's pizza outlet in the Indonesian capital, Nasir Abbas looks more like a would-be business entrepreneur than a former Islamic militant. He's dressed in a gray polo shirt and blue jeans, ordering a takeout pizza for his children. He munches on an appetizer in between calls on his cell ...
San Luis Obispo.com - Oct 26, 2008
Monopoly On Pot Fought
MONOPOLY ON POT FOUGHT It's a marijuana 'monopoly' that deserves to go up in smoke, activists say. Lawyers representing a group of 30 medicinal marijuana users will be in court Monday to fight the federal government's bid to keep control of large-scale medicinal pot distribution in Canada. Activists say the government-issued pot is weak. They say Health Canada's regulation that forbids licensed ...
Media Awareness Project - Oct 26, 2008
AIG settles North Carolina disability case: $18 million payout is 'huge'
(The News & Observer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- AIG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- American International Group, the major insurance company that received an $85 billion federal bailout for risky financial practices, has agreed to pay $18 million to a former North Raleigh man who was completely disabled when a pickup truck hit him in the parking lot of ...
TradingMarkets - Oct 26, 2008
DOL puts socially conscious funds on tighter leash
All 'non-economic' factors should be rare, managers advised By Sara Hansard October 26, 2008, 6:01 AM EST Socially conscious fund managers participating in qualified plans have been put on notice that investment returns must always be a higher priority than any other consideration. An interpretive bulletin issued Oct. 17 by the Labor Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration ...
Investment News - Oct 26, 2008
Roe vs. Wade? Bush vs. Gore? What are the worst Supreme Court decisions?
Gov. Sarah Palin appeared to draw a blank recently when asked by CBS' Katie Couric to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with other than Roe vs. Wade. Recalling high school history, she might have cited widely condemned 19th century decisions such as Dred Scott (1857), which upheld slavery even in the 'free states,' and Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), which upheld segregation as 'separate ...
Los Angeles Times - Oct 22, 2008
In Hawaii, Whether or Not to Con Con is a Contentious Debate
This November 4 election, Hawaii voters must decide whether to support a Constitutional Convention or a 'Con Con.' Even if they leave their ballot blank, they will have a say in the issue, because a Supreme Court ruling determined blank votes are no votes (a whole other issue that could be taken up in a Con Con). Hawaiis has not had a Con Con for 30 years since 1978, but powerful forces are ...
Hawaiian Reporter - Oct 22, 2008
Campaign 2008: Where the candidates stand
With Election Day fast approaching, we want to help you cut through the campaign blather. Here s a quick comparison of where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on 10 key issues. EDUCATION Obama: Opposes private school vouchers as a drain on public education funds. Proposes $18 billion a year in new spending on early childhood classes, teacher recruitment, performance pay ...
DothanEagle.com - Oct 23, 2008
Putting the brakes on foreclosures
A week into the big bailout, banks are beginning to charge each other less for loans and companies are finding it easier to borrow short term. The Dow has been up and down, but so far this week, it is back above 9,000. So has the worst passed? Probably not. The unfortunate reality is that as long as millions of Americans continue to default on their mortgages and housing prices continue to ...
International Herald Tribune - Oct 22, 2008
Next US President Could Set Direction Of Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AFP)--Abortion, torture, gay marriage, war-on-terror detentions - whoever the next president appoints to the U.S. Supreme Court could play a major role in shaping constitutional rights for a generation. Appointments to the country's highest court have always been a political battleground as the nine judges, who hold life terms, rule on some of the weightiest issues in U.S.
Nasdaq - Oct 23, 2008
OPINION: Judicial candidates should gear campaigns to rule by the law
(Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- DJCO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Electing judges and writing about judicial elections are both difficult tasks. We can demand to know how John McCain and Barack Obama or senatorial candidates Ronnie Musgrove and Roger Wicker stand on every issue. We can quiz congressional candidates Greg ...
TradingMarkets - Oct 22, 2008
Hidden cameras to monitor nursing homes
Calling it a deterrent against nursing home abuse, State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that his office will use hidden camera technology in Western New York to expose and prosecute mistreatment of residents. Hidden cameras have been used by the attorney generals office in four cases already, resulting in 26 convictions of nurses, nurses aides and a nursing home owner.
Buffalo News - Oct 22, 2008
Many Obstacles to Drilling Remain
Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com Sen. Lisa Murkowski raises critical points about the challenges facing the U.S. with respect to energy production on the Outer Continental ...
Wall Street Journal Online - Oct 22, 2008
Florida turns into tossup after financial meltdown
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Democrat Barack Obama poured millions of dollars into Florida over the summer but couldn't close in on John McCain's comfortable lead. The Republican didn't flinch, confident the state was trending toward the GOP eight years after it gave George W. Bush the White House. Then the mortgage crisis hit, jolting the high-foreclosure state - and its presidential politics.
The Sun News - Oct 22, 2008
Obama lawyers aim to stop repeat of Florida fiasco
Just before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton walk on stage in front of a roaring Florida crowd of 40,000 - arm-in-arm and beaming - Richard Siwica, a harassed looking lawyer, takes the podium to invoke the ghosts of hanging chads past. We'll have lawyers in every significant precinct, Mr Siwica told this Orlando crowd. Many Democrats here still speak of the 2000 Florida recount that gave the ...
The Times - Oct 22, 2008
How the U.S.A. elects its President
Every four years, the world looks with bafflement at the United States as the country goes through its curious process of electing its President. Truth be told, the system is far from obvious, and remains misunderstood and controversial even within the U.S.A. A brief primer on how it all works. Foto: AFP With early voting opening in some states such as Florida, voting season has begun. ...
Time - Oct 22, 2008
Do you qualify for severance pay?
Losing your job is tough enough but you'll get some severance pay, won't you? Not necessarily. There are many situations where you won't get any severance pay. I divide these no severance situations into two categories. The first category covers people hired for a specific task or for a fixed period of time. Let's say you've been hired to fill in for one year while Debbie is on a maternity ...
Toronto Sun - Oct 22, 2008
Seminole explains constitutional amendments
SEMINOLE - Vice Mayor Thomas Barnhorn has been busy hitting the speaker's circuit over the last couple of months. After attending an educational seminar provided by the Florida League of Cities, Barnhorn has be heading out to present free seminars on the ramifications of six Florida constitutional amendments that will be on the ballot Nov. 4. "I hope to speak to civic clubs and other groups as ...
Tampa Bay Newspapers - Oct 22, 2008
Justice Roberts delays U of L visit
Business First of Louisville Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. has postponed indefinitely a talk he originally planned to give on Monday at the University of Louisville. He had an unavoidable schedule conflict, but plans to speak at the university sometime in the future, McConnell Center director Gary Gregg said Wednesday in a news release.
Biz Journals - Oct 22, 2008
An irresistible force meets an immovable Mass v. EPA
Kate says: The Wall Street Journal spazzes out about Obama adviser Jason Grumet's assertion that a President Obama would fight climate change under the Clean Air Act if Congress doesn't move to address the issue within 18 months. In what may be a historical first, I actually think the WSJ editorial board is right about this. Not that it's bad, but that it's a Very Big Deal.
Grist Magazine - Oct 22, 2008
Justice, Texas Supreme Court
What does the term activist judge mean to you? Does this term affect the public s perception of the judiciary? Please explain (75 words) Question 3: What method of selection of judges is most likely to result in a qualified, diverse, and independent judiciary? (75 words) Question 4: Should a judge or justice recuse himself or herself from cases in which the participating lawyers, their ...
Fort Bend Sun - Oct 22, 2008
EDITORIAL: Initiative power: Supreme Court strikes down unconstitutional law
Oct. 22--Earlier this year, the Legislature gutted the people's power to make land-use laws through initiatives and to refer the implementation of land-use laws to the voters. Last week, the Utah Supreme Court reversed that action by declaring unconstitutional the law that stole the people's rights. Thank goodness for the balance of powers. In its opinion, the court offered the Legislature a ...
Calibre Macro World - Oct 22, 2008
Big-time Waffle House guy in trouble
Local entrepreneur James L. Shaub II's job running SouthEast Waffles, a 113-restaurant Waffle House franchise based in Nashville, remains under the scrutiny of creditors amid whispers of missing millions and the shadow of a pending Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearing. Next week, Shaub could lose his job at what is now the second-largest franchise under the umbrella of Norcross, Ga.-based Waffle House, ...
Tennessean - Oct 22, 2008
Trial of Economic Saboteurs Postponed
(The New Times/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX News Network) -- The first hearing on economic sabotage that had been scheduled for October 16, 2008, at Kacyiru Lower Instance Court was postponed to November 13 by Claudine Nyirabikenye, the Court President has said. Economic sabotage is any act or crime that impedes economic growth of the country. According to the Prosecutor General's office, ...
Calibre Macro World - Oct 22, 2008
U.S. Intervenes in False Claims Act Suit Against McKesson Corp. and Golden Horizons Nursing Homes
WASHINGTON - The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against several companies alleging that they submitted false claims to Medicare arising from illegal kickbacks and the establishment of sham durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers, the Justice Department announced today. The companies are McKesson Corporation, McKesson Medical-Surgical MediNet Inc.
United States Department of Justice - Oct 22, 2008
Congress' report card
With 36 days left for the assembly elections in Delhi, HT does a reality check on what the ruling Congress promised in its election manifesto before the 2003 polls and what it actually delivered during the last five years. Statehood for Delhi The Congress in its 2003 election manifesto had promised that it would demand full statehood for the National Capital from the Central government.
Yahoo! India - Oct 22, 2008
Anti-JPEPA groups fail to get temporary respite
THE Supreme Court did not give due course to the petition of civil and environmental groups for the issuance of a temporary restraining order to stop the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) from becoming final and binding. Instead, the High Court asked the Senate and Malacaang to comment on the petition filed by the anti-JPEPA groups within 10 days.
Yehey - Oct 22, 2008
SC dismisses Excise Dept plea against Tata Motors
(Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- TTM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- The Supreme Court has dismissed the Excise Department's appeal which alleged that Tata Motors had changed the classification of motor vehicle chassis supplied to its distributors just to evade duty to the tune of around Rs 2.9 crore including penalty. A bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia dismissed the petition ...
TradingMarkets - Oct 22, 2008
Thaksin convicted of corruption
Outgoing Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to two years in jail by Thailand's Supreme Court. The former PM was not present for the ruling, having fled to exile in England two months ago. The ruling was the first against him since he was removed in a 2006 military coup after being accused of corruption and abuse of power.
Bromsgrove Advertiser - Oct 22, 2008
Nigerian Court Seen Ruling On 2007 Presidential Election Thursday
LAGOS (AFP)--Nigeria's Supreme Court is expected to decide Thursday whether to declare invalid the results of the April, 2007, election that brought President Umaru Yar'Adua to power. Two opposition candidates - former vice-president Atiku Abubakar and ex- president Mohammadu Buhari - have petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that upheld Yar'Adua's victory in the ...
Morningstar.com - Oct 22, 2008
Palin to give deposition later this week (AAP)
Sarah Palin, already found by one investigation to have abused her power as Alaska governor, will take time from her campaign for vice president later this week to give a deposition in a second inquiry into her firing of the state's top public safety official. It will be the first deposition in the affair by the Republican vice presidential candidate. She wasn't subpoenaed to answer questions in ...
Yahoo! News Australia - Oct 21, 2008
How green is the high court?
WASHINGTON Is the U.S. Supreme Court hostile to environmental regulation? Does it shy away from the tougher environmental questions of today? Or are its decisions a 'mixed bag,' giving comfort and angst to environmentalists and industry depending on the issue? The justices this term have taken five environmental cases for decision thus far a significant number for a relatively small docket.
National Law Journal - Oct 21, 2008
Hollywood money boosts opponents of Calif. amend.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP)--After sounding the alarm two weeks ago, opponents of a proposed California constitutional marriage amendment have outraised supporters by a wide margin, and fundraising in the coming days could determine which side gets more ads on television between now and Nov. 4 -- and wins. Proposition 8 opponents have raised $6.8 million since Oct.
Town Hall - Oct 21, 2008
World events now steer election
WASHINGTON Republican presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. John McCain's answer to the first question in last week's debate was an acknowledgment that 'Americans are hurting right now, and they're angry.' He said it twice, so there could be no missing the message. Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., quickly agreed. 'Everybody understands at this point that we are ...
CourierPostOnline.com - Oct 21, 2008
U.S. -- Lawsuit Claims Mapmaking Firm Owns Your Neighborhood
A mathematician who pioneered a fractal-based urban-mapping technique is embroiled in a copyright battle that raises legal questions about whether a company can claim ownership of the definition of neighborhoods: their specific locations and boundaries. The dispute highlights a growing movement to quantify the amorphous tendrils connecting communities. Bernt Wahl had the idea in 2004 to use a ...
Wired News - Oct 22, 2008
Accused knew of status, HIV murder trial told
Johnson Aziga, who has HIV, is alleged to have had sex with 13 women without disclosing his medical condition. He is believed to be the first person in Canada to be charged with murder in an HIV transmission case. (Hamilton Spectator/Canadian Press)An HIV-positive man charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two sexual partners knew of his status for seven years before he was arrested, ...
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Oct 21, 2008
Thailand to demand Britain hand over Thaksin
Britain will be asked to extradite former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra after he was convicted of corruption charges today. Thaksin was found guilty of abusing his office by the Thai Supreme Court and sentenced to two years jail in his absence. The former Manchester City football club owner and his wife fled to Britain in August where they remain in exile but the Thai attorney-general s ...
Breaking News.ie - Oct 21, 2008
Canada doesn't have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: apex court
Toronto, Oct 22 (IANS) Canada, the world's fourth worst polluter, has been let off the hook, with the country's top court dismissing a lawsuit to force the government to implement the Kyoto Protocol to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, though it has signed and ratified the protocol. Of the 38 industrialised nations with binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Canada is the only ...
Yahoo! India - Oct 22, 2008
Bush Decides to Keep Guant namo Open
WASHINGTON Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guant namo Bay, Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never considered proposals drafted in the State Department and the Pentagon that outlined options for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to senior administration officials. Mr. Bush s top advisers held a series of meetings at the White House ...
RINF.com - Oct 21, 2008
Comment on What presidential team is more likely to support fathers? by Roger Knight
Punish Biden for VAWA and deprive the NOW and VAWA feminists of the reward that they will ask and obtain when Biden is elected? Is the Peter Principle operating among some MRAs?: What happens if social workers cure poverty? Most of us do not want to continue to pay fees to lawyers to feel good and lose. If Biden loses, VAWA and NOW feminists will not be rewarded.
Men's News Daily - Oct 21, 2008
New Zealand's chief justice to speak
New Mexico Business Weekly Related News The first female chief justice of New Zealand s Supreme Court will present a lecture this week on indigenous rights. The Right Honorable Dame Sian Elias will give the Ramo Lecture on International Law and Justice on Oct. 23 at 5 p.m., at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Elias address First Peoples and Human Rights: A South Seas ...
Biz Journals - Oct 21, 2008
Both campaigns have lawyers at the ready
Barack Obama and John McCain have a litigation game plan to accompany their election strategy. Both candidates have armies of volunteers to ring doorbells and get voters to the polls. They are also forming squadrons of lawyers who are filing challenges and preparing in case Election Day doesn't settle the contest for the White House. Legal battles unfolding in Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin provide ...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 21, 2008
Groups Go to Court to Force Cleanup of Air Pollution in National Parks
As autumn foliage season reaches its peak, clean air advocates are going to court to make sure visitors to national parks can enjoy scenic vistas free of the yellowish haze caused by industrial pollution. The nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Environmental Defense Fund and National Parks Conservation Association over the failure by the U.S.
Calibre Macro World - Oct 21, 2008
Libby judge on leave for conduct
LIBBY - A small-town judge is off the bench, with a recommendation that he be removed permanently from office, after investigators ruled he did, in fact, offer leniency to female defendants in return for sexual favors. The fate of Gary Hicks, a two-term justice of the peace from Libby, now is in the hands of the Montana Supreme Court. I didn't see any surprises here, said Stephen Berg, ...
Missoulian - Oct 21, 2008
Initiative power: Supreme Court strikes down unconstitutional law
In its opinion, the court offered the Legislature a short course in the legislative power that the Utah Constitution reserves to the people independently of their Legislature. We hope that an arrogant Legislature gets the message that, when it comes to making laws, the people have co-equal constitutional power with their elected lawmakers. The subject of the lawsuit is an initiative in Sevier ...
Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 21, 2008
Lawsuit: Atlanta Cops Violated HIV-Related Privacy
A man who applied to become a police officer in 2006 sued the Atlanta police department, claiming they tested him for HIV without his consent and then wouldnt hire him after learning his HIV-positive status, reports. According to court documents, the defendantwho filed the lawsuit under pseudonym Richard Roeaccused the department of discrimination and violation of privacy and claimed the ...
POZ.com - Oct 21, 2008
Billions of fish and roe die in nuclear power plants intake systems
For a newly hatched striped bass in the Hudson River, a clutch of trout eggs in Lake Michigan or a baby salmon in San Francisco Bay, drifting a little too close to a power plant can mean a quick and turbulent death. Sucked in with enormous volumes of water, battered against the sides of pipes and heated by steam, the small fry of the aquatic world are being sacrificed in large numbers each year ...
Taipei Times Online - Oct 21, 2008
Trying Times, Complex Solutions
During a July conference call introducing former Treasury Under Secretary Robert Steel as Wachovia Corp.'s new chief executive, Lanty Smith, the company's chairman, made a somewhat humbling admission. Just two years after paying $25.5 billion to acquire Golden West Financial Corp., the big Oakland, California-based thrift, Wachovia's board was conceding that the deal was a mistake. A bust.
Bank Director - Oct 21, 2008
U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards obtains 900th criminal conviction for the decade
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) today announced its criminal enforcement data for September 2008. During the month, OLMS obtained three convictions, seven indictments and court orders of restitution totaling more than $80,000. The office's totals for fiscal year 2008 (which ended on Sept. 30, 2008) are 102 convictions and 130 indictments, with ...
PR Newswire - Oct 21, 2008
Cybersecurity 'needs to move beyond IT'
Businesses need to expand in-house departments that focus on cybersecurity beyond IT, and the chief financial officer should be dedicated to assessing and reducing cyberrisk, according to a new report. Although the IT department should remain a major player in cybersecurity efforts, the CFO and the legal, risk management, human resources, public relations and other departments need to be involved ...
Computerworld UK - Oct 21, 2008
Murder Who Claimed He Was Too Fat To Die Is Executed
A convicted murder who claimed he was too overweight to be executed was put to death Tuesday morning by lethal injection. Warden Phillip Kearns of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility said Richard Cooey, 41, was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m. Cooey's execution happened an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal to stop it. Cooey was 75-pounds overweight and argued his weight would ...
WMFD - Oct 14, 2008
How Sarah Palin lived down Troopergate.
Perhaps it was the overblown coverage of her every move and misstep or perhaps I too have come down with a case of Palin fever. But last Friday, as I read the details of the report confirming that Palin abused her power as governor to get her brother-in-law fired, I was nonplussed. Troopergate is a significantly more severe infraction than anything she's been accused of since we first met Palin ...
Slate - Oct 14, 2008
$700 Billion Worth of Vagueness
Despite what you read in the press, the $700 billion 'Wall Street bailout' program granting the Treasury and the Fed almost unlimited and only slightly defined authority to implement the bailout bill is hardly unprecedented. Most new regulatory programs are approved in broad principle by the public and by Congress. Legislative implementing language typically is along the lines of, 'An act to ...
American Daily - Oct 14, 2008
National Lampoon Asks ... Are Americans Too Dumb to Vote?
Statistics from the new book How Dumb Are You? point to a lack of basic knowledge in Americans LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In recent political discourse, much has been made of whether Barack Obama is too inexperienced to lead, or whether John McCain is too old to be elected. But in all the discussion, one question has been overlooked: Are Americans too dumb to make that ...
KVIA.com - Oct 15, 2008
Patent Law: Juicy Enough for the Silver Screen
The new film 'Flash of Genius' may be based on a 1960s case of patent infringement, but its David-vs.-Goliath story involving independent inventors going up against monolithic corporations continues to spin off sequels well into the 21st Century, says a Minneapolis-based patent attorney. And while the movie uses the automotive industry to tell its tale of innovation, obsession and redemption, the ...
E-Commerce Times - Oct 14, 2008
Wells Fargo asks judge to void Citi-Wachovia pact
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co , which has agreed to buy Wachovia Corp , asked a federal court to void Citigroup Inc's earlier agreement to buy parts of the big North Carolina lender. In a complaint filed Tuesday with the U.S. district court in Manhattan, Wells Fargo said the earlier agreement is unenforceable under the government's $700 billion banking industry bailout because it is ...
Reuters via MSN Money - Oct 14, 2008
Chinese Lawyers Help Tainted Milk Victims Despite Suppression
A shopper carries Chinese-produced milk powder in a supermarket in Beijing on Sept. 12, 2008. (China Photos/) A Beijing Lawyer Mr. Xu Zhiyong, told Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Oct. 13 that at least 10 lawyers have decided to take the tainted-milk cases to court, which goes against the Chinese regimes decision to discourage lawyers from doing so. It is unclear whether the regime will have any new ...
Epoch Times - Oct 14, 2008
Vioxx heart risks confirmed in long-term study
A long-term study has confirmed the risks associated with the arthritis drug Vioxx. The study, an analysis of people who took the arthritis drug carried out by Dr. Robert Bresalier of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, has found Vioxx doubles the risk of strokes and heart attacks. Dr. Bresalier says other drugs in the same class of painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors ...
News-Medical.Net - Oct 14, 2008
Judicial Watch Announces: California Court of Appeals Rules That Extra Compensation for Los Angeles County Judges Violates California Constitution
Judicial Watch, the public interest group Judicial Watch, the public interest group that fights government corruption and judicial abuse, announced today that a California Court of Appeals ruled on October 10th that a scheme by Los Angeles County to pay superior court judges in the county approximately $21 million annually in perks and supplemental benefits on top of what they already receive ...
MarketWire - Oct 14, 2008
Defense Opens In Mob Murder Trial
MIAMI - Former FBI agent John Connolly opened his defense to murder and conspiracy charges today by calling a senior federal judge from Boston as his first witness - a judge who six years ago was publicly reprimanded for using his position to praise Connolly. Judge Edward Harrington was again effusive in his description of Connolly as one of the nation's top mob busters.
Hartford Courant - Oct 14, 2008
Uncle Sam, Inc.
Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com Yesterday's latest installment of bailout money has the government virtually annexing the financial sector.
Wall Street Journal Online - Oct 14, 2008
Direct US stake in banks has many precedents
President Bush's announcement on Tuesday that the government would directly invest up to $250 billion in the nation's top financial institutions was the latest step in increasingly bold efforts here and abroad to prop up a financial system near collapse. It was presented as a last-resort intervention. But already this year, the Federal Reserve had taken a $85 billion stake in failing insurer ...
TheDay.com - Oct 14, 2008
POLITICS-US: Judge Sides with Voting Rights Groups
By Bankole Thompson DETROIT, Michigan, Oct 14 (IPS) - A federal judge ruled Monday that the current practices to purge the voter rolls in Michigan are illegal and ordered Republican Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land to immediately stop the cancellation of registered voters whose voter identification cards are returned as undeliverable in the mail.The purging of registered voters, many of whom ...
Inter Press Service - Oct 14, 2008
LegalView Reintroduces Its Medical Malpractice Information Portal with Updated Links to Finding Immediate Legal Assistance
(PR.com)-- LegalView.com, the number one legal resource on the Internet, announced the re-launch of its medical malpractice information portal to provide victims of medical malpractice injuries with the most up-to-date news, the latest on medical malpractice as well as how to obtain a medical malpractice attorney, should the need arise for a medical malpractice lawsuit to be developed.Medical ...
PR.com - Oct 14, 2008
Options narrow
Gloria Arroyo's options to extend her stay in Malacaang have gotten narrower, what with the Supreme Court (SC) dismissing the petition of a pro-administration congressman for the alleged unconstitutionality of the House rules on Congress constituting itself as a constituent assembly. As things stand, it will be very difficult to effect changes in the Constitution without the cooperation of the ...
Philippines Daily Tribune - Oct 14, 2008
Accused therapist killer headed to mental hospital
NEW YORK -- Prosecutors in the case of a mentally ill patient accused of hacking a psychotherapist to death with a meat cleaver decided Tuesday not to challenge a psychiatrist's finding that the killer is not mentally fit to stand trial. David Tarloff, 40, will be turned over to the state and sent to a mental institution, where he will be held indefinitely, said Manhattan state Supreme Court ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 15, 2008
Muslim rumor exposed
So now we know the genesis of the false Obama-is-a-Muslim rumor. According to the New York Times, Patient Zero in this particular epidemic which has virally spread around the nation thanks to the Internet is a fellow named Andy Martin, known for filing copious lawsuits that on occasion have contained very anti-Semitic language. After reading the NYT story that places Martin at the starting point ...
Chicago Tribune - Oct 13, 2008
Tainted milk, a baby's death and lawsuit in China
Yi Yongsheng holds his daughter Yi Xuan, right, as he speaks about the death of his infant son, at their Xinxing home in China's northern Gansu province, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The death of Yi's son from kidney failure was one of four China's government has reported so far in a tainted milk scandal. Thousands of children were sickened after eating milk powder laced with the industrial chemical ...
Buffalo News - Oct 13, 2008
Patent trolls responsible for dramatic increase in state suits
Florida nearly doubled from 72 in 2004 to 131 in 2007. As many as half of last year's cases were filed by companies that might be termed patent trolls, which have no commercial products but own patents and aggressively file patent infringement suits against companies that may be reluctant to get involved in lengthy and costly court battles over complex issues.
Daily Business Review - Oct 13, 2008
Citigroup Drops Bid to Block Wachovia Sale, Presses Ahead With $60 Billion Suit for Damages
Citigroup Inc. may have abandoned its attempt to purchase the assets of Wachovia Corp. but continues to pursue its claim for $60 billion in damages. The focus in the latest maneuvering was whether those claims belonged in federal or state court. Citigroup no longer is seeking to block the acquisition of Wachovia by Wells Fargo for $15 billion but insisted in a statement Thursday that 'it has ...
Yahoo! Canada - Oct 13, 2008
Law cracks down on attorneys
Gov. David Paterson signed legislation into laws that crack down on attorneys in the state pension system. The legislation, first introduced in late June, represents the states response to separate investigations by the state comptroller and state attorney general into alleged abuses of the states $153.9 billion pension fund. Albany law firm Girvin & Ferlazzo PC was one of the early targets of ...
Business Review Albany - Oct 13, 2008
Political advocacy in the workplace: What are the limits?
As the race for the White House reaches the home stretch, the nonstop campaign rhetoric has reached a fever pitch. Political candidates are promising change to bring about needed reforms in how we deal with immigration, health care, the economy, education, the tax system and other hot-button issues. It s a process fundamental to our democracy, right? But what happens when that political ...
Fort Worth Business Press - Oct 13, 2008
New Evidence of Systemic Bias in Guant namo Trials
Andy Worthington, author of The Guant namo Files, continues his analysis of the corrupt command structure of the Military Commissions at Guant namo, with new information from Maj. David Frakt, one of the Commissions military defense lawyers. In the last three weeks, two events have occurred that have dealt what should have been a knockout blow to the Military Commissions at Guant namo, the ...
RINF.com - Oct 13, 2008
Nationalization Has Happened Before in U.S.
The government s plan to take ownership stakes in American banks is an exceptional step, but not an unprecedented one. The United States has a culture that celebrates laissez-faire capitalism as the economic ideal, yet the practice strays at times. Over the last century, the federal government has occasionally nationalized railways, coal mines and steel mills, and has even taken a controlling ...
New York Times - Oct 13, 2008
Comcast Bucks the Plan
Washington- Comcast, the country's largest cable operator, is challenging a plan by Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin that could allow hundreds of TV stations to demand cable carriage for the first time. An attempt to force cable operators to distribute so-called low-power Class-A stations would both violate the law and needlessly embroil cable operators, the stations and ...
Macro World Investor - Oct 13, 2008
Justices to consider whether man entitled to damages from company's 'alter ego'
Justices this morning are expected to consider whether a northeastern Ohio ironworker is entitled to damages from not only his employer, but a sister corporation, after he was rendered paraplegic in a workplace accident in 2003. The case is one of eight the Supreme Court of Ohio is scheduled to hear during sessions at the Ohio Judicial Center, downtown, today and Wednesday.
The Daily Reporter - Oct 13, 2008
Anti-same-sex marriage groups hope for victory this time around
Those same opponents are hoping for redemption Nov. 4, when Arizona voters again will have to decide whether they want the state's constitution to be amended to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. 'It actually helped us out having it fail the first time because it allowed us to raise more money,' said state Sen. Ron Gould, a Lake Havasu City Republican and prime sponsor of ...
Casa Grande Valley Newspaper - Oct 13, 2008
States Ask Baby Product Companies To Avoid BPA
Connecticut's attorney general on Monday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was 'asleep at the switch' by failing to take action against companies that use the chemical bisphenol A in making baby bottles and baby formula containers. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he and attorneys general from New Jersey and Delaware sent letters Friday to 11 companies that make baby bottles and ...
Hartford Courant - Oct 13, 2008
Economic downturn expected to fuel litigation, study predicts
San Antonio Business Journal - by Tricia Lynn Silva Stephen C. Dillard chairs Fulbright & Jaworski's global litigation practice. Related News The current economic slump will likely lead to an increase in lawsuits, according to a new litigation trends survey released Tuesday by law firm Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. The blame game will prompt many of these suits.
Philadelphia Business Journal - Oct 13, 2008
Lawsuit filed against UW police alleges bias
A lawsuit filed by six current and former members of the University of Washington Police Department contends discrimination is pervasive within the agency, and that their complaints about the harassment have been ignored by department brass. The suit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court, alleges the department violated the civil rights of the plaintiffs, who are a records clerk, three ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 13, 2008
Apple's Psystar Case Is Explained
Apple's filing to dismiss with prejudice Psystar's countersuit revealed the tenants of Apples' strategy to win. The basis of Apple's argument is that and Macs do not, in themselves, create a legally plausible market, antitrust does not apply, and Apple has no obligation to share its sources of advantage. An attorney who has been following the case, and wishes to remain anonymous, explained ...
NewsFactor Network - Oct 13, 2008
Asbestos Witch Trials
Hercules Chemical Co. has been a reputable manufacturer of plumbing-heating specialty chemicals for almost 100 years. Many years ago, ending in 1983, they produced a rather innocuous sealant that contained a tiny amount of fully encapsulated asbestos. For that they have been put to the stake and tortured ever since. As we reported last month, Hercules decided to pursue a voluntary bankruptcy ...
Supply House Times Magazine - Oct 13, 2008
For Ousted Candidate, Fight Goes On: Venezuelan Disqualified Along With Other Chvez Foes Campaigns for Those Remaining
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Young and photogenic, Leopoldo Lpez has been running the campaign of his political life, rummaging for votes here amid a warren of crowded slums and as far away as Venezuela's lawless western frontier. Polls show that the politician has won a strong following by promising a sharp change from the populist government of President Hugo Chvez, who after nearly a decade in office ...
Washington Post - Oct 13, 2008
Broadcom renews patent battle with Qualcomm
(Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- QCOM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Communications chip maker Broadcom has renewed its patent battle with wireless telecommunications products and services company Qualcomm with a new lawsuit accusing Qualcomm of patent misuse. In the suit filed with the US District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego, Broadcom is seeking to stop ...
TradingMarkets - Oct 13, 2008
Anti-JPEPA groups petition SC
CIVIL rights and environmental groups on Monday sought a last minute intervention from the Supreme Court to stop the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) from becoming final and binding. The petitioners include groups like the Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services Inc., Alliance of Progressive Labor, Ecological Coalition of the Philippines ...
Manila Times - Oct 13, 2008
Hypocrisy at its Heights
Why did Rawlings sack Tsatsu Tsikata as CEO of GNPC? This is a question which the adherents of the NDC have refused to answer in spite of numerous challenges thrown to them. I wont relent on it. Ghanaians deserve to be told the answer. Now judging by the criteria with which the NDC as a party has set that any official who losses his position in the government is guilty, it follows that Tsatsu ...
GhanaHomePage - Oct 14, 2008
India: Tribe Vows To Fight Mine With Axes & Arrows
India: Tribe Vows To Fight Mine With Axes And Arrows One of Indias most isolated tribes, the Dongria Kondh, is preparing to stop British FTSE 100 company Vedanta from mining aluminium ore on their sacred mountain, after police and hired thugs forced protestors to dismantle a barricade over the weekend. About 150 people had blocked the road in Orissa state on Wednesday after hearing that Vedanta ...
Scoop - Oct 14, 2008
Law Bulletin Publishing Company's DM2000(R) Expands into Will County, Illinois; Law Firms With Cases in Will County Courts Gain Powerful Case Calendaring Tool
Law Bulletin Publishing Company announced today the expansion of its Court Docket Management Program, DM2000(R) into Will County, Illinois effective today. The Will County Circuit court calls and information will also be published each day in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin(R) and available online via name and case number search at http://www.ChicagoLawBulletin.com.
PR Newswire - Oct 13, 2008
FindLaw's New Case Summaries Through RSS Feeds
Time was you had to go to FindLaw (www.findlaw.com) to find out about the law. Now FindLaw comes to you! Last week FindLaw announced 'up-to-the-minute' court opinions and case summaries available through RSS feeds. The summaries are written by attorney-editors at the Sunnyvale, Calif., headquarters of FindLaw, tagged by jurisdiction and law topic, and then fed into an RSS (really simple ...
Information Today - Oct 13, 2008
Age Discrimination Laws Have Unintended Consequences
They make companies less competitive and reward the underperformer who feels entitled to a job. October 12, 2008 - by Melissa Clouthier Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers Too often, laws have unintended consequences. McCain-Feingold comes immediately to mind. A lot of good that law did about getting money out of politics. Other laws are just confusing.
Pajamas Media - Oct 13, 2008
Financial chaos good for lawyers
NEW YORK As the corporate victims continue to pile up in Wall Streets great financial collapse, that flapping noise coming from the skies over Manhattan isnt the pigeons circling, its the vultures. With personal fortunes, retirement savings and institutional assets evaporating each day, swarms of attorneys from some of the nations most prestigious firms are positioning themselves to cash in on ...
Times Leader - Oct 13, 2008
Guest Column: Bill looks to undermine democracy at work
The Employee Free Choice Act's proposed elimination of secret ballot elections flies in the face of pronouncements by the Supreme Court. Can you imagine the United States denying to its citizens the right to vote for whomever they want to be their president? Or their senators or congressmen? Of course you can't. The foundation of our democracy is the secret ballot.
Commercial Appeal - Oct 14, 2008
From Vogue to MTV, Palin drew press to Alaska
GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is keeping reporters at arms' length in her campaign, but she had a very different approach as Alaska's new governor: She couldn't get enough of them. Palin cultivated interviews with local and national journalists and welcomed them from as far away as London, earning time in the spotlight even before Republican presidential candidate John McCain selected ...
Ledger-Enquirer - Oct 13, 2008
DNA exoneree fell victim to 'drive-by' identification
Billy Wayne Miller was asleep in a back bedroom of his father's modest Oak Cliff home when three Dallas police officers burst through the front door around 3 a.m., guns in hand, yelling another man's name. Still groggy and clad only in his underwear, Mr. Miller was taken to the front porch. There he spotted a woman in a squad car glance at him and nod to an officer seated beside her before the ...
Dallas Morning News - Oct 12, 2008
Litigating Patent Obviousness
To be patentable, an invention must be completely novel and be the result of inventive activity, that is, it would not have been obvious to a skilled person at the time it was made. But when is this the case? In spring 2007, the Supreme Court ruled on KSR International v. Teleflex, commenting for the first time in decades on the meaning of obviousness under patent law.
Bio-IT World - Oct 12, 2008
State and federal election laws can be confusing
Text Size: tool name tool goes here For all of our bluster and promotion of democracy, one would think that by now we would have a fairly foolproof voting system, but we still have problems. Some are technical and unintended and others are more sinister.While people look to America for guidance, we are really a hodgepodge of states with 50 different sets of election rules.
Macon Telegraph - Oct 12, 2008
Wachovia fate may get court hearing
NEW YORK - A court hearing may be held on Monday over the rival bids of Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. for Wachovia Corp. even though Citigroup dropped out of negotiations, a U. S. judge said yesterday. Citigroup has said it would seek damages from Wachovia and Wells Fargo because it had an agreement with Wachovia to acquire the North Carolina bank before San Franciscobased Wells Fargo ...
National Post - Oct 12, 2008
Meltdown 101: Bankruptcy won't help borrowers much
WASHINGTON -- Can filing for bankruptcy help homeowners facing foreclosure?For most people, trying to negotiate changes in their loan with help from a housing counselor or lawyer is a far better option. While bankruptcy judges can reduce or eliminate certain kinds of debt, they aren't allowed to alter the total amount owed or interest rate of primary mortgages.Whether to change this law to help ...
Arizona Daily Sun - Oct 12, 2008
Palin book smack dab in middle of legal fight
Tiny Epicenter Press Inc. struck gold in late August when little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was named Sen. John McCains vice presidential running mate, just three months after the Kenmore, Wash., company published a book about Palins rise to power. Today, the company and its bestseller, Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaskas Political Establishment Upside Down, are smack dab in the middle of ...
Portland Tribune - Oct 12, 2008
Are America's easy credit days gone?
But sitting across from a salesman in a quiet back room, Adrian Clark could see it would not be nearly that easy. This was the ninth or tenth dealership for Clark, a steamfitter looking for a car to commute to a new job. Every one offered a variation on the discouragement he was getting here: Without $1,000 for a down payment, no loan. 'It's just rough times right now,' Clark said.
Record Publishing Online - Oct 13, 2008
School nurses' roles expand as medical technology grows
Oct. 12--There's the story Teresa Martin likes to tell about the time a young boy at Oakdale Elementary School entered her office and announced to Martin, the school nurse -- 'Mrs. Martin, I have a song stuck in my head, and I can't get rid of it.' 'He came to the nurse to fix that,' Martin said, smiling. Gently, she counseled the young student to think of another song.
Calibre Macro World - Oct 12, 2008
Navy Sonar v. Whales Argued in U.S. Supreme Court
The closely watched case touches on controversial issues of presidential power and the military's obligation to follow key environmental laws that require federal agencies to consider and mitigate the environmental impacts of their activities. The dispute emerged from the Navy's plan to conduct a series of 14 submarine hunting exercises using its mid-frequency active sonar off the coast of ...
Environment News Service - Oct 12, 2008
Draft signup rules unfair to men?
If Henry Tucker were a woman, he'd still have a job with the federal government. In February, he resigned from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., ending a 17-year career that started in the mailroom and took him to the post of 'financial institution specialist.' The end came because of an oversight dating to his teenage years: Mr. Tucker, now 38, never registered with the Selective Service, ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 12, 2008
Intel Says AMD Split Violates License Agreement
AMD says the split into two companies doesn't interfere with the agreement AMD and Intel are rivals in the marketplace when it comes to x86 compatible CPUs and graphics processors. AMD and Intel have a cross-license agreement in place that allow AMD to use Intel IP to build x86 compatible processors. On October 7, AMD announced that it was splitting its holdings into two separate companies.
DailyTech - Oct 12, 2008
Lotteries elsewhere raking in millions as high court set to hear arguments on Arkansas proposal
Political Blog From the Stephens Media team in Arkansas and Washington D.C. By Rob MoritzArkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - It seems state lotteries can be just the ticket in tough economic times.As the U.S. economy slows under the burden of a widening financial crisis, lotteries are raking in millions of dollars for many states, some reporting record revenues from the games.
Arkansas News Bureau - Oct 12, 2008
Vermont consumer rights case goes to Supreme Court
(Host) A Vermont woman is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that could determine the rights of consumers to sue over dangerous products. The woman is Diana Levine, a musician who lost her right arm because of a medical disaster. VPR's John Dillon has the story that leads from the back roads of Marshfield to the marble halls of the Supreme Court. (Dillon) Eight years ago, Diana Levine ...
Vermont Public Radio - Oct 12, 2008
How high will hybrid mortgage go?
Article: :/c/a/2008/10/11/REKL1388NM.DTL Home of the San Francisco Chronicle Home Delivery| Today's Paper | Ads SFGate Web Search by YAHOO! | Advanced Search Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index News Today Sections Sports More Features Food Travel Living Entertainment Classifieds How high will hybrid mortgage go? Benny L.
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 12, 2008
Presidential Poll: Buhari Alleges Plots to Influence Judges
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the petition of both the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Action Congress (AC) presidential candidates, the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Organisa-tion of the ANPP, Alhaji Sule Hamma, has raised an alarm over alleged moves to influence the outcome of the case at the apex court. Hamma however said Buhari's faith in the ability of the ...
This Day Online - Oct 12, 2008
The quadrennial plea to consider the court
BOSTON - I really hate to bring it up. We already have two branches of our national government in full-scale meltdown. The president looks like a guy pleading before the parole board for early release. The Congress makes 'dysfunctional' sound like a compliment. But there is the third branch also in dire need of a rescue operation. Oyez, oyez, or should I say oy vey.
Hutchinson News - Oct 12, 2008
The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama
The most persistent falsehood about Senator Barack Obamas background first hit in 2004 just two weeks after the Democratic convention speech that arguably set him on the path to his presidential candidacy: Obama is a Muslim who has concealed his religion. That statement was contained in a press release and it spun a complex tale about the alleged ancestry of Mr. Obama, who is Christian.
New York Times - Oct 12, 2008
Landlords hit hard by foreclosure
Filings are up by 136 percent since 2000. Tom Wolf says he could not stop the spiral that ended with foreclosures on his rental homes and a wrecked credit history. In the early 2000s, the former electrical engineer lost half of his savings in the high-tech bust and wanted to change pace. He started acquiring Tulsa houses. 'Ultimately, I did not want to be a landlord for more than five or 10 ...
Tulsa World - Oct 12, 2008
Declare SAP first before reserving cane area, say growers
Any move to reserve area before SAP would go against the law. UP Govt has already formed a committee to recommend SAP for 2008-09. Growers in a better bargaining position due to lower crop. Harish Damodaran New Delhi, Oct 12 In what could well create a precedent, sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh (UP) are demanding that the State Government declare the price payable by mills for their crop ...
Hindu Business Line - Oct 12, 2008
Church, Constitution and the RH bill
Philippine Daily Inquirer Other Most Read Stories x Opinion Opinion Most Read RSS MANILA, Philippines - The debate on the reproductive health bill in Congress is by no means over. It should surprise no one that this is happening; after all, religion and the Constitution, both of which are involved in any evaluation of the bill, are very much at the heart of the life of our people.
Philippine Daily Inquirer - Oct 12, 2008
Govt, farmers fight aerial spraying
DAVAO CITY: Once a week, the drone of airplanes shatters the early morning calm in Calinan, a cluster of small farmlands in the hilly terrain around Mount Apo. It is the signal for farmers to rush indoors or take cover and stop feeding livestock, for women to pull down clothes hanging out to dry, and for everyone to stay indoors, windows shut. The small fixed-wing planes, known as crop dusters, ...
Manila Times - Oct 12, 2008
Post-Cold War era over, but not US primacy
The end of the Cold War had a triple significance for world affairs: the defeat of one power by another, the triumph of one political ideology over another, and the discrediting of one economic model in favour of another. All three have now been attenuated. The Cold War was a global and transcendental struggle centred on and led by the Soviet Union and the United States.
Frontier Post - Oct 12, 2008
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION CONCLUDES VISIT TO COLOMBIA
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concludes today its visit to Colombia, which took place from 1 to 10 October 2008, at the invitation of the Government. During its visit, the Group visited Arauca, Bogota and Cali. The delegation was headed by Mrs. Manuela Carmena (Spain), Chairperson-Rapporteur and included Mr. Roberto Garretn (Chile), member of the Group.
UNHCHR - Oct 12, 2008
No beating around the Bush
Racy Tales of a Fictional First Lady cause Red Faces in the White House was one headline, says Curtis Sittenfeld, laughing. Then there was Book to Smear First Lady's Sex Life. NBC said my bedroom scenes were too graphic to print. In one poll 60 per cent of Americans said that the book shouldn't be published. Sittenfeld refused to be deterred. The 33-year-old, who only half-jokingly compares ...
The Times - Oct 12, 2008
Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Explains How Intellectual Property Damages Innovation
Over the last year or so, there have been a bunch of excellent books that have come out highlighting many of the issues we talk about here on a regular basis. The latest may be The Crime of Reason and the Closing of the Scientific Mind, written by Nobel Prize winning physicist, Robert B. Laughlin. I became aware of the book thanks to the fact that he'll be speaking at the Cato Institute this ...
Techdirt - Oct 9, 2008
Wells Fargo, Citigroup said to share Wachovia
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- As their two-day litigation timeout was drawing to an end, Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. might ultimately be forced to share Wachovia Corp., the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Wednesday. Among the possible scenarios reported, the San Francisco-based Wells Fargo could agree to take 75 percent to 80 percent of Wachovia's 488 billion U.S.
Xinhua News Agency - Oct 8, 2008
Supreme Court justices indicated Wednesday they would side with a longtime government worker who claims she was fired in retaliation after she cooperated with a sexual harassment investigation.CONTINUE
WASHINGTON Supreme Court justices indicated Wednesday they would side with a longtime government worker who claims she was fired in retaliation after she cooperated with a sexual harassment investigation.The court wrestled with whether the anti-retaliation provisions of a landmark civil rights law apply to people who havent themselves complained about workplace discrimination.
Maryland Daily Record - Oct 9, 2008
Supreme Court takes up timber dispute
WASHINGTON -- A well-seasoned Sequoia National Forest logging dispute comes to a boil today as the U.S. Supreme Court considers when activists can challenge the management of federal lands. In one of the year's most anticipated environmental cases, the court could either narrow or expand the public's power over the Forest Service. Everyone from homebuilders to California Attorney General Jerry ...
Fresno Bee - Oct 8, 2008
Georgia's dysfunctional death penalty
Troy Davis' execution was the fifth scheduled this year. Each raises hard questions about the death penalty. All photos provided by Georgia Department of Corrections DEATH CHAMBER: The lethal injection gurney at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Butts County, where the state executes convicted offenders Defense attorney Steve Bright, who arguably knows more about the death ...
Creative Loafing - Oct 8, 2008
Spotlight: Supreme Court 'Light' fight as judges gear up
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court picked up Monday where it left off last term, signaling support for efforts to block lawsuits against tobacco companies over deceptive marketing of 'light' cigarettes. Hundreds of appeal denials O'Connor visits: The first day of the court's new term, which is set in law as the first Monday in October, included denials of hundreds of appeals.
Commercial Appeal - Oct 8, 2008
Blame on every level for finance meltdown
Finally, some relief for the little guy. Under terms of a court settlement reached this week, as many as 400,000 homeowners in 11 states -- including 11,000 homeowners in Illinois -- can expect help soon to avoid foreclosure. Do the little guys deserve help? Not always. Many took out mortgages that they fully knew were risky, but they just had to have that house in the suburbs.
Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 8, 2008
China tries to halt lawsuits, anger in tainted milk scandal
BEIJING -- Lawyers advising the families of children sickened in China's tainted milk scandal said Tuesday they are facing growing official pressure to withdraw from the cases. A loose grouping of more than 100 lawyers across China has been offering free legal advice to the families of children who became ill after drinking milk laced with the industrial chemical melamine, said Chang Boyang, one ...
The Detroit Free Press - Oct 8, 2008
Next Up After Countrywide: Everyone Else (1579)
Monday that the settlement struck between 11 states and Countrywide Financial Corp. catapults his office forward in an effort to stop foreclosures for San Diego borrowers who were victims of predatory lending practices. Aguirre said he will announce by Friday a list of other subprime lenders he will be targeting with similar legal action, in line with his efforts to create a 'foreclosure ...
Voice of San Diego - Oct 8, 2008
Eli Lilly settles Zyprexa inquiries
INDIANAPOLIS -- Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. cleared another legal cloud hanging over its top-selling drug Zyprexa when it announced a $62 million settlement Tuesday, but several other storms are still brewing for the antipsychotic medication. Lilly agreed to pay 32 states and Washington, D.C., to resolve an investigation into the company's marketing practices.
Anchorage Daily News - Oct 8, 2008
Vince Warren Addresses the Need to Restore Constitutional Rights
Vince Warrren, Executive Director, Center Vince Warrren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), will deliver the address "100 Days to Constitutional Restoration: What the Next President Must Do," on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at The Jonathan Club. Warren's "100 Days" talk is part of a larger CCR campaign designed to communicate the concerns of Americans through a series of ...
MarketWire - Oct 8, 2008
Frugality can look good on you, for less
This lousy economy has given rise to something called “the new frugality,” a story on Tuesday’s front page reported.I don’t know about you, but most of the folks I know might have something to say to this new class of bargain-conscious Americans, if they got a chance. “Welcome to our world,” perhaps. Or “Gee, where have you guys ...
Kansas City Star - Oct 8, 2008
Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (NYSE: MRX)
On October 3, 2008, a class action On October 3, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (NYSE: MRX). The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series of material ...
MarketWire - Oct 8, 2008
Lehman CEO Grilled Over Millions Paid Executives
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KPIX-TV5 - Oct 7, 2008
Bear Stearns probe expands to other banks, lenders
McClatchy-Tribune Service via COMTEX) -- -- A federal probe of the $1.8 billion collapse of Bear Stearns hedge funds has spread to include the activities of a number of banks and other lenders, according to court records and legal sources. Investigators are also reviewing various private financial memorandums prepared by Bear Stearns officials for possible fraud against wealthy investors, ...
TradingMarkets - Oct 7, 2008
Simpson to be isolated pending sentence, appeal
LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson is being isolated from other prisoners for his own safety, and is focusing on a motion for a new trial and a strong bid for appellate reversal of his conviction for kidnapping and robbery, his attorney said yesterday. Attorney Yale Galanter, an attorney for Simpson, said that he will continue to pursue a request for Simpson to be released on bond pending appeal. ...
Winston-Salem Journal - Oct 7, 2008
Tycoon Pickens sues Lehman over collateral
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas billionaire and energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens has sued Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEHMQ.PK) for $59.9 million, claiming the bankrupt investment bank breached its contract by failing to repay collateral posted by Pickens. Lehman Brothers Commodity Services Inc. failed to return $18,157 to Pickens and approximately $42 million posted by four of his BP Capital LLC ...
Washington Post - Oct 7, 2008
Judicial discipline system needs dose of independence
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE is what differentiates free societies from repressive regimes and banana republics. Illegitimate rulers cannot have their way with a people when the judiciary can make sure that the rule of law is obeyed by the powerful and the powerless alike, that criminal charges and legal disputes are decided on the basis of the facts and the law, without regard to politics and power.
The State - Oct 7, 2008
Never have so few ripped off so many
Charlie Reese is a former columnist for the Orlando Sentinel. Reese makes a frightening point with an article that was forwarded via the Internet. The article points out that there are 545 human beings, out of the total population of approximately 300 million, who are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
Durant Daily Democrat - Oct 7, 2008
Wachovia, Citigroup and Wells Fargo agree to litigation standstill
NEW YORK, Wachovia, Citigroup and Wells Fargo on Monday agreed to a standstill of all formal litigation activity, a sign that the banks and the U.S. Federal Reserve are working feverishly to reach an agreement over the fate of Wachovia. The standstill agreement will end at noon on Wednesday, unless extended. ''We are pleased to participate with the Federal Reserve Board in a fair-minded, good ...
Macro World Investor - Oct 7, 2008
Citi wins court order in battle for Wachovia
NEW YORK: Citigroup said it had won a court order late blocking Wells Fargo from buying hobbled US bank Wachovia Corp until the court rules otherwise. Citigroup, which planned to buy Wachovia s banking assets for $2.2bn, said New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Ramos granted an injunction late Satruday night extending Wachovia s agreement to negotiate exclusively with ...
Gulf Times - Oct 7, 2008
NBA's Code of Ethics & Broadcasting Standards goes live
Aghast at the manner in which many news channels promote programmes encouraging superstition thorough stories on ghosts, haunted houses and what not? Or angered by instances such as the recent Aarushi murder case where again most news channels happily went along with the police version that labeled the teen's father guilty?News Broadcasters Association's (NBA) News Broadcasting Standards ...
Televisionpoint - Oct 7, 2008
Jewish 'modesty patrols' sow fear in Israel
Jewish 'modesty patrols' sow fear in Israel Israel's ultra-Orthodox zealots hurl stones at women for 'sins' such as wearing red blouse, using internet. By Amy Teibel - JERUSALEM In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste.
Middle East Online - Oct 7, 2008
Million-dollar donors flood Calif. ballot props
'A million dollars seems to be almost a new threshold,' said Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies, a Los Angeles think tank that focuses on campaign finance issues. Spending on California ballot measures has been climbing in recent years, with the median amount spent on an initiative jumping from $4.3 million in 2000 to $15.7 million in 2006, according to a study the ...
San Jose Mercury News - Oct 7, 2008
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, and the Boston Region MPO: A Discussion Paper
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, and the Boston Region MPOA Discussion Paper Boston Region MPO Staff Prepared by Ben Rasmussen May 2008 Reviewers: Cathy Lewis Anne McGahan Scott Peterson Karl Quackenbush Pam Wolfe Introduction Climate change will likely have significant impacts on the Boston region. If climate trends continue as projected, the climate and weather patterns in Boston at the end of ...
Federal Highway Administration - Oct 7, 2008
Chinese lawyers face pressure to drop milk cases
A pedestrian walks past a billboard advertising White Rabbit candies Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 in Shanghai, China. China's iconic White Rabbit candy is back in production after being pulled out of stores around the world last month in the wake of the country's tainted milk scandal, a state-run newspaper reports. Story highlightsLawyers advising the families of children sickened in China's tainted ...
Beaufort Gazette - Oct 7, 2008
Next Up After Countrywide: Everyone Else (1308)
Monday that the settlement struck between 11 states and Countrywide Financial Corp. catapults his office forward in an effort to stop foreclosures for San Diego borrowers who were victims of predatory lending practices. Aguirre said he will announce by Friday a list of other subprime lenders he will be targeting with similar legal action, in line with his efforts to create a 'foreclosure ...
Voice of San Diego - Oct 7, 2008
Reduce litigation risks and costs with eDiscovery approach
By Ursula TalleyCompanies of all sizes are facing increased litigation risks and costs today. A great way to reduce those risks and costs is by adopting a proactive eDiscovery approach. If you're not sure what proactive eDiscovery means, this article not only offers a good definition, but also explains the trends that make proactive eDiscovery inevitable, how to implement a proactive solution ...
AccountingWEB - Oct 7, 2008
If Big Storm Hits
Countrywide May Pay Back $1-Billion to Florida Homeowners In a deal meant to stave off home foreclosures, as many as 57,000 Florida homeowners could get $1-billion in relief from Countrywide Financial. The nation's largest mortgage lender, recently bought by Bank of America, settled 'predatory lending' lawsuits with 11 states and will give back nearly $9-billion to Countrywide customers.
Florida Trend - Oct 7, 2008
Chinese lawyers face pressure to drop milk cases
A pedestrian walks past a billboard advertising White Rabbit candies Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 in Shanghai, China. China's iconic White Rabbit candy is back in production after being pulled out of stores around the world last month in the wake of the country's tainted milk scandal, a state-run newspaper reports. Most-read stories Most e-mailed stories BEIJING -- Lawyers advising the families of ...
Star-Telegram - Oct 7, 2008
Dow Falls 750 Points - BusinessWeek
Investors appeared to be in panic mode Monday afternoon, one week to the day after a vicious market sell-off. U.S. stocks were plunging, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling 750 points to trade well below 10,000, reaching its lowest level in four years. The pace of selling accelerated in late afternoon trading. Indexes in Europe and Asia also dropped sharply Monday as investors fled ...
BusinessWeek - Oct 6, 2008
Court ruling removes obstacles for pro-life license plates
PM The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday wiped out the last legal hurdle for anti-abortion groups to get their own special state license plates. Without comment, the high court upheld a unanimous decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which concluded that the state License Plate Commission illegally denied the request by Arizona Life Coalition to issue a plate with the message 'Choose ...
Yuma Sun - Oct 7, 2008
US court divided on tobacco case
AM The US Supreme Court seemed closely divided as it heard arguments over whether tobacco firms can be sued under state law for deceptive advertising of light cigarettes, a case that could affect some 40 suits around the country seeking billions of dollars. A lawyer for Altria Group Inc and its Philip Morris USA unit argued that the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act bars such ...
ONE News - Oct 6, 2008
Smokers' deception claims met with skepticism at Supreme Court
(McClatchy Newspapers - McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) -- MO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- The Supreme Court returned to the stage Monday as justices weighed whether state laws can be used to challenge deceptive cigarette advertising. Against the backdrop of a presidential campaign, the high court opened its 2008-2009 term with a case crucial to business and consumer ...
TradingMarkets - Oct 6, 2008
Merrill and Bank of America deal sparks lawsuits
Losses & Lawsuits NEW YORK - Within minutes of the September 15 announcement of the demise of Lehman Brothers, rival Merrill Lynch revealed its sale to fellow investment giant Bank of America in a $50 billion deal.The deal, which will be worked out in the early part of 2009, will see Bank of America pay around $29 for each Merrill share - up on September prices of under $5 but down from more than ...
Op Risk and Compliance - Oct 6, 2008
Citigroup sues Wachovia, Wells Fargo for $60 billion
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. for tortious interference. Citigroup also seeks relief from Wachovia for what it called its bad-faith breach of the banks' contract. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve officials have been in talks with Wells Fargo and Citigroup in the hope of getting the parties to come to some sort of agreement, according to a person with knowledge of the talks.
Fort Pierce Tribune - Oct 6, 2008
Bank of America settles suits over bad mortgages
Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America said Monday it will modify troubled mortgages with up to $8.4 billion in interest rate and principal reductions for nearly 400,000 customers of Countrywide Financial Corp., the troubled mortgage lender it acquired last summer. The announcement arrived after the Illinois attorney general's office said Sunday that the bank was modifying loans for customers in ...
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 6, 2008
Bank of America settles suits over bad mortgages
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Facing a lawsuit over deceptive mortgage practices, Bank of America Corp. is agreeing to pay more than $8 billion to modify hundreds of thousands of loans to keep people from losing their homes. Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America said Monday it will modify troubled mortgages with up to $8.4 billion in interest rate and principal reductions for nearly 400,000 customers of ...
Carlisle Sentinel - Oct 6, 2008
The Fed: The fox in America's henhouse
The Fed: The fox in America's henhouse Looking for the source of the current financial crisis? It came from Jekyll Island "Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task ...
Columbus Free Press - Oct 6, 2008
Fed steps into Wachovia fight between Citigroup, Wells Fargo
By Binyamin Appelbaum and Neil Irwin WASHINGTON A high-stakes battle over who will gain control of the nation's fourth-largest bank intensified over the weekend, with the Federal Reserve acting as a go-between in the pursuit of Wachovia by both Citigroup and Wells Fargo. Wachovia agreed Friday to be bought by Wells Fargo, spurning Citigroup, which had agreed to buy most of the troubled bank a few ...
Virginian Pilot - Oct 6, 2008
Paid plaintiff gets 3 months for kickback scheme
LOS ANGELES-A man who was paid $2.5 million to be a plaintiff in a major lawsuit kickback scheme was sentenced Monday to three months in prison. Retired real estate mortgage broker Harold J. Vogel was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Walter for his role in a scheme that targeted some of the nation's biggest corporations with class-action lawsuits. Vogel, 64, pleaded guilty in 2006 to making ...
Macro World Investor - Oct 6, 2008
TiVo Statement on United States Supreme Court Decision to Deny EchoStar's Appeal
ALVISO, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and leader in television products and services for digital video recorders (DVR), offered the following statement today on the ruling by the United States Supreme Court to deny an appeal by EchoStar Communications Corporation: 'We are extremely pleased that the United States Supreme Court has denied ...
Atlanta Business Chronicle - Oct 6, 2008
Environmental impact of power plant disputed
Florida wildlife conservation officials ignored concerns of two state scientists who predicted a new power plant would harm animals in an environmentally sensitive area, the scientists testified Monday in federal court. The testimony came during a court hearing in which U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks denied an environmental group's emergency request to suspend temporarily, construction ...
Palm Beach Interactive - Oct 6, 2008
Ask the Expert: Will Araujo stick in Minnesota?
Posted: 9:02 AM- Question: Rafael Araujo is in training camp with the Minnesota Timberwolves? Any chance he makes the squad? -Joseph Horner Answer: I don't think so. I checked the Timberwolves' training camp roster and it includes 20 players. Ten of them are either centers or power forwards, including Calvin Booth, Brian Cardenal, Jason Collins, Al Jefferson, Kevin Love, Mark Madsen, Nikola ...
Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 6, 2008
Slain man's mom must pay legal fees
A Milwaukee County judge is requiring that Mayor Tom Barrett and Common Council President Willie Hines sign off on a $35,000 judgment that city lawyers obtained against a woman whose son was shot to death in 2004 by a police officer who was later convicted in the beating of Frank Jude Jr. The judgment against Debra Jenkins was the result of an unsuccessful federal lawsuit she brought against the ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Oct 6, 2008
Ralph 'Bucky' Phillips seeks new trial in shootings of troopers
Oct. 1--As promised, Ralph "Bucky" Phillips is going through with his plans to try and overturn his convictions of killing a state trooper and wounding two others. Lawyers for Phillips, 46, are scheduled to appear Oct. 20th in the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in Rochester, officials at the Chautauqua County District Attorney's office confirmed today.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
Parents file lawsuit in China against dairy firm
BEIJING The parents of a 1-year-old boy who developed kidney stones after drinking infant formula tainted with an industrial chemical are suing the dairy at the heart of the scandal, state media reported, as tests implicated 15 more companies Wednesday.The case is believed to be the first civil lawsuit filed in response to the contamination of milk, yogurt and other dairy products with melamine, ...
Merced Sun-Star - Oct 1, 2008
When do kids belong in adult court?: The case of Trevor Reizenstein, who was 12 when he was arrested, puts the spotlight on a juvenile justice quandary.
Oct. 1--The practice of charging a juvenile in adult court is not a deterrent or a punishment, but a way to protect the public from what officials believe is a dangerous child. It is an imperfect system but seems to work reasonably well, juvenile justice experts say. Now, the Idaho State Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether Trevor Reizenstein, 14, should be tried as an adult or a ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
Brookings Event Announcement: Preview of the 2008-2009 U.S. Supreme Court Term
On October 6, when the U.S. Supreme Court's 2008-2009 term begins, the Brookings Judicial Issues Forum will host a panel discussion with leading legal scholars and practitioners who will offer their insights on the upcoming Court term and discuss some of the biggest cases on the docket. Issues include the constitutionality of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act; the FCC's ban on ...
San Antonio Business Journal - Oct 1, 2008
Governor vetoes job security for medical marijuana users
In its 5-2 ruling, the Supreme Court said the initiative, Proposition 215, exempted medical marijuana patients and their caregivers from state prosecution, but wasn't intended to limit an employer's authority to fire workers for violating federal drug laws. Schwarzenegger used the same rationale in his veto message Tuesday. 'I am concerned with interference in employment decisions as they relate ...
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 1, 2008
Reports show medical malpractice reforms working
Oct. 1--CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Recent reports show laws passed five years ago to deal with a medical malpractice crisis have had a dramatically beneficial effect. But a legislator who's also executive director of the West Virginia Medical Association said the state is "one Supreme Court decision away" from being thrust back into the crisis. In 2003, there were 315 malpractice lawsuits filed in ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
Florida sues Merck to recover money spent on Vioxx
TRENTON, N.J. Florida has joined eight other states in suing drugmaker Merck & Co. over what the state alleges was deceptive marketing of its former prescription painkiller Vioxx. In a lawsuit brought by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, the state is seeking restitution for all money spent by state health programs on Vioxx, plus interest. Florida's Medicaid program alone spent more than ...
St. Petersburg Times - Oct 1, 2008
Workplace Bully Worries
By Margery Weinstein You thought you were rid of them at the end of middle school, but no such luck. Bullies, as you've probably noticed by now, thrive in offices, too. They usually aren't after your lunch, but are just as, if not more, threatening. It's so bad, 13 states have considered 'healthy workplace legislation,' which would prohibit bullying in the workplace.
Manage Smarter - Oct 1, 2008
Ohio Supreme Court upholds sex offender rules
Oct. 1--The Ohio Supreme Court today upheld as constitutional the retroactive application of a 2003 law that tightened reporting and community notification rules on registered sex offenders. Applying the law to sex offenders whose crimes predate it doesn't violate federal and state constitutional prohibitions against "ex post facto," or retroactive, laws, wrote Justice Maureen O'Connor, who ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
Obama's Assault on the First Amendment
In London last week, a frightful warning was sounded about encroaching tyranny. At an important conference, speaker after impassioned speaker warned of the peril to Western values posed by freedom-devouring sharia - the Islamic legal code. Like all tyrannies, sharias first target is speech: Suppress all examination of Muslim radicalism by threats of prosecution and libel actions, and smugly call ...
National Review - Oct 1, 2008
US Supreme Court Takes Up Shell, Burlington Superfund Appeal
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear a challenge by Shell Oil Co. and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI) to a federal appeals court ruling that would leave them saddled with financial liability for a Superfund contamination cleanup. The high court, in accepting the appeals, said it will decide whether the Ninth U.S.
Morningstar.com - Oct 1, 2008
Pre-emption Looms Large in Supreme Court's Upcoming Business Cases
The Roberts Court's will continue into the October 2008 U.S. Supreme Court term as the justices take on major questions concerning federal pre-emption of state tort suits, environmental regulation, workplace discrimination, arbitration, pensions and antitrust. The Court has agreed to decide 15 business-related cases thus far, noted Mark I. Levy, chairman of the Supreme Court and appellate ...
Yahoo! Canada - Oct 1, 2008
GOP calls for abortion ban: Legislators unveil bills, vow to take fight to high court
Oct. 1--Conservative Utah legislators said Tuesday they plan to sponsor legislation banning abortions in Utah in nearly all cases, sparking a legal fight they vowed to fight to the Supreme Court. "We're tired of it. This group of legislators has had enough of the slaughter of innocents and we're going to step up and we're going to do something about it," said Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
New Fuels Alliance Blasts Ethanol Lawsuit Filed Today by Tesoro Corporation; Calls Lawsuit Frivolous
The New Fuels Alliance released the following statement regarding the Tesoro lawsuit filed in California today against the California Air Resource Board. 'This a blatant attempt by Tesoro to try to use the regulatory and legal process to gain competitive advantage in the market place. Other oil companies are moving toward increased ethanol use to extend gasoline supply, lower cost, and even ...
WKYT - Oct 1, 2008
EDITORIAL: Should profanity be protected as free speech?
Oct. 1--Should profanity be protected as free speech? The South Dakota Supreme Court is currently tackling that question -- and it's a tough one. The high court is meeting this week at South Dakota State University and one of the cases it will hear is that of Marcus Suhn, a 23-year-old Brookings man who used the "f" word, among others, in an exchange with a police officer back in September 2007. ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
Independent Group Raises McCain Health Issue
The ad went up in six battleground states -- Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, and Missouri -- this morning, and will run for two days with a low six-figure buy behind it, according to sources familiar with the spot. That relatively meager amount of spending means that the ad is meant to be more provocative than persuasive, aimed at driving a discussion -- publicly and privately -- ...
Washington Post - Oct 1, 2008
US judge orders release of IndyMac records
LOS ANGELES-Lawyers pursuing a class action lawsuit against failed IndyMac Federal Savings Bank won a legal round when a federal judge ordered the release of borrowers records. U.S. District Judge Alicemarie H. Stoller ruled Tuesday that officials with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which now operates the bank, must turn over paperwork identifying possible plaintiffs in the suit claiming ...
Calibre Macro World - Oct 1, 2008
International news briefs: Georgia recovers fallen Russian spy drone
TBILISI, Georgia _ A senior Georgian Interior Ministry official said on Wednesday that a Russian unmanned plane fell into Georgian territory on Tuesday while conducting a reconnaissance flight. Shota Utiashvili, head of the ministry's analytical department, said the reconnaissance drone was equipped with a camera and that specialists have already decoded the footage.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
Cleaning up Wall Street's mess
Party's over? No kidding. The problem is the food's gone, the liquor cabinet is empty and the house has been trashed. Now the question is, who's going to clean up the mess? How about the neighbors and their kids and their kids' kids and their kids' kids' kids? After all, they made the mistake of living on the same block. Editor - Most Americans are against the bailout because they rightly see a ...
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 2, 2008
Conservative Polston Picked For Florida's High Court
Oct. 2--TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Charlie Crist has chosen conservative appellate Judge Ricky L. Polston to sit on the Florida Supreme Court. Polston, of the 1st District Court of Appeal, takes the place of retiring Justice Kenneth Bell. He is Crist's second appointment to the state's highest bench this year, following Charles Canady, who was sworn in last month.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 2, 2008
The Wall Street bailout and the threat of dictatorship
Recriminations have continued to reverberate internationally over the vote in the US House of Representatives Monday to reject a $700 billion bailout package for the Wall Street banks. Much of the opposition in the 228-to-205 vote to defeat the bailout was attributed to representatives-Democratic and Republican alike-who face tight races for their seats in November and fear being tarred by their ...
World Socialist Web Site - Oct 1, 2008
The Palin Payoff: How Sarah Brings in the Christian Cash
Research for this story was supported by the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Until John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, Obama attack ops -- whether political action committees or their 501(c)4 partners -- were struggling mightily to raise the kind of cash that fueled the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth smear machine in 2004. More than $45 million poured into that effort ...
AlterNet.org - Oct 1, 2008
Iowa appeals court reverses conviction of off-duty Chicago police officer
CHICAGO _ An Iowa appeals court on Wednesday reversed the conviction of an off-duty Chicago police officer who says he hit a man in self-defense three years ago while visiting his brother in Dubuque, Iowa. Last year, a district court judge convicted Michael A. Mette for failing to avoid the 2005 scuffle. Mette served 11 months of a 5-year sentence while family members, police officers and ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
Outside groups find small markets to air provocative ads against Obama, McCain
Their messages run the gamut, but an explosion of outside advertising targeting the presidential candidates has the same goal: to provoke voters on issues from abortion and judges to killing wolves and John McCain's age. One group plans to spend up to $1 million on ads attacking Democrat Barack Obama's economic policies and blaming the financial crisis on Democrats' lack of oversight.
Fargo Forum - Oct 1, 2008
Will SF's healthcare ordinance go to Supreme Co...
Supreme Court. GGRAs executive director Kevin Westly told me they might, or they might ask the Ninth Circuit to do an en banque review, instead, which involves all eleven Ninth Circuit judges. Healthy San Francisco is a good program and employer spending mandates are a separate issue," Westly said, repeating a position that Mayor Gavin Newsom used to share, back when Sup.
San Francisco Bay Guardian - Oct 1, 2008
California air quality regulators sued over ethanol rule
An affiliate of oil refiner Tesoro Corp. has filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board seeking to block the implementation of a new regulation that would require refiners to increase the amount corn-based ethanol in gasoline in California. The lawsuit was filed by the companys operating subsidiary, Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. It seeks a temporary injunction against the state ...
Sacramento Business Journal - Oct 1, 2008
Stub it out
NEW DELHI, Oct. 1: Some call it a 'draconian measure' while others consider it a godsend that may help them in bringing down the intake of nicotine and health problems, not to mention making their wallet fatter, but either way smokers beware! Hotels, restaurants, pubs, offices and even the international airport would be out of bounds to light up the rolled tobacco from tomorrow with the ban on ...
The Statesman - Oct 2, 2008
Business bill wrap up: Governor signs disability bill, vetoes secret-ballot measure
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a disability access bill that seeks to increase voluntary compliance with disability laws and curb lawsuits. It was a top legislative priority of business leaders. Senate Bill 1608 seeks to improve access to businesses and other public places for people with disabilities and promote compliance with access laws through use of state-certified specialists and a ...
Biz Journals - Oct 1, 2008
Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit
Apple asked a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss Psystars counterclaims against the company. As background, Apple launched a suit against Psystar alleging that the Mac clone maker harmed its brand. Psystar (all resources) fired back arguing that Apple was abusing monopoly power and launched its own lawsuit. On Sept. 30, Apple fired back at Psystar in a strongly worded 23-page court filing (PDF ...
ZDNet - Oct 1, 2008
EDITORIAL: Attorney general: Rob McKenna
Oct. 1--The state attorney general contest is a fiery one. Incumbent Rob McKenna and his opponent, John Ladenburg, are spending too much of their time firing barbs at each other rather than talking about what they hope to accomplish if elected. Ladenburg's biggest criticism of McKenna is his lack of courtroom experience. McKenna worked for Perkins Coie for a few years, then served three terms on ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
The Oakland Tribune, Calif., Tammerlin Drummond column
Oct. 1--For the past month, John McCain has gone to great lengths to keep Sarah Palin under wraps. The apparent theory: The less American voters know about the Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee, the better. At least for the McCain ticket. Palin has only given three interviews since accepting the nomination at the Republican National Convention. Now, we know why.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
Marathon Environmental Suit Finally Ends After 18 Years
A ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has brought an 18-year lawsuit to its conclusion. On September 26, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed a jury verdict in favor of White and Williams' client, Monsanto Company, in Pennsylvania Department of General Services v. U.S. Mineral Products Group, No. 75 MAP 2007 (Sept. 26, 2008). It is the second Supreme Court victory for Monsanto in the ...
PR Newswire - Sep 30, 2008
Suit: Firm preys on homeowners facing foreclosure
Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that a Pennsylvania company has been operating a mortgage rescue fraud scheme preying on homeowners on the verge of foreclosure. Madigan filed suit in Sangamon County Circuit Court against Aeroworks LLC, doing business as Augustus Rae and Reed, and its president John F. Reed. The suit alleges the defendants violated the Mortgage Rescue ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Sep 30, 2008
Brooke Capital Shareholder Requests Board Investigation
Robert Orr is the largest shareholder and a Robert Orr is the largest shareholder and a director of Brooke Capital Corporation (AMEX: BCP). Beginning in August 2008, Orr spearheaded the implementation of Brooke Capital's collection strategy to recover past due servicing fees and expenses owed to Brooke Capital by securitization investors. The legality and advisability of this collection ...
MarketWire - Sep 30, 2008
Fraud case begins in federal court
Or was the one-time Giles County Circuit Court clerk and commissioner of the revenue in effect conned himself -- drawn into desperate financial straits by the lure of poorly understood investments similar to those causing havoc on Wall Street? As what is scheduled to be a three-week jury trial began Monday in Roanoke's federal court, Johnson's attorney Tony Anderson drew parallels to recent ...
Roanoke Times - Sep 30, 2008
J&J: Court rules rivals pay $1.2B in patent fight
Health care products maker Johnson & Johnson says a federal court has entered a final judgment of about $1.2 billion in favor of Cordis Corp., its heart device unit, in a patent dispute. The dispute involves Boston Scientific Corp. and Medtronic Inc., two rival makers of stents, tiny metal-mesh scaffolds that prop open heart arteries after they have been cleared.
Grand Forks Herald - Sep 30, 2008
Fannie, Freddie disclose investigations
WASHINGTON -- A federal grand jury is investigating accounting and disclosure issues at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance companies said Monday. Fannie and Freddie said they received subpoenas Friday from the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan as well as requests from the Securities and Exchange Commission that they preserve documents. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over ...
Chicago Daily Herald - Sep 30, 2008
Candidates talk budget
Candidates for the Petaluma City Council are: top, left to right: Spence F. Burton, Samantha Freitas, David Glass; bottom, left to right: Mike Healy, Karen Nau, Tiffany Ren e. CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES SPENCE F. BURTON Age: 60 Occupation: Petaluma planning commissioner; retired from postal service Goal(s) for your term: In less than four years, I want to see the new East Washington playing fields ...
Press Democrat - Sep 30, 2008
Breast-implant lawsuit dismissed
TORONTO - Ontario's top court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit by thousands of women who claim their health suffered after their silicone breasts ruptured and leaked into their bodies. The suit, against Health Canada, was launched by Joyce Attis and Alexandra Tesluk on behalf of 29,500 individuals and claimed the government was negligent in regulating the product.
Canada.com - Sep 30, 2008
Securities class actions problems rest with system, not lawyers
This settlement followed the guilty pleas of two of the firm's former partners, Bill Lerach and Melvyn Weiss, for their parts in the scheme. The convictions of these deans of the plaintiffs' bar have brought the predictable calls to crack down on class action lawyers. The truth, however, is that lawyers are simply responding to the perverse incentives created by our system of securities fraud ...
Daily Business Review - Sep 30, 2008
Courts OK Ohio's same-day voting, registration: Republicans win right to have election observers watching
Sep. 30--COLUMBUS -- Beginning today, Ohio voters may register to vote and immediately cast absentee ballots thanks to federal and state court decisions upholding the process. In separate lawsuits filed from opposite sides of the feud, a U.S. District Court judge in Cleveland and the Ohio Supreme Court agreed with Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner that overlapping state laws created a one-week ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 30, 2008
Blumner: Plenty of U.S. homeowners could use a bailout, too
If Congress can get it done, we are about to spend astronomical sums to shore up a financial sector that has done its utmost to trip up the financial footing of average people. Millions of Americans are in danger of losing their homes because they succumbed to the allure of borrowing too much money against their homes or buying one they couldn't afford. Those who sold these mortgages knew these ...
Salt Lake Tribune - Sep 30, 2008
Bloomberg backs halt of tax-free cigarette sales
Sep. 30--ALBANY -- An effort to end tax-free cigarette sales by Indian merchants received its biggest political boost Monday when New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called on Gov. David A. Paterson to begin collecting what he said could be more than $1 billion in lost tax revenues. Railing against what he said has been a reluctance by officials in Albany to collect the taxes because "they ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 30, 2008
A web site is scheduled to be launched that will offer fans a chance to buy shares in athletes like LeBron James and Tiger Woods.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michael Sroka dreamed up a day-trading website for sports fans while still in high school, and the concept will finally come to fruition with the launch of OneSeason.com. The website, scheduled to debut on Wednesday, offers U.S. fans the chance to buy shares in such athletes as basketball star LeBron James and golfer Tiger Woods. The aim is to make a profit from trades, much ...
Fox Sports Radio 970 - Oct 1, 2008
Why A Federal District Court's Decision Is a Victory for Transsexuals' Right Not to Face Employment Discrimination
In a thoughtful, well-reasoned opinion, a federal district judge handed transsexuals a significant victory against employment discrimination. The case was , and the court was the federal district court for the District of Columbia. The Case Against the Library of Congress The facts of the case are these: Diane Schroer applied for a position as a terrorism specialist with the Congressional ...
Find Law - Oct 1, 2008
Wife who made glass lunches avoids jail
A vengeful wife who tried to harm her cheating husband by sprinkling crushed glass on his lunches has avoided imprisonment in Tasmania. Hobart Centrelink manager Lynette Quessy, 50, who is back living with her husband, was sentenced in the state's Supreme Court to a suspended nine-month jail term by Justice Shan Tennent. Quessy pleaded guilty just before going to trial last month to one count of ...
OptusNet - Oct 1, 2008
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: REPORTING RAPE OFTEN MAKES VICTIM'S LIFE WORSE
KARACHI, Pakistan, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Rape and sexual violence are widespread in Pakistan, but cases are rarely reported. Few survivors and their families can withstand the pressure to compromise with the assailants over the years the cases drag on. The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan recorded 755 cases of sexual harassment in 2007, including 377 cases of rape (166 ...
Macro World Investor - Sep 30, 2008
Accused killer said he falsely confessed to setting fatal B.C. blaze
VANCOUVER - An accused killer testified Tuesday that he falsely confessed to setting a fire that killed five people two years ago because he thought he would be killed. 'I was terrified, stressed out,' Nathan Richard Fry told a B.C. Supreme Court jury. Fry, 20, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in relation to the arson attack on May ...
Canada.com - Sep 30, 2008
Voting for president begins in pivotal Ohio
CLEVELAND Ohio voters started casting early ballots Tuesday as Barack Obama struggles to thwart a John McCain victory in Ohio four years after the state tipped the election to President George W Bush. Both candidates visit often while spending millions of dollars flooding TV and radio with advertisements, mailboxes with literature and even voicemail with automated phone calls to get supporters to ...
Japan Today - Sep 30, 2008
Ohio Supreme Court upholds decision to remove children from Lucas County couple
Sep. 30--COLUMBUS --The Ohio Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the decision of Lucas County child protection officials to remove two young children from their home because their father had been convicted of molesting boys 17 years ago. In the 6-1 decision, the majority stressed that the decision was not about the mother's refusal to divorce the father so that she could maintain custody of her ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 30, 2008
Marathon Environmental Suit Finally Ends After 18 Years
It is the second Supreme Court victory for Monsanto in the case. In the first appeal, the Supreme Court reversed a $60 million The case originated in 1990 as a claim by the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania against United States Mineral Corp., the manufacturer of sprayed asbestos insulation found throughout the Transportation & Safety Building (T&S Building) inHarrisburg, former home of the ...
NewsBlaze - Sep 30, 2008
Groups eye Chief Justice Puno for president
Oct. 1--But Puno said he turned down the propositions even as he admitted that the top position of the land is "providential." According to the chief justice, he has no plans to enter politics. Puno said he would rather stay with the High Court and spend quality time with his grandchildren. "My grandchildren were better lobbyists," Puno said in Filipino. "I would rather choose to be president of ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Oct 1, 2008
McMahon sued by Griffin's company
Former The Tonight Show star Ed McMahon has one more lawsuit to add to his already packed court calendar. He allegedly owes late TV host Merv Griffin's company $100,000. The Griffin Group Inc., founded by the late TV mogul, reportedly loaned the beloved star the sum in 2005 in a suit filed in Los Angeles on Thursday. The company is seeking the full amount to be repaid, plus interest and legal ...
Webcenter 11 - Sep 30, 2008
Diaz says false charges shaped him as a judge
Sep. 30--GULFPORT -- Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz Jr. said the most important factors in his election race against challenger Randy "Bubba" Pierce are integrity, experience and special interests. Diaz, who discussed the race Monday with the Sun Herald, believes he and Pierce are men of integrity. Both also have chosen to run positive campaigns and have avoided attacking one ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 30, 2008
Good Question: Why Do False Political Ads Air?
US/Central ReportingJason DeRusha (WCCO) You can't turn on the television without seeing a campaign commercial for one candidate or another. While each ad is serving up one version of truth, to be generous, some include falsehoods that seem hard to defend. So what are they doing on television? 'When political ads are patently false,' wondered Marguerite Cavett of St. Peter.
WCCO - Sep 30, 2008
Lienholders' battle over deed could affect future cases
With equity in property quickly evaporating, legal fights are beginning to surface about which creditor has dibs when it comes to trust deed claims. The case of one failed Las Vegas condo project may cast doubt on the priority order of liens placed on Nevada titles. A battle is going on between lienholders of the bankrupt Onyx Condominiums, but the outcome of the fight between the chief lender ...
Las Vegas Business Press - Sep 29, 2008
Court upholds charges against supervisor in 'Angel of Death' case
A judge today upheld the full indictment against a former supervisor at a McHenry County nursing home accused of allowing, and even encouraging, a nurse to serve as an 'Angel of Death' for dying residents. Rejecting claims that three of the seven charges against Penny Whitlock did not follow state law, Judge Joseph Condon ruled Monday morning that prosecutors could charge her with neglecting ...
Chicago Daily Herald - Sep 29, 2008
Despite critics, consumers laud states trial lawyers
None of us have legal or political backgrounds, so it was really helpful to have the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association to help guide us through the system and make the political connections we needed, La Follette said. La Follette credits the organization for help suing the New Jersey-based manufacturer of the halide bulbs. However, Oregon puts an eight-year time limit on product defect claims. ...
Biz Journals - Sep 29, 2008
Microsoft targets spammers in legal blitz
Microsoft is expected to launch a legal campaign today against spammers who use its products in their advertising. According to reports sweeping the net, lawyers from Microsoft's Internet Safety Enforcement Team have been working with the Washington State Attorney General's Office and are set to announce a number of lawsuits against high-profile offenders. The spammers in question are likely to ...
VNUNet.com - Sep 29, 2008
Fannie, Freddie disclose subpoenas, investigations
Fannie and Freddie said they received subpoenas Friday from the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan as well as requests from the Securities and Exchange Commission that they preserve documents. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the government earlier this month as their mounting defaults and foreclosures threatened the entire mortgage market.
San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 29, 2008
Judge: City sign ordinance doesn't violate free speech
In an order reversing a previous injunction, U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon dismissed a lawsuit filed by a company with signs in the city's 'extraterritorial jurisdiction,' rejecting claims the ordinance violated free-speech rights. City Attorney Arturo Michel said the order allows authorities to move forward with criminal and civil enforcement against the company RTM Media.
Houston Chronicle - Sep 30, 2008
High court reshaping the landscape for patents
As the nations highest court, the Supreme Courts increased attention to patents mirrors the rising public perception that the patent system needs repair. Since the mid-1980s, patent cases were left to the domain of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, with the Supreme Court hearing on average only one patent case per year between 1982 and 1998. Since 2001, however, the Supreme Court has ...
East Bay Business Journal - Sep 29, 2008
Ecuador's Correa to extend state grip after vote
By Frank Jack Daniel Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has a clear mandate to extend the state's grip over the economy, install leftist reforms and seek re-election after his easy win in Sunday's referendum on a new constitution. Correa hailed it as a 'historic victory' but the new rules will unnerve investors because they increase state control over monetary and oil policy in the OPEC nation in ...
International Herald Tribune - Sep 29, 2008
Give 'Em a Break ... or Get Sued
Employers are being slapped with lawsuits costing them millions of dollars in some cases by workers who say they are being compelled to work through meal breaks. Antiquated labor laws are to blame, some corporations say. But plaintiff attorneys blame in part deteriorating corporate ethics. t the Tyson Foods meatpacking plant in Logansport, Indiana, workers wear helmets, protective pads on ...
Workforce - Sep 29, 2008
Legal challenge takes on salmon farming industry
Alexandra Morton heads to B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver today for a four-day challenge of the provincial government's constitutional right to regulate and approve fish farm locations. Until recently, fighting the salmon-farming industry was a solo upstream battle for her. Not anymore. She is being joined by the Wilderness Tourism Association, Area E Gillnetters Association, Fishing Vessel ...
Times Colonist - Sep 29, 2008
Washington Mutual Class Action Members Have Legal Options to Explore, Announces Tramont Guerra & Núñez, PA
The Securities Arbitration Law Firm of The Securities Arbitration Law Firm of Tramont Guerra & Núñez, PA (TGN) makes an announcement to prospective class members of class action lawsuit (Case No. 07 CV 09801) against Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM). Prospective class members need to determine which legal process is more suitable for them to recover losses, either a class action or ...
MarketWire - Sep 29, 2008
Strategy - There's kosher, and then there's kosher
To succeed, the responsible business movement will need to redefine the terms of management thinking, argues Andy Savitz For many Jews, the word "kosher" conveys deep meaning, associated with ideas of goodness, purity and quality. For me, it evokes memories of both of my grandmothers, for whom preparing and serving kosher food was a way of saying: "I love you, so eat." In the US, the ...
Ethical Corporation Online - Sep 29, 2008
Suspended term for woman who tried to kill spouse
ANASTASIA Nestorowycz felt she had failed when her husband went into a nursing home. He begged her to take him home, and she became paranoid that he was being mistreated. On one of her daily visits she decided to end his suffering, and her own, and stabbed him once through the stomach before turning the knife on herself. Nestorowycz, 76, was yesterday sentenced to two years and nine months' ...
The Age - Sep 29, 2008
Delphi Announces Effectiveness of Key Agreements and Further Advances Its Transformation Activities
Delphi Corp. (PINKSHEETS: DPHIQ) today announced Delphi Corp. (PINKSHEETS: DPHIQ) today announced the effectiveness of several agreements with GM and Delphi's U.S. unions. These agreements further the significant progress Delphi has achieved in its Chapter 11 cases and, together with other actions Delphi has taken, keep Delphi on track to complete the five key tenets of its transformation by ...
MarketWire - Sep 29, 2008
Securities class actions problems rest with system, not lawyers
This settlement followed the guilty pleas of two of the firm's former partners, Bill Lerach and Melvyn Weiss, for their parts in the scheme. The convictions of these deans of the plaintiffs' bar have brought the predictable calls to crack down on class action lawyers. The truth, however, is that lawyers are simply responding to the perverse incentives created by our system of securities fraud ...
Daily Business Review - Sep 30, 2008
Attorneys Who Threaten Homeowners With Deficiency Judgments
One of the reasons homeowners have such a fear of being sued by their bank for a deficiency judgment after facing foreclosure is that nearly any lawyer they contact will bring up this possibility. Some attorneys may even use the threat of further litigation after foreclosure as a reason to file bankruptcy prematurely or otherwise pressure borrowers into retaining legal counsel throughout the ...
MyContentBuilder - Sep 29, 2008
America pays the piper, big time
Reality began to reassert itself with the bloody insurgency that resulted from Bushs conquest of Iraq The hyping of an 'Islamic threat' fit with the neocon exaggerated depiction of the Soviet menace in the 1980s and again the propaganda strategy worked. By Robert Parry After a 28-year binge of drunken optimism and blind nationalism often punctuated by chants of USA, USA! and Were No.
Aljazeera.com - Sep 29, 2008
Feds: Judge should ax Pa. Muslim scientist's suit
PITTSBURGH A federal judge does not have the jurisdiction to second-guess security clearance decisions and should throw out a lawsuit by a Muslim scientist who claims he wrongly lost his clearance and his job at a nuclear warship plant, U.S. Justice Department attorneys said in court documents. Lawyers for the Department of Energy contend the lawsuit filed by Egyptian-born scientist ...
Augusta Chronicle - Sep 28, 2008
U.S. bailout unlikely to stem emerging market economy fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emerging market investors braced for another roller-coaster week on Sunday as U.S. lawmakers appeared set to pass a $700 billion (381.4 billion pound) financial rescue package in the coming days but analysts said the world economy could still face a deep economic downturn. Even if the Washington bailout succeeds in calming down financial markets, investors should remain ...
Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Sep 28, 2008
High court returns to work
WASHINGTON - Against the backdrop of a tight presidential election that likely will shape its future, the Supreme Court goes back to work this week. The justices will face cases on whether the government can forbid foul language on television and whether drug makers can be sued by injured patients. The court also will decide whether officials can be held liable for violations of rights that took ...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Sep 28, 2008
U.S. Supreme Court to tackle drug liability, censorship and whales
Justices have hands full with hot issues Font size: Letter to editor Against the backdrop of a tight presidential election that likely will shape its future, the Supreme Court goes back to work this week, facing cases on whether the government can forbid foul language on television, whether drug makers can be sued by injured patients and whether environmentalists can protect whales off the ...
Concord Monitor - Sep 28, 2008
Palin treads carefully between fundamentalist beliefs and public policy
ANCHORAGE Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth created 6,000 years ago -- about 65 million years after scientists say most dinosaurs became extinct -- the teacher said. After conducting a college band and watching Palin deliver a ...
Los Angeles Times - Sep 28, 2008
Lange v Free Speech
The ironies of jurisprudence are terrible indeed. More than a decade ago the late David Lange launched his famous defamation action against Joe Atkinson and the publishers of North & South magazine believing that it would be an open and shut matter, another sure-fire success for one of the country's most-litigious politicians. Instead, the action would not only bring the curtain down on ...
National Business Review - Sep 28, 2008
Rice to visit India next week, N-deal expected to be signed
Organization: Mumbai Central The Mumbai Grapevine Connecting Mumbaikars with Mumbai Please feel free to forward this message to your friends and co-workers who might be interested in it. The instructions to join the Mumbai Grapevine are at the end of the message. (From various agencies) After two weeks, terror back in Delhi: Bomb blast kills boy New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Terror returned to Delhi ...
Mumbai Central - Sep 28, 2008
'Flash of Genius' tells story of Detroiter who fought a corporation
Dr. Robert Kearns, inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, is hardly a household name. But for guys like Ferndale's Tim McElgunn, he's something of a local legend. 'Here's this guy who came up with this innovation, convinced that it was his, and refused to give up on what he thought was his rightful ownership,' says McElgunn, who works in automotive quality engineering.
The Detroit Free Press - Sep 28, 2008
Shock therapy
The last time President Bush got a blank check from Congress, the United States invaded Iraq on bad intelligence with no game plan. No wonder the country is wary of handing his administration $700 billion in taxpayer-financed loan guarantees to fix the mess that its own love affair with deregulation helped create. Who ever thought that this election's September surprise would feature free-market ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sep 28, 2008
MillerCoors Puts New Sparks on Hold
MillerCoors urging it to abandon plans for a new version of its Sparks alcoholic energy drink, the alcohol beverage maker put on hold plans to launch the drink Oct. 1, The Associated Press reported. Called Sparks Red, it comes from a line of canned alcoholic drinks that contain stimulants such as caffeine and taurine. Published reports stated the new version would have an 8 percent alcohol ...
Beverage Aisle - Sep 29, 2008
Zappa's wife puts up fight for music legacy
LOS ANGELES Whoever devised the slipknot contract clause 'into perpetuity' hadn't conceived a Gail Zappa. She has made it her job to parse the music industry's legalese, close contractual loopholes and, most significantly, end what she sees as its iron grip on an artist's past, present and future. 'Let me say it in the simplest way,' she lays it out, her full hand on the table, 'My job is to ...
Denver Post - Sep 28, 2008
Girl Talk: Good music, fun concerts, copyright controversy
Sep. 28--In the 1850s, a kid from Pittsburgh named Stephen Foster hammered out a template for popular song ("Oh! Susanna," "Camptown Races," etc.) that, in some respects, has lasted to this day. In 2008, a kid from Pittsburgh built up a pretty amazing career by prying the template for the modern pop song apart, seeing what makes it tick, and reassembling it into strange new forms.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 28, 2008
Ecuador's Correa to extend state grip after vote
By Frank Jack Daniel Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has a clear mandate to extend the state's grip over the economy, install leftist reforms and seek re-election after his easy win in Sunday's referendum on a new constitution. Correa hailed it as a 'historic victory' but the new rules will unnerve investors because they increase state control over monetary and oil policy in the OPEC nation in ...
International Herald Tribune - Sep 29, 2008
Land for Pantnagar plant has come from govt: Tata Motors
Organization: Mumbai Central The Mumbai Grapevine Connecting Mumbaikars with Mumbai Please feel free to forward this message to your friends and co-workers who might be interested in it. The instructions to join the Mumbai Grapevine are at the end of the message. (From various agencies) After two weeks, terror back in Delhi: Bomb blast kills boy New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Terror returned to Delhi ...
Mumbai Central - Sep 28, 2008
Advocates push for equal rights for unmarried couples
Michael Imel wants to put his girlfriend on his health-insurance policy. But the Bermuda Dunes, Calif. man's employer declined his request because the couple is not married. To Thomas Coleman, Imel's case exemplifies how unmarried people face pervasive discrimination under federal, state and local laws. The group that Coleman heads, Glendale-Calif. based Unmarried America, sponsors Unmarried and ...
Scripps Howard News Service - Sep 29, 2008
Court: Philly can't enact tougher its own gun laws
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Philadelphia officials cannot enact gun laws tougher than Pennsylvania's law, a state appeals court ruled Friday in throwing out city ordinances that included limiting gun purchases to one a month and banning assault weapons. Commonwealth Court dismissed a lawsuit against the Legislature filed by two members of Philadelphia's City Council, Darrell L.
Anchorage Daily News - Sep 28, 2008
Judges to hear gay bias appeal
Judges from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia will be in Pittsburgh beginning today for a special session that will include oral arguments in an appeal by a Penn Hills man who claims his former employer retaliated and discriminated against him for being gay. Brian D. Prowel, 39, sued his former employer, Butler-based Wise Business Forms, claiming he was harassed for being an ...
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Sep 29, 2008
State House Dome: Same-sex marriage bill returnsReader comments: 34
LAWMAKERS WILL BE will be debating whether to legalize same-sex marriage when they return to Concord in January. Rep. Jim Splaine, who sponsored the state's civil unions law, said winning enough votes to pass his same-sex marriage bill will be tough but he thinks the conversation needs to start. 'I think that what we really need is full marriage equality, with the word marriage, to make sure ...
Union Leader - Sep 28, 2008
Making a case for workers' comp
ST. PETERSBURG jamie Dolan arrives at a Starbucks clutching his wife's arm and the first thing you notice is he seems fragile, weighted, broken. His left eye is covered with a patch; his fingernails are long. Four years ago, a gunman walked into the Gateway Mall RadioShack where Dolan worked and started shooting. Three people died, including the shooter. One bullet traveled into Dolan's temple ...
St. Petersburg Times - Sep 28, 2008
Amish ways clash with technology
BLANCHARD, Mich. - It's not like Glen Mast to be confrontational or to draw attention to himself. He is Old Order Amish and is happy to tend his 35-acre farm, build furniture for his children and repair horse-drawn buggies for the Amish in his rural central Michigan community. 'I just want to be left alone,' Mast says. So it is extraordinary that Mast is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed ...
Saukvalley.com - Sep 28, 2008
Judges to hear gay bias appeal
Jason CatoThe Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sep. 29--Judges from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia will be in Pittsburgh beginning today for a special session that will include oral arguments in an appeal by a Penn Hills man who claims his former employer retaliated and discriminated against him for being gay. Brian D. Prowel, 39, sued his former employer, Butler-based Wise ...
Calibre Macro World - Sep 29, 2008
Dems push bankruptcy proposal to help homeowners
Sep. 25--A proposal by congressional Democrats to help keep people in their homes by allowing bankruptcy court judges to rewrite troubled primary mortgage loans could overwhelm court caseloads, spark lawsuits by banks who might claim judges have too much power and further destabilize the housing market, lawyers and others involved in bankruptcy cases said yesterday.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 25, 2008
Place blame squarely on Congress
From the RoundTable blog Read the latest entries Arthur B. Nunn III Nunn, of Roanoke, is the president of The Air Compliance Group, LLC. Who is really to blame for the current financial crisis? The answer is clear: The U.S. Congress. In 1977, Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act, which required banks to grant loans to low-income buyers. While the intent was admirable, it was a ...
Roanoke Times - Sep 25, 2008
'Judge selection process has failed'
Sep. 25--NEW DELHI -- The Government on Wednesday attacked the procedure for appointment of Supreme Court and High Court judges saying "quality of some of the judges selected over the years was questionable." A day after the Supreme Court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe Ghaziabad Provident Fund scam case involving 35 judges, Law Minister H. R.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 25, 2008
Judge takes the 'gentleman' out of nonsolicitation agreements
New York trial court. In the Monroe County case, a judge ruled Nixon Peabody was well within its rights to recruit a dozen Taylor Wessing partners even though the two firms agreed in 2007 not to hire from each other for two years as a condition of merger talks that collapsed. Judge Kenneth Fisher's reasoning was simple: such agreements, though they may be common, are unenforceable because they ...
Daily Business Review - Sep 25, 2008
Online businesses scamming Wisconsin tax laws
I believe we should tax income, we should tax property and we should probably even tax the dead just as long as their relatives dont bury their riches away with them. So, it is only natural that I would support extending the money-grubbing hand of the state government to our Internet shopping, lest we keep 5 1/2 percent more money in our pockets that could be better spent by state legislators.
Badger Herald - Sep 25, 2008
Tower industry rulings ping pong in courts: Zoning, backup power, birds are only some of the issues facing tower owners
A Cellular South employee works on a temporary cell tower in Gulfport, Miss., following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The wireless industry is still reeling from effects of the hurricane. Photo credit:Bloomberg News On the surface, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to reverse a three-judge panel and hand San Diego County a surprise victory over Sprint Nextel Corp.
RCR Wireless News - Sep 25, 2008
Technology spurs growth of fantasy sports in U.S
Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) - If Scott Troetel is out with friends when the Indianapolis Colts are playing, he often reaches for his Blackberry to check how running back Joseph Addai is doing. But Troetel, who is 32 and lives in Boulder, Colorado, is not particularly interested in the Colts. Addai's performance is crucial to 'Addai in the Life,' Troetel's fantasy football team.
Yahoo! Asia - Sep 25, 2008
AAPD Applauds President Bush for Signing ADA Amendments Act into Law
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the largest cross-disability membership organization in the U.S., commends the signing into law of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Thursday by President George W. Bush. 'Today President Bush has followed in his father's footsteps and taken a stand for equal opportunity and full participation for all Americans.
KLFY - Sep 25, 2008
Carl Bernstein: The Palin Pick -- The Devolution of McCain
In one of our many conversations as we crisscrossed the country during his campaign for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, John McCain said to me, 'I've always tried to act on what I thought was the best for the country. And that has guided me.... The only thing I can do is assure people that I would act on principle.' I traveled with McCain for weeks that political season, stayed in ...
Huffington Post - Sep 25, 2008
NRA group gets update
Sep. 25--The election year and concern by National Rifle Association members across the state that their rights could be impacted by new national leadership have increased not only membership but also donations to the foundation. Those and other comments about the condition of the NRA locally, statewide and nationally were made by NRA Senior Field Representative, Darren Delong Of Moore.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 25, 2008
SEC sues five men plus firms over securities
Sep. 26--The Securities and Exchange Commission filed two civil lawsuits Thursday alleging that five men -- four from North Texas -- and their related companies violated securities laws. In the first suit, the SEC alleges that Ryan M. Reynolds, Jason W. Brola and Desmond J. Milligan -- all living in Texas -- and Timothy T. Page of California conspired to sell millions of shares of penny stock ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 26, 2008
Pastor's Sunday endorsement of McCain may get him in IRS trouble
Sep. 25--It appears that a Warroad, Minn., pastor is going to be in the national spotlight this Sunday when he plans to endorse Sen. John McCain for president from his pulpit as part of his challenge to federal rules against churches engaging in political campaigns. The Rev. Gus Booth, pastor of Warroad Community Church, said he's heard from about 20 media organizations across the nation just ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 25, 2008
BRIEF: Tighter scrutiny for judges-to-be
Sep. 26--NEW DELHI -- A day after Law Minister HR Bhardwaj criticised the procedure for the appointment of Supreme Court and high court judges, Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan announced new steps for better scrutiny of credentials of lawyers aspiring to be judges. The CJI has issued a new proforma which requires lawyers to furnish all the details of their career as well as those of their ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 26, 2008
A commission of omissions
Sep. 26--AHMEDABAD -- The Nanavati Commission report describing the 2002 Sabarmati Express fire at Godhra as a conspiracy has not surprised anyone. The report has in fact confirmed the worst apprehensions of rights activists, Non-Governmental Organisations and lawyers that the commission would toe the BJP line that the fire was the result of a conspiracy. The composition of the commission itself ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 26, 2008
Call for survey based on caste
Sep. 26--NEW DELHI -- Finding disparity in Other Backward Classes (OBC) population figures in different government surveys, experts have called for a caste-based survey or census to ensure that affirmative action policy is based on realistic data. At a seminar on Thursday, a paper presented by Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, brought to light disparities of over five per cent in OBC ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 26, 2008
'This is why terrorists are made'
Sep. 26--AHMEDABAD -- Not too far from where a Gujarat government-appointed panel cleared the same government over the 2002 Godhra train burning, the elderly dentist leaned back in his clinic off the busy Ahmedabad street and paused for a moment of restless silence. He had told his life's story. He now announced the verdict. "This is why people take to terrorism, because there is no justice for ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 26, 2008
Texas Supreme Court denies Libertarian request to remove McCain, Obama from ballot
Austin Business Journal Related News Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain will have their names on the ballot when election season rolls around in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court denied a petition filed by Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party of Texas to remove the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees from the ballot because of their ...
Los Angeles Business - Sep 25, 2008
Brooklyn Man Dies After Police Use a Taser
A naked and apparently emotionally disturbed man fell to his death from a building ledge in Brooklyn after , the police said. The police and witnesses said he had been yelling at passers-by and swinging a long light bulb tube at officers before he fell. The man, identified by the police as Inman Morales, 35, was taken to Kings County Hospital Center with serious head trauma after falling about ...
New York Times - Sep 25, 2008
U. Nebraska: Editorial: Proposal would pave way for doctors to make moral choices for patients
(C) 2008 Daily Nebraskan via UWIRE By , Daily Nebraskan (U. Nebraska) LINCOLN, Neb. -- In August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed a regulation that, if passed, will threaten the integrity of the medical system in this country. The regulation would allow doctors and other health workers 'to practice according to their conscience,' effectively letting them choose which ...
Calibre Macro World - Sep 25, 2008
Spouse's illness not an issue in job search
Question: Through my employer, I carry health insurance for myself and my husband, who is self-employed and has heart disease and diabetes. He was diagnosed in the past year. How would my husband's condition affect my ability to find another job and coverage for him? I am worried that a company might not want to cover his pre-existing condition. I am also concerned that his health problems and ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
PETA seeks to refile MSU lawsuit
Group aims to gain access to animal experiments conducted for Iams Lawrence Simmons Issue date: 9/23/08 Section: News Page 1 of 1 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a lawsuit against Mississippi State University and Iams in January 2006 to gain access to documents related to animal experiments. Iams, a brand of Procter & Gamble produces pet food and health products.
Reflector Online - Sep 23, 2008
Lacrosse suits so far cost city $729,350
Sep. 23--DURHAM -- Lawyers defending the city government and police from three lawsuits stemming from the Duke lacrosse case have already submitted $1.2 million in bills for their time and expenses. Taxpayers have covered $729,350 of that, but the city is in line to get $229,350 of that back from the American International Group, the company that owns the insurer the city was using when the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
Explaining the need to plead
Sep. 23--Odds are, unless you're a regular courtroom spectator or spend a lot of time watching TV shows like "Law and Order," you don't know the difference between a no-contest plea and a guilty plea. You may also think an "Alford plea" is reserved only for people with the same name. Legalese can be difficult to understand -- especially if you're the one standing in front of a stern-faced judge, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
Judge rules in McMahon's favor in hospital lawsuit
LOS ANGELES Ed McMahon's lawsuit against a hospital and doctors he claims failed to properly diagnose and repair his broken neck has passed a key legal hurdle. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled last week that McMahon's lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and two physicians lays out adequate legal ground to pursue claims that include negligence, elder abuse, battery, fraud and ...
Augusta Chronicle - Sep 23, 2008
Jury pays night visit to The Gap
Against the stark black of a moonless night sky, 24 torch beams bobbed, retracing the final steps of Sydney model Caroline Byrne. Justice Graham Barr, his staff, and a team of lawyers on Tuesday night joined 15 jurors atop cliffs at The Gap, in Sydney's east, for a viewing of the rock platform where Ms Byrne's body was found. The 24-year-old model was wedged head-first between rocks at the foot ...
Yahoo! News Australia - Sep 23, 2008
Homeowner advocacy groups weigh in on bailout
WASHINGTON - Homeowner advocates weighed in Tuesday on the Wall Street bailout bill, pressing Congress to include bankruptcy court relief for people unable to keep up with their mortgage payments.The Bush administration opposes it, citing the need for simplicity and speedy action on the legislation to avert further financial meltdown. The administration and industry lobbyists oppose the provision ...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Sep 23, 2008
Fortifying the disabilities law
The Americans with Disabilities Act was supposed to make it easier for people with disabilities to function in the workplace and other public venues by requiring public facilities to be accessible to all. Unfortunately, a string of wrongheaded decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court has worked to undermine the 1990 law by narrowing the definition of who is disabled. Sen.
Star Ledger - Sep 23, 2008
Keeping count
Sep. 24--COLOMBO -- By definition, census is an official population count taken at set intervals. A count that that is taken of the entire population, and not of any community. But last Sunday, a census with an uneasy difference was carried out in Colombo and parts of the western province. It was to count the number of those Sri Lankans who had migrated to the western province from specifically ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 24, 2008
US election diary: Time to talk
Sep. 24--DOHA, Qatar -- "After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure." Edward R Murrow, journalist, after listening to the Kennedy-Nixon debate, September 26, 1960. The first US presidential debates of the televison age proved how the new medium favoured image over substance. What John F Kennedy, then a Democrat senator and Richard Nixon, the Republican ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 24, 2008
School-funding formula on trial before N.J. court
TRENTON The state asserts the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 follows the state constitution, which mandates the Legislature maintain and support a 'thorough and efficient system of free public schools' for all New Jersey children. It wants the state's highest court to issue an order upholding the constitutionality of the new funding approach. 'The act is not a retreat.
CourierPostOnline.com - Sep 23, 2008
Supreme Court candidates oppose lengthy vacations
Sep. 23--CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Huntington lawyer Menis Ketchum says by his count, state Supreme Court justices are on what he calls "vacation" for three months and 22 days out of the year, not counting holidays. Ketchum, a Democrat running for one of two seats on the court, says the data shows the justices don't work hard enough. He vowed to change things if elected.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
Last Lake County inmate to be executed - in 1959 - didn't kill anyone: Richard Henyard could be next, if his execution for the killings of 2 Eustis girls in 1993 is carried out as scheduled today
Sep. 23--TAVARES The last inmate from Lake County to be executed by the state of Florida didn't kill anyone. Sam Wiley Odom was 20 on Aug. 28, 1959, when he was strapped into the state's electric chair for raping a 63-year-old woman and electrocuted in front of a small audience that included Lake County Sheriff Willis V. McCall. Richard Henyard, 34, of Eustis will join Odom on the state's list ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
Brad Pitt's just another big giver in gay marriage showdown
Sep. 23--Actor Brad Pitt's $100,000 donation last week to the campaign opposing a November ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage in California was the largest thus far by an A-list celebrity. But it accounts for a small percentage of the roughly $30 million collected by supporters and opponents of Proposition 8, in donations ranging from $20 to seven-figure sums.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
Woman whose dogs mauled neighbor sentenced in SF
By Marjorie Knoller listens to closing arguments in the San Francisco dog mauling trial on March 18, 2002, at the Los Angeles County Courthouse in Los Angeles. Knoller whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced on Monday, Sept 22, 2008, to 15 years to life in prison. Her previous conviction had been reduced, but ...
Hollister Freelance - Sep 23, 2008
The Oracle And The Intoxilyzer: DWI/DUI Source Code Defense Posted By : Maury D. Beaulier
The ?Oracle? And The Intoxilyzer: DWI/DUI Source Code Defense By: In the Kingdom of Nod, a villager?s fate hangs in the balance as wise men huddle around the oracle. The oracle will decide his fate. The penalties exacted may be severe: freedom or servitude; the forfeiture of his worldly possessions; the payment of punitive tariffs; or a prohibition against travel.
ArticleAddict - Sep 23, 2008
The Upcoming Supreme Court Case of Wyeth v. Levine and the Preemption Temptation: Part One in a Two-Part Series
In November, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Wyeth v. Levine, which concerns a healthy guitarist in Vermont who lost her arm to gangrene caused by Wyeth's anti-nausea drug Phenergan. Wyeth is challenging a plaintiff's verdict of over $6.7 million dollars on the ground that state failure-to-warn claims for FDA-approved warnings are preempted by the federal agency's action. ...
Find Law - Sep 23, 2008
Nigeria court set to hear presidential vote dispute
(Reuters) - Nigeria's top court begins preliminary hearings on Thursday in an election dispute whose outcome could either force President Umaru Yar'Adua from office or strengthen his grip on power in Africa's most populous nation. Yar'Adua took office in May last year, a month after polls which foreign observers said were so marred by vote-rigging and intimidation that they 'fell far short of ...
Reuters UK - Sep 23, 2008
Why don't churches pay taxes?
Today's question: Why should churches be tax exempt in the first place? Wouldn't it be a better approach to deny the tax exemption to all churches? Previously, Stanley and Lynn debated whether federal tax law chills free speech in churches. Hands off our churches, IRS Point: Erik Stanley There is said to be an old Arabian proverb: 'If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon ...
Los Angeles Times - Sep 23, 2008
Ruling may be last in long-running mortgage lawsuit
Posted: 5:11 PM- After more than three decades, one of Utah's longest-running civil lawsuits appears to be at an end. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court ruled that Richard and Nancy Madsen, who made advance payments to a mortgage company to cover taxes and insurance, are not entitled to interest on that money. The unanimous decision reverses a judgment of $134 in interest for the Madsens, who ...
Salt Lake Tribune - Sep 23, 2008
Drug profits case faces big setback: Defense argues charges violate Supreme Court decision on 'proceeds' definition
Sep. 23--Six years after arresting the owner of La Esperanza markets for allegedly selling drugs and laundering proceeds through the grocery chain, federal prosecutors may have to start their case over from scratch. Defense attorneys have filed a motion to dismiss charges against Javier Vasqez-Robles, his wife and daughter based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that criminal ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
Louisiana Politics: Supreme Court Election Huge Battle
After serial hurricanes and the global financial meltdown, for an election to capture any leftover public attention it had better be historic or crucial. The presidential contest rates, but after that and perhaps the U.S. Senate race, public attention quickly recedes moving on down the election ballot. Yet in two parts of the state, elections to the state Supreme Court will make history and a ...
Bayou Buzz - Sep 23, 2008
Candidates for Supreme Court debate lawyers' ads: Ketchum, Walker and Workman also give views on judicial selection
Sep. 23--CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Supreme Court candidates debated the propriety of running sensational ads in order to drum up business for law firms during a meeting with the Daily Mail editorial board. "I think it's awful," said Huntington lawyer Menis Ketchum. "I advertise because the Charleston lawyers are taking my business." Ketchum, a Democrat running for one of two seats coming open on the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
California Legislature Responds to Residential Foreclosure Crisis, According to Greenberg Glusker Attorney
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In an effort to help the thousands of Californians who are in default of their home mortgages, a new law now requires lenders to meet with defaulting borrowers and explore ways to avoid foreclosure, according to a legal expert. According to Foreclosures.com, California recorded 116,857 foreclosures in the first six months of 2008.
Business Wire - Sep 23, 2008
What China's tainted milk may not bring: lawsuits
The government is giving families free care but may ban legal action over contaminated formula, which has affected more than 50,000 babies. Beijing - Li Fangping, a prominent human rights lawyer, is busy organizing victims of the poisoned infant formula scandal rocking China and offering pro bono help. But he is not planning to sue Sanlu, the formula manufacturer not yet.
Christian Science Monitor - Sep 22, 2008
Execution is set, but questions linger: Pope, Carter, Tutu have made pleas on inmate's behalf
Sep. 23--ATLANTA -- Barring a last-minute stay, Troy Anthony Davis will be executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the murder of a Savannah, Ga., police officer. But nearly two decades after the killing, questions linger over whether Davis is guilty. A campaign spearheaded by Davis' relatives and Amnesty International has brought worldwide attention to the case, prompting well-known figures to ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
Senate committee calls for revamp of domestic insolvency law
Sep. 23--The renewed call for an update to the country's insolvency law comes on the heels of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy filing in the US, which helped trigger wild swings in global financial markets. The collapse of the US' fourth-biggest investment bank hit the Philippines, with seven local lenders admitting exposure to the troubled American financial giant.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
The Paulson-Bernanke Bank Bailout Plan: Will the Cure be Worse Than the Crisis?
Congress gave land grants to the railroad barons a century and a half ago. If it goes through, it will shape the coming century by giving finance unprecedented power over debtors homebuyers, industry, state and local government, and the federal government as well. But what threatens to be even worse is the governments move to let the financial sector make even higher, unprecedented gains by ...
CounterPunch - Sep 22, 2008
Wall Street Bailout: Now, the Lawsuits
Consider the developments of the past 10 days: collapsing share prices, huge investor losses, allegations of financial obfuscation and mismanagement. It would seem a likely setup for a new wave of litigation and a boon for the plaintiffs' bar. The reality, however, is far more muted. Legal rulings have made it significantly harder to press shareholder claims.
BusinessWeek - Sep 22, 2008
Elderly woman stabs husband to end suffering
AN elderly woman who stabbed her ailing husband with a kitchen knife in a nursing home said she couldn't stand seeing him suffer. Anastasia Nestorowycz, 76, stabbed her 82-year-old husband in the stomach then stabbed herself in the bathroom of his nursing home unit in Thornbury, Victoria. The Supreme Court yesterday heard Mrs Nestorowycz, of Thornbury, stabbed her husband Paul Nestorowycz - who ...
The Australian - Sep 22, 2008
Symposium to Examine Federal Courts, Consumer Protections, Abuses of Executive Power
As the election approaches and the Bush presidency draws to a close, Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is hosting a symposium to examine the administration's legacy on the American legal system. The three-panel event -- Our Rights, Our Courts, Our Future -- will examine judicial selection and the future of the federal bench, current challenges to consumer protections, and recent abuses of presidential ...
NewsBlaze - Sep 22, 2008
EDITORIAL: Follow litigation with tax reform
Sep. 22--Over-reliance on property taxes to fund public education is one of Pennsylvania's most pressing problems, and its scope goes well beyond the vital matter of education itself. Pennsylvanians pay more than $14 billion in property taxes every year, most of it to local school districts, because the state government pays a lower share of education costs than most other state governments. ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 22, 2008
Justice Department Reaches Voting Rights Settlement With The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts resolving allegations that the Commonwealth violated the rights of Puerto Rican voters under Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Section 4(e) requires that election materials, including ballots, be provided in Spanish for Puerto Rican voters who are limited-English ...
PR Newswire - Sep 22, 2008
Ford has to pay in disability bias lawsuit
Workplace chatter about an employee's illness at the Ford Motor Credit Co. violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the company has to pay $75,000 to settle the disability discrimination lawsuit filed in Nashville federal court. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged that Ford Motor had disclosed medical information that had to be kept confidential under the ADA.
Tennessean - Sep 22, 2008
Trial schedule on Farmers Branch rental law agreed
Sep. 23--Farmers Branch's latest ordinance to halt property rentals to illegal immigrants is on hold until a lawsuit seeking to have it struck down as unconstitutional is resolved. U.S. District Court Judge Jane Boyle on Monday agreed to a proposal from the city and the attorneys for one group of plaintiffs that will see the case come to trial, if necessary, by December.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
NAFTA needs to be changed in light of U.S. bailout: trade lawyer
OTTAWA, Sept. 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, party leader Jack Layton announced that the NDP is prepared to engage the U.S. government to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. In a statement, Layton said, 'As Prime Minister, I will enter those talks with one over-riding priority - saving and protecting Canadian jobs.' Responding to the NDP's announcement, international trade lawyer ...
Canadian Business Magazine - Sep 22, 2008
In libertarian Vegas, ACLU keeps finding battles to fight
Nevada ACLU s key cases and issues ACLU of Nevada President Richard Siegel, Executive Director Gary Peck and General Counsel Allen Lichtenstein named these issues and cases as some of the organization s most memorable: Free speech: Since the 1990s, the Nevada ACLU has been defending the right to free speech in two locations central to the psychic and physical maps of the Las Vegas Valley: ...
Las Vegas Sun - Sep 22, 2008
Wife: Diabetic man mistaken for drunken driver and beaten: Family's attorney say man has been in a coma since June 15
Sep. 22--A diabetic Detroit man was mistaken for a drunken driver by Allen Park and Dearborn police, and brutally beaten to the point that he had to have part of his brain surgically removed, the man's wife and their attorney allege. Ernest Griglen, 59, has been comatose and on a ventilator since the June 15 incident, said attorney Arnold Reed of Farmington Hills.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 22, 2008
S.C. sues LendingTree
The state of South Carolina has filed a civil lawsuit against LendingTree, alleging the Charlotte-based company didnt tell customers that it charges fees to lenders. The suit also contends LendingTree told customers it isnt a mortgage broker. The lawsuit was filed by 13th Circuit Solicitor Robert Ariail on behalf of the state for customers who lived in Greenville and Pickens counties when they ...
Charlotte Business Journal - Sep 22, 2008
US election diary: Time to talk
Sep. 24--DOHA, Qatar -- "After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure." Edward R Murrow, journalist, after listening to the Kennedy-Nixon debate, September 26, 1960. The first US presidential debates of the televison age proved how the new medium favoured image over substance. What John F Kennedy, then a Democrat senator and Richard Nixon, the Republican ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 24, 2008
BRIEF: Ban on Anand, Khan to continue
Sep. 23--NEW DELHI -- The ban on senior advocates RK Anand and IU Khan from practicing will continue as the Supreme Court on Monday refused to suspend temporarily the Delhi High Court verdict restraining them from appearing in courts failing within its jurisdiction. Admitting notice to the High Court, a bench headed by Justice BN Agrawal declined to entertain their plea to grant interim relief, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
New Software Lowers Risk of Conducting Business on the Web
IBM (NYSE: IBM) IBM (NYSE: IBM) today is unveiling new software that helps companies reduce the cost of detecting security vulnerabilities and managing application compliance across their portfolio of Web applications. IBM Rational AppScan Developer Edition software can be used at the earliest stages of software development, allowing organizations to achieve significant cost savings and lower ...
MarketWire - Sep 22, 2008
Maxim Announces Proposed Settlement of Delaware Derivative Lawsuit
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MXIM) announced that the Company, certain of its current and former Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MXIM) announced that the Company, certain of its current and former executive officers and directors, and plaintiffs have entered into an agreement to settle a stockholder derivative action that was filed in the Court of Chancery of the ...
MarketWire - Sep 22, 2008
Williams convicted of human trafficking
Sep. 23--A jury Monday convicted Marlin Williams in Sedgwick County's first case of human trafficking, but his lawyer said the real test may be whether the new law holds up at sentencing. Jurors deliberated little more than two hours before convicting Williams, 38, of taking a 15-year-old girl from Wichita to Dallas to work as a prostitute. But when Williams returns for sentencing Nov.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
'Master trial attorney' set to retire
Article Photos One of attorney Merle K. Evey's former associates thinks he has that ''Honest Abe effect.''Aside from the fact he has certain characteristics of America's greatest president - being tall and rangy -Evey also possesses a good sense of humor, is a ''people person,'' and ''breeds trust,'' Blair County President Judge Jolene Kopriva said.Kopriva, now in her third term as a judge, was ...
Altoona Mirror - Sep 22, 2008
SC notice to 3 condom manufacturers
Sep. 23--NEW DELHI -- Should condom-manufacturing companies exercise conservative approach while advertising and packaging their products? On Monday, the Supreme Court issued notice on petitions filed by three companies including a public sector undertaking (PSU) that have asserted their right to advertise condoms as per their own policy. The bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan also ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 23, 2008
Congress approves legislation that would expand Americans with Disabilities Act
The House on Wednesday gave final approval to Senate legislation (S 3406) expanding the definition of disability for people claiming discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York Times reports. The bill, approved by voice vote, states that the Supreme Court erred by 'eliminating protection for many individuals whom Congress intended to protect' under the original ADA, ...
News-Medical.Net - Sep 22, 2008
Forcing a Foreclosing Lender to Negotiate an Out of Court Settlement
In terms of saving a house from foreclosure, defending the lender's lawsuit in court may be one of the most effective ways of going about this. Banks can easily become frustrated at the slowing down of the legal process and are more open to settling the matter out of court. While banks and corrupt judges will try and railroad homeowners defending themselves, hiring a competent attorney may allow ...
Marketing Article Bank - Sep 21, 2008
Spouse's illness not an issue in job search
Sep. 21--DEAR CARRIE: Through my employer, I carry health insurance for myself and my husband, who is self-employed and has heart disease and diabetes. He was diagnosed in the past year. How would my husband's condition affect my ability to find another job and coverage for him? I am worried that a company might not want to cover his pre-existing condition.
Calibre Macro World - Sep 21, 2008
The Bush administration seeks ''dictatorial power unreviewa
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration asked Congress for unchecked power to buy $700 billion in bad mortgage investments from U.S. financial companies in what would be an unprecedented government intrusion into the markets. The plan, designed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, is aimed at averting a credit freeze that would bring the financial system and economic growth to a ...
Free Dominion - Sep 21, 2008
Democrats, Republicans face off over US financial bailout plan
US President George W. Bush speaks during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. Bush's administration has proposed a 700-billion-dollar bailout of the troubled financial sector over a two-year period, according to a draft proposal sent to Congress and released Saturday. (AFP) President George W. Bush's administration has proposed a 700-billion-dollar bailout ...
Turkish Press - Sep 21, 2008
Florida's Medicaid recipients file federal lawsuit
MATT SEDENSKY Charles Todd Lee spent a lifetime going backstage at concerts, following politicians on the campaign trail and capturing iconic shots of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Mick Jagger to Mickey Mantle. Today, he enjoys such freedom only in his dreams. The 67-year-old photographer has been confined to a nursing home for five years, the victim of a stroke that paralyzed his left ...
The Olympian - Sep 21, 2008
Almond Growers File Federal Lawsuit To End "Adulteration" Of Raw Nuts
Lawsuit Would Halt Treatment Of Almonds With Toxic Fumigant Or Steam Heat WASHINGTON A group of fifteen American almond growers and wholesale nut handlers filed a lawsuit in the Washington, D.C. federal court on Tuesday, September 9 seeking to repeal a controversial USDA-mandated treatment program for California-grown raw almonds. The almond farmers and handlers contend that their businesses ...
Press and Dakotan - Sep 21, 2008
EDITORIAL: Settling the bill
Sep. 21--You can buy a pack of cigarettes at any convenience store for about $4. But what does it really cost, and who ultimately pays the price? Those questions are at the heart of a long-running lawsuit in St. Louis Circuit Court, where hospitals are suing tobacco companies for the costs of caring for uninsured smokers. The case was filed in 1998. If all goes well, it could go to trial in ...
Calibre Macro World - Sep 21, 2008
Timeline: WaMu's long history
ROBERT GIROUX / Bonanza gone bad and insurers Deregulation of the banking industry made it possible for insurers, investment houses and commercial banks to link arms. Now they're in a collective pile of trouble. Here's how the regulatory barriers eroded: 1916: National Bank Act limits insurance sales by banks, except in small towns. 1933: Glass-Steagall Act prohibits commercial banks and ...
Seattle Times - Sep 21, 2008
Investigation showed local union's tangled ties: But questions remain over handling of bombing case
Sep. 21--ALBANY -- The plan to firebomb an Albany concrete plant came together five years ago. It was late at night, and a pair of beefy men inside the former Mad River tavern on North Pearl Street asked a bartender for a pair of rubber gloves and some rags before slipping quietly out the door. They climbed into a new Mercury SUV, which was owned by their laborers union, and bought a 12-pack of ...
Calibre Macro World - Sep 21, 2008
Iraqi VP Presents Study on Tackling Unemployment
By Naseer Al-Ily Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat- Now that the problem of unemployment and the difficulties associated with it have grown worse, and because unemployment is considered the main reason behind the acts of violence from which the country is suffering, the Iraqi Executive Council has tasked one of its members, namely, Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, to prepare a paper or study that ...
Asharq Al-Awsat - Sep 21, 2008
Irving hospital caused man's death, Texas Supreme Court says
Christopher Hogue was a freshman at Texas Tech University in Lubbock when he got the unexpected call from his mother: His father was dying from heart complications at an Irving hospital. He and his brother, Robert, then a senior at Tech, boarded a plane and arrived three hours before their 52-year-old father breathed his last. Now, more than a decade later, the state Supreme Court, by a vote of ...
Star-Telegram - Sep 21, 2008
Maxim Announces Proposed Settlement of Delaware Derivative Lawsuit
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MXIM) announced that the Company, certain of its current and former Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MXIM) announced that the Company, certain of its current and former executive officers and directors, and plaintiffs have entered into an agreement to settle a stockholder derivative action that was filed in the Court of Chancery of the ...
MarketWire - Sep 22, 2008
THE BUSH BOX
Thanks to the unprecedented $1 trillion bailout of the economy and new agreements with Iraq, Barack Obama and John McCain find themselves running for an unenviable position: Hostage-in-chief. It doesn't matter who wins the election. Either side will spend all of a first term (maybe even a second), cleaning up after George W. Bush - with little or no options as to how.
New York Post - Sep 21, 2008
North Carolina lawyer must apologize for Flight 5191 crash Web site
Sep. 18--A North Carolina lawyer accused of improper advertising after the crash of Comair Flight 5191 must publicly apologize for starting a misleading Web site days after the crash that killed 49 people in 2006. Joseph Anderson, a lawyer from Winston-Salem, must take out newspaper advertisements apologizing to the 49 families who lost someone in the Aug. 27, 2006 Comair crash in Lexington in ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
State worker won't honor subpoenas in 'Troopergate' case
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case. In a letter to state Sen. Hollis French, the Democrat overseeing the investigation, Republican ...
Chicago Daily Herald - Sep 18, 2008
Appeals Court to Consider State's Death Penalty Gridlock: SMALL STEP IN BATTLE OVER LETHAL INJECTION
Sep. 18--Five months after the U.S. Supreme Court offered a legal road map to states dealing with challenges to lethal injection, California is no closer to resuming executions on the nation's largest death row. Today, however, the legal battle over lethal injection in this state will finally inch forward when an appeals court in San Francisco considers one of the two cases paralyzing ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
Court rulescouple only entitled to costs of care, not husband's lost wages
A Dublin man, who took leave from his financial planning business to care for his wife who suffered long-term brain injury in a traffic accident, is entitled to be paid for the fair market value of the care he provided, Ohio Supreme Court justices determined Wednesday. In the 5-2 decision, justices reasoned John Hutchings was not due lost wages during the time in which he voluntarily cared for ...
The Daily Reporter - Sep 18, 2008
Appeals court reinstates conviction of 'Mafia Cops'
A federal appeals court yesterday reinstated the conviction of the infamous 'Mafia Cops' and ordered that they be sentenced for taking part in eight mob murders. The charges against former Dets. Louis Eppolito, 60, and Stephen Caracappa, 66, involved some of the darkest allegations of murder and corruption ever to involve the . Even after the murder conviction was set aside, they remained in ...
Newsday - Sep 18, 2008
Merrill Lynch shareholders file suit over BofA buyout
Merrill Lynch shareholders filed suits this week against the brokerage firms CEO John Thain and its board over Bank of Americas proposed $50 billion buyout. The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court, claims the deal is wrong, unfair and harmful to Merrill public shareholders. The suit, filed by law firm Murray, Frank & Sailer, says Merrills shareholders have been and will continue to be ...
Dayton Business Journal - Sep 18, 2008
Patient information used to be confidential
To the Editor: I've never been to a psychologist and, while I know who Vince Young is, I prefer books to football. Nonetheless, when I first read about Young's 'disappearance,' I became vaguely uncomfortable to learn that a psychologist shared information about her discussions with him. It was reported in the Sept. 13 Tennessean that that same psychologist confirmed Young's thoughts of suicide. ...
Tennessean - Sep 18, 2008
Stokes loses lawsuit
Jury orders radio talk-show host to pay $3.8 million in defamation case A Flathead County District Court jury ordered radio host John Stokes Wednesday to pay $3.8 million to Davar and Todd Gardner for slamming them with malicious false accusations on his show. I am so thankful for the verdict that the jury brought. It was all we hoped for and more. He [Stokes] has a message that he cannot do ...
Daily Inter Lake - Sep 18, 2008
Ex-chiefs have earful for candidates, sharp words for FCC
Michael Powell and William Kennard, former chairs of the Federal Communications Commission under presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, respectively, spoke candidly about their experiences heading the regulatory agency at a National Press Club event Tuesday. Held by the Information Economy Project at George Mason University, the forum was meant to provide frank advice on telecom policy to ...
ArsTechnica - Sep 18, 2008
Kilpatrick's swagger gone as he nears exit: Here, there, but rarely in the office
Sep. 18--As speculation grows on where Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will go after his scandalous tenure ends today, questions remain about where he has been since becoming Detroit's first chief executive to cop felony pleas while in office. Unlike his predecessor, Dennis Archer, who came to city hall and worked from his desk until his last day in office, Kilpatrick has not been seen much in the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
EDITORIAL: Governor's influence helps bushwhack school lawsuit
Sep. 18--Four years ago a group of mostly rural school systems sued the state over education funding. That lack of funding, the 50 systems said, was the reason their students did poorly. The state funding formula gives more money to larger school systems. The suit, filed by the Consortium for Adequate School Funding in Georgia, was progressing through the court system and seemed poised for ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
Estate drained during guardianship, suit alleges
Sep. 18--The estate of an evangelist who died this year is suing the Department of Human Services, alleging that her financial assets were depleted during a guardianship. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of the estate of Martha "Vicki" Peterson, whose personal representative is Carl R. Peterson, her husband. The filing in Tulsa County District Court alleges a conspiracy to defraud Vicki ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
BRIEF: Ohio Supreme Court rejects ban on guns in parks
Sep. 18--Cities and counties may not restrict the right of Ohioans to carry firearms, a divided state Supreme Court ruled this morning. In a 4-3 decision, the court struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in public parks by the city of Clyde, a small town in northwestern Ohio. The case has implications for dozens of cities across Ohio, including Columbus, that banned certain types of ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
Woman on feeding tube dies; Schiavo-like case moot
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since a stroke has died, effectively ending a legal battle between her husband and mother in a case similar to Terry Schiavo, whose fate became the subject of national political debate in 2005. Karen Weber, 57, had been in and out of a nursing home and Okeechobee hospital since having a stroke in December.
Washington Post - Sep 18, 2008
Florida Attorney General's Office Files Mortgage Fraud Suit
ORLANDO - The Florida Attorney General's Office is suing 10 companies and 15 individuals for their alleged roles in a major mortgage fraud scheme. According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Orlando, the defendants obtained more than $37 million in mortgages for at least 60 home purchases and siphoned off more than $6 million of the proceeds for their own use.
Tampa Tribune - Sep 18, 2008
Offshore Sham
WASHINGTON -- The other night, when House Democrats appeared to reverse their long-standing ban on offshore oil drilling, the electorate was hoodwinked again. At least, the Democratic leadership hoped the electorate was hoodwinked. In August, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was beginning to feel the heat from a citizenry angered by high energy prices, particularly high gasoline prices.
Town Hall - Sep 18, 2008
Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law
By SHERRI M. OKAMOTO, Staff Writer The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the constitutionality of an Arizona law requiring employers to verify the employment status of their workers and penalizing those who knowingly hire illegal aliens. Affirming the decision of U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake of the District of Arizona, the three-judge panel held that the Legal ...
Metropolitan News-Enterprise - Sep 18, 2008
Taser panel mostly lawyers
Sep. 18--Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. picked seven fellow lawyers and two police chiefs for a 10-member panel that will study the use of Tasers by law enforcement. "I, like every citizen in Allegheny County, feel a certain uneasiness with a technology that I'm not familiar with," said former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph Cappy, who will chair the group ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
New: Second wrongful-death suit filed in 'angel of death' case
WOODSTOCK Attorneys filed a second wrongful-death lawsuit against a Woodstock nursing home Wednesday on behalf of a woman whose son died while he resided there.Sharon Hunt of McHenry alleges in the lawsuit that her son, John Sherman, died as a result of a drug overdose given while he was being cared for at the Woodstock Residence nursing home at 309 McHenry Ave.
Northwest Herald - Sep 18, 2008
Beach court suspends order from U.K. on man's legal bills
Sep. 18--VIRGINIA BEACH -- A Circuit Court judge has suspended a British order to collect more than $1.4 million in legal bills from a retired Beach surgeon who has been in a contentious divorce fight for more than a decade. Last month, Dr. Mansur Rahnema learned that the Supreme Court of England and Wales had awarded the London law firm of Dean & Dean Solicitors 817,709 pounds for representing ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
Starr turns event at law school into a stellar occasion
Sep. 18--Good lawyers can read judges like tea leaves, and there are few better at it than Kenneth Starr. The legal heavyweight made an appearance at the UA's James E. Rogers College of Law Wednesday, highlighting a panel on constitutional law. A former federal judge and U.S. solicitor general, Starr is probably best known for his Whitewater land-deals investigation, one of several scandals that ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
Minton: Transparency a long-term goal of state court system
Sep. 18--The goal for the court system over the next several years is to become more transparent and easier for the public to use, said Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John Minton. Minton was the speaker Wednesday at a Constitution Day event at Western Kentucky University at the Mass Media and Technology Hall. Minton, a Bowling Green resident and WKU graduate, was sworn in as Kentucky's ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
Quick Takes: Psychologists Toughen Ethics Code, Apology From Debate Coach, Enrollment Data, Facebook Snoops, Call for Energy Research, Split at Truman State, Scalia Trashes Chicago Law School, Strike at Windsor, Pre-Nike Life Stumps Syracuse
The membership of the American Psychological Association has to specifically bar members from working in settings where people are held outside of the protections of international law or the U.S. Constitution. The vote 8,792 to 6,157 follows years of intense debate in which some psychologists accused their scholarly association of leaving loopholes in its anti-torture policy.
Inside Higher Ed - Sep 18, 2008
Kaplan Fox Seeks to Recover Losses for Investors Who Purchased Auction Rate Securities From Northern Trust
Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (www.kaplanfox.com) has filed a class action suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Northern Trust Securities, Inc., Northern Trust Corporation, and Northern Trust Company ("Northern Trust" or the "Company") that alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on behalf of ...
MarketWire - Sep 18, 2008
Entrepreneur Growth Capital Announces New Attorney Funding Division
Entrepreneur Growth Capital, LLC ("EGC") continues its expansion into new financial services with the creation of its Attorney Funding Division. This division will provide financing services to plaintiff law firms by buying their legal fees from settled cases. "The entire area of financing for plaintiff law firms is evolving rapidly and we saw an opportunity to bring our decades of experience in ...
PR Newswire - Sep 18, 2008
Alaska AG: State employees won't honor subpoenas
JUNEAU, Alaska Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case. In a letter to state Sen. Hollis French, the Democrat overseeing the investigation, Republican Attorney ...
Augusta Chronicle - Sep 17, 2008
Wisconsin Department of Revenue eyes Internet sales to boost tax revenue
Sep. 17--State officials want a major rewrite of sales tax rules to bring in $46.5 million more over the next two years, make it easier to collect taxes on Internet sales and reverse the effects of a recent high-profile court decision that opened a massive hole in the state budget. This is at least the fourth attempt to enact the so-called "streamlined sales tax" proposal, which could finally ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
BRIEF: Culliton elected DuPage County chief judge
Sep. 17--DuPage Judge Stephen Culliton has been elected the county's chief judge for the next three years. Culliton, 64, was elected Wednesday by the county's 15 Circuit Court judges to complete the term of Judge Ann Jorgensen, who was appointed in June to the Illinois Appellate Court. Culliton, who will start his term in December, was appointed an associate judge in 1998 after serving as chief ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
Defendants in prison suit ask case to be dismissed
Sep. 17--Several defendants accused in a lawsuit of being responsible for exposing prisoners and prison workers to toxic material as part of a computer recycling program are asking a federal judge to dismiss the plaintiff's claims. Overall, 26 current and former inmates and employees of the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna, Fla., are suing the U.S.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
GOP ticket draws big crowd in Ohio: McCain vows to fight for Wall Street reform; Palin says she'll lead the effort to 'drill now'
Sep. 17--VIENNA -- Sen. John McCain promised a crowd of more than 7,000 Tuesday afternoon near Youngstown that he would get tough on Wall Street. "I will fight as president of the United States to reform Wall Street and make sure Washington works for your interests," he told the boisterous audience that filled an expansive hangar at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
House debates bill to kill D.C. gun restrictions
WASHINGTON ? The House took up NRA-backed legislation Tuesday to eliminate most of the gun restrictions in the nation's capital, including a ban on semiautomatic weapons. The House action comes three months after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handgun possession, ruling that what had been one of the nation's toughest gun control laws violated the ...
Arizona Daily Star - Sep 17, 2008
Brimer-Davis eligibility lawsuit is moved to Dallas County court
Sep. 18--FORT WORTH -- The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday moved a lawsuit to Dallas County that will determine whether former Fort Worth Councilwoman Wendy Davis is ineligible to challenge Republican state Sen. Kim Brimer on the November ballot. Before the state's highest court moved the case, attorneys were scheduled to present oral arguments today at the 2nd Court of Appeals in Fort Worth.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
Sixteen Foreign Nationals and Corporations Indicted on Charges of Illegally Exporting Potential Military and Explosives Components to Iran
A federal grand jury in Miami, FL, has returned a Superseding Indictment charging eight individuals and eight corporations in connection with their participation in conspiracies to export U.S.-manufactured commodities to prohibited entities and to Iran. The defendants are named in a thirteen (13) count Indictment -- returned on Sept. 11, 2008 and unsealed today -- that includes charges of ...
PR Newswire - Sep 17, 2008
Gas price-gouging complaints prompt state to subpoena suppliers and corporate officials
As the Fueling Station reported yesterday, the rampant complaints about price-gouging in the wake of Hurricane Ike have prompted the state's top consumer protection official to subpoena 16 gasoline terminal operators that supply fuel to Florida stations. Now Attorney General Bill McCollum's office has also subpoenaed the corporate officers of four large retail chains that run gas stations in ...
St. Petersburg Times - Sep 17, 2008
Florida attorney general sues 25, claiming mortgage fraud
The Florida Attorney General's Office today sued 10 companies and 15 individuals for their alleged roles in a major mortgage fraud scheme first reported by the St. Petersburg Times last year. In number of defendants, the case may be the largest mortgage fraud case ever filed in the United States, the office said. According to the lawsuit filed in Orlando, the ring obtained more than $37-million ...
St. Petersburg Times - Sep 17, 2008
Court postpones land deal ruling for Thai ex-PM Thaksin, wife+
The court also issued new arrest warrants for the couple, who live in exile in Britain, to bring them back to hear the verdict. The court indicated the defendants have to be present in court to hear the ruling, but it added a verdict will be delivered Oct. 21 even if the defendants fail to appear. The court issued arrest warrants for Thaksin and Potjaman in the same case when the couple failed ...
Breitbart.com - Sep 17, 2008
Meralco execs face arrest: Firm spokesman says estafa case aims to harass
Sep. 17--The Department of Justice has sought the immediate arrest of 16 top officials of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) for the non-bailable offense of syndicated estafa. The officials had been accused by an advocacy group of allegedly misappropriating almost P1 billion in interests earned from consumers' meter and bill deposits. The department's move came after one of its prosecuting teams, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
Mother sues EnergyUnited after boy was electrocuted: Six-year-old touched an uninsulated wire while he was climbing a tree in his neighbor's yard.
Sep. 18--A Rowan County mother has filed a lawsuit against an electric utility company for what she claims is the wrongful death of her 6-year-old son who was electrocuted in March while climbing a tree. Deborah Kenemore alleges in her lawsuit that EnergyUnited violated national safety standards that resulted in her son's death. EnergyUnited provides electrical power to Rowan County, according ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 18, 2008
State office misdirected fraudulent lawyer complaint
Sep. 17--A Minnesota board in charge of the lawyer discipline system said today it received a complaint against Howard O. Kieffer in February but that it was probably misdirected. The Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility received a complaint about Kieffer seven months ago, said director Martin Cole. The tip came from a person in Duluth, Cole said, but he would not reveal the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
VSP Vision Care's Appeal to Supreme Court Bolstered by Filing of Three Amici Briefs
Prevent Blindness America, the National Association of School Nurses and the National Council of La Raza collaborated and recently filed an amicus brief in support of VSP(R)'s efforts to regain its federal tax-exempt status. The National Taxpayers Union and Professor Darryll K. Jones of Stetson University College of Law also filed amicus briefs with the U.S.
PR Newswire - Sep 17, 2008
Persecuted Aramaeans, a Pseudo-Nation of "Assyrians", Kurdish Terrorists, and the Anti-Christ
Americas presence in Mesopotamia (Iraq being a disastrous colonial term with no History) contributed only to bloodshed, Islamist radicalization, and total disaster for the Aramaean Christian minority. Quite characteristically, the American President does not even refer to them by their proper and historical name; in his scarce references, he strangely calls them Assyrians.
American Chronicle - Sep 17, 2008
Court denies bid to stop boat launch
Sep. 17--BEULAH -- State officials may build a boat launch on Crystal Lake, despite some neighbors' efforts to block the plan, an appeals court ruled. A Michigan Court of Appeals panel this month denied a local group's bid to prevent the state Department of Natural Resources from building a boat launch near Mollineaux Road west of Beulah, a site opposed by some nearby shoreline property owners. ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
The cost of justice in Falls court often a lot higher than elsewhere: Judge's fees for minor offenses hiked to pay for a new building
Sep. 17--If you get a ticket for a minor traffic violation in northeast Summit County, you'll pay a lot more money than if you're caught elsewhere in the county. Why? Because the judge who runs the municipal court in Cuyahoga Falls says his court needs the money -- and because he can charge anything he wants. Judge Kim Hoover is the driving force behind the Falls court, which has jurisdiction ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
Persecuted Aramaeans, a Pseudo-Nation of "Assyrians", Kurdish Terrorists, and the Anti-Christ
America s presence in Mesopotamia (Iraq being a disastrous colonial term with no History) contributed only to bloodshed, Islamist radicalization, and total disaster for the Aramaean Christian minority. Quite characteristically, the American President does not even refer to them by their proper and historical name; in his scarce references, he strangely calls them Assyrians .
Los Angeles Chronicle - Sep 18, 2008
Thai ruling party rebels agree on candidate
Bangkok: A rebel group in Thailand's ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed on Tuesday to back a brother-in-law of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, its spokesman said. The faction's climb-down from a threat to pull out of the party after a night of haggling for cabinet positions makes the election of Somchai Wongsawat at today's special session of parliament highly likely.
Gulf News - Sep 17, 2008
Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR)
On September 16, 2008, a class action On September 16, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR). The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a ...
MarketWire - Sep 17, 2008
Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE)
On September 16, 2008, a class action On September 16, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE). The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a ...
MarketWire - Sep 17, 2008
Scalia says judges need to interpret, not rewrite Constitution
Sep. 16--LOGAN -- In recent years, American judges have taken to "abstract moralizing" at the expense of their real job, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Monday. As a result, judicial selection has become mired in a political snakepit because people expect new appellate judges to "rewrite" the U.S. Constitution and make policy decisions that are normally the purview of the executive and ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Troopergate probe running into new resistance
Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday from state Republican lawmakers who want to end it or delay it past the election. Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a campaign rally in Golden, Colo., Monday, Sept. ...
Tuscaloosa News - Sep 16, 2008
Alaska AG: State employees won't honor subpoenas
Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a campaign rally in Golden, Colo., Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. Gallery: On the Trail JUNEAU, Alaska -- Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said ...
The State - Sep 17, 2008
EDITORIAL: Politics, guns
Sep. 16--Congress is likely to take up a bill of some sort this week to repeal the District of Columbia's gun registration requirements and make it easier for citizens to legally buy semiautomatic weapons. Rather than being a significant step toward more freedom in our nation's capital, however, it is likely to play out as a political ploy designed to boost the re-election prospects of ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Farmers Branch dipping into reserves to pay bills
Sep. 16--As the Farmers Branch City Council prepares to approve a new budget tonight amid shaky economic times, officials are dipping into savings to cover legal and other bills from the current year. "Quite frankly, the hardest thing in the world is to bring the city through an economic crisis, and right now we're going through an economic crisis in the U.S.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
EDITORIAL: Bipartisanship, for what purpose?
Sep. 16--John McCain's promise in his acceptance speech to end "partisan rancor" may resonate with exasperated voters in California. They too are looking for someone, anyone, to help end the gridlock in Sacramento and Washington. But to what end is the Republican presidential candidate offering to reach across the aisle on Capitol Hill "to get this country going again"? For more votes to make ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Choosing freedom or security
Sep. 16--The debate of freedom versus security will take center stage Wednesday at Oklahoma State University. The school is hosting Mickey Edwards, foreign affairs expert and former Oklahoma congressman, in honor of Constitution Day. Edwards will give a talk called "National Security and the Rule of Law" in the Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room of the Edmon Low Library beginning at 3:30 p.m.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
California ballot initiative on gay marriage seen as larger issue for the country
SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ The stakes of the ballot drive to forbid same-sex marriage reach far beyond California's geographic and political borders in what has emerged as another chapter in America's culture wars. Christian groups, wealthy benefactors and self-styled pro-family groups from all over the nation are watching closely _ and weighing in with money. Gay-rights groups and wealthy individuals ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Legal Fight Over Drug Liability Law
A Supreme Court ruling may reinterpret a statute that now allows consumers to sue drug makers over serious side effects. Prescription drugs sometimes cause serious side effects. A ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court expected this fall could radically alter consumers' ability to seek recourse from drug makers should they suffer harm. The case, called Wyeth vs. Levine, may lead to a new ...
Truth Out - Sep 16, 2008
House debates bill to kill D.C. gun restrictions
WASHINGTON-The House took up legislation Tuesday to eliminate most of the gun restrictions in the nation's capital, including a ban on semiautomatic weapons. City officials contend it will be harder to protect dignitaries but are fighting an uphill battle against the National Rifle Association in an election year. The House action comes three months after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, struck ...
Macro World Investor - Sep 16, 2008
Sprint still battling Illinois company in court over WiMax deal
Sep. 17--Sprint Nextel still confronts a court action in Illinois attempting to block its WiMax deal with Clearwire following a new ruling in the case. Cook County Circuit Judge Kathleen M. Pantle has denied Sprint's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by subsidiaries of iPCS, an Illinois company that sells Sprint-branded wireless service. In exchange for a promise from Sprint that it would have ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
California court decision could affect Kansas as well
Sep. 17--A California court decision could have legal implications for Kansas and eight other states that grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, an opponent of those laws said Tuesday. Kris Kobach, chairman of the Kansas Republican Party and lead attorney in the California case, said the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento agreed with his claim that California's tuition law ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
Lautenschlager's appeal tossed
Sep. 16--MADISON -- Former Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager today lost her legal claim that legislators must disclose who they worked with on a vetoed bill that would have legalized the carrying of concealed weapons in Wisconsin. Although Lautenschlager began the lawsuit to force disclosure of who legislators may have shared drafts of the concealed carry bill when she was attorney general, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
For companies courting surgeons, how far is too far?
MINNEAPOLIS _ When medical device salesman John Thomas heard in late 2000 that there was a new doctor in Arkansas specializing in patients with ailing backs, he stopped by his office to see if the two could do a little business. The would-be customer, Dr. Patrick Chan, said he was partial to a metal plate made by Medtronic Inc. _ just the kind of item Thomas sold working for a distributor of ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
S. Ky. judge prolongs ban on early inmate release
Sep. 16--SOMERSET -- A ban could continue for months on using controversial new parole rules to release prison inmates from three southern Kentucky counties. Whether such a ban will spread statewide, however, remains a question for another day. In an order issued Monday, Circuit Judge David A. Tapp barred the state corrections commissioner from using the rules to release felons from his circuit ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Larger SC bench to decide if FIR registration must
Sep. 17--NEW DELHI -- Should the police register an FIR immediately on receiving a complaint? The issue was on Tuesday referred to a larger bench of Supreme Court after a two-judge bench headed by Justice BN Aggarwal said it was unable to take a final call on it in wake of conflicting judgments delivered earlier by the apex court. The court's direction came on a petition filed by a man whose ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
Meralco execs face arrest: Firm spokesman says estafa case aims to harass
Sep. 17--The Department of Justice has sought the immediate arrest of 16 top officials of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) for the non-bailable offense of syndicated estafa. The officials had been accused by an advocacy group of allegedly misappropriating almost P1 billion in interests earned from consumers' meter and bill deposits. The department's move came after one of its prosecuting teams, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
BRIEF: Nomad Husain turns 93 in exile
Sep. 17--NEW DELHI -- Artist Maqbool Fida Husain will celebrate his 93rd birthday in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. He has no regrets being away from home and friends on this special day, for the third successive year. Husain is in self-imposed exile since January 2006, living in Dubai and London. "I am a nomad. Static life has no meaning for me. Art compels me to travel and wander from place to ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
Bihar boy dies after principal thrashing
Sep. 17--MOTIHARI (BIHAR) -- A class V student in Bihar's East Champaran district was allegedly beaten up so badly by his school principal and teachers that he died within a few hours. All that Gyan Ranjan, 11, had done was reply back to his teachers, police said. The incident of corporal punishment took place at the Holy Mission Children's Academy, a private residential school, in Rajepur block ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
Sabio wants expanded probe on bribery mess
Sep. 17--Sabio said he wants the probe expanded to identify the real source of the money and to determine if there was a conspiracy. Before the three-man Justice department investigating panel headed by Justice Undersecretary Ernesto Pineda, Sabio affirmed his earlier affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court fact-finding team and all other matters that he disclosed under oath, in relation to the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 17, 2008
EDITORIAL: Free speech lesson from Va. Justices
Sep. 16--Virginia knows James Madison, and spammer Jeremy Jaynes is no James Madison. But Virginia's leaders should also have more than a passing familiarity with the First Amendment. A Virginia Supreme Court ruling last week makes it embarrassingly clear that state lawmakers need to wipe the dust off their constitutional law books and refresh their memory on that topic.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
EDITORIAL: Disclosure
Sep. 16--The State Supreme Court made a good call last week. The case involved public records of settlements in wrongful-death cases. The settlement concerned surgeries performed at Fredericksburg's Mary Washington Hospital; it closed a suit by family members against a drug manufacturer. When the settlement was reached, the terms were not disclosed. The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star and the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
High court allows hearings via video
Sep. 16--The state's top judge is noticing taxpayers' pain at the gas pump. In a sweeping order Monday, S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal said bail hearings, guilty pleas and preliminary hearings in magistrate and municipal courts statewide can be handled through videoconferencing from detention facilities. In issuing the order, Toal cited the "sharp increase in fuel costs" and the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Cameras enter fight against marijuana
Sep. 16--A lone man enters a grove of giant marijuana plants, yanks them out and stacks his harvest. But a camera hidden near the illicit field caught it all. These days, even the ground can have eyes as police and pot growers engage in a high-tech battle. Police on both sides of the state line use covert cameras to watch outdoor fields and arrest growers. Marijuana growers in some states battle ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Opinion poll ban proposal scrapped
Sep. 16--NEW DELHI -- The government has taken back the controversial Law Ministry proposal to frame a law to ban opinion polls, predicting the outcome of elections. It is now considering only restrictions on publication and telecast of exit polls till voting is over. The ban proposal was to be taken up by the Union Cabinet on September 4, but was quietly withdrawn at the last moment.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Centerpiece of Dickie Scruggs' Flawed Katrina Legal Strategy Settled Out of Court
After Two Years of Emerging Evidence - Plaintiffs Say Claim Handled Properly - State Farm(R) Settles McIntosh Lawsuit BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Just days after attorneys for Thomas and Pamela McIntosh of Biloxi, Miss., acknowledged State Farm handled their claim properly and admitted there was 'no credible evidence' State Farm engaged in bad faith, a compromise settlement has ...
PR Newswire - Sep 15, 2008
International news briefs: Russia eyes Mediterranean as alternative to Sevastopol naval base
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine _ Russia could build up its presence in the Mediterranean to make up for the loss of its naval base in Ukraine's port of Sevastopol, a Black Sea Fleet official said Monday. "Undoubtedly, the withdrawal (of the Black Sea Fleet) from the Crimea will affect Russia's security in the south. New bases in the Mediterranean Sea could make up for the departure," Rear Adm.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 15, 2008
Former McKeesport captive to appeal for right to sue
Sep. 16--A woman who was held against her will in McKeesport for nearly a decade indicated Monday that she will appeal a federal judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit against her captor and his employers. U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster ruled Friday that Tanya Kach's civil rights claims against Thomas Hose, the security company that hired him and the McKeesport school where he worked were ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Second lawsuit challenges Farmers Branch attempt to deny rentals for illegal immigrants
Sep. 16--A second set of opponents has filed a federal lawsuit over Farmers Branch's latest attempt to deny rental houses or apartments to illegal immigrants. Like a suit filed earlier this month, it challenges a new ordinance that requires renters to apply for occupancy licenses. Those who are not citizens would have their immigration status checked against a federal database, and those in the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Lawyering businesses to bankruptcy
The Eggs Benedict on a thick slice of Italian toast with a side of German potato pancakes at the Dor-Stop Restaurant in Dormont is one of the best breakfasts in town. We were at a sidewalk table reading the morning newspaper and the guy at the next table was talking about the closing of the Hollywood Theater across the street. 'Closed for now,' reads the marquee.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Sep 15, 2008
Harry Potter 'Lexicon' case not over yet: 2 Mich. men plan to file appeal to try to get book published
Sep. 15--The two Michigan men who lost a lawsuit against Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. haven't given up on publishing a book version of the popular Harry Potter Lexicon Web site. Roger Rapoport, a Muskegon publisher, and Steve Vander Ark, a Grand Rapids area librarian and author, expect their attorneys this week to file a notice of appeal preserving the men's right to ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 15, 2008
Hospitals' suit against tobacco industry is large in every dimension
Sep. 15--ST. LOUIS -- Everything about the City of St. Louis v. American Tobacco seems over the top. Big money. Big delays. Big teams of attorneys. Big fines. It's the oldest lawsuit pending in St. Louis Circuit Court. Missouri hospitals and the nation's largest tobacco companies have sparred for almost 10 years over pretrial details in the billion-dollar case.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 15, 2008
Boardroom buzzwords: security, insurance cover
Sep. 16--NEW DELHI -- The spate of bomb blasts in prosperous metros has sparked off "security management" and "terror insurance cover" as the new boardroom buzzwords. With the five blasts in Delhi last Saturday that followed similar attacks in Ahmedabad and Bangalore earlier this year, private security system providers are also suddenly in great demand. Increased frequency has resulted in higher ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Case against lawyer-son of acquitted Air India...
VANCOUVER - Jaspreet Singh Malik, the lawyer-son of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik, has lost his bid to get a dishonourable-conduct case against him thrown out. A law society disciplinary panel has ruled there is enough evidence that Jaspreet Malik misled a B.C. Supreme Court judge when he helped in his dad's attempt to get legal aid in the terrorism case.
Windsor Star - Sep 15, 2008
No reprieve for BMW case lawyers
Sep. 16--NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to give immediate relief to senior advocates R.K. Anand and I.U. Khan, who were last month banned from appearing before any court within the jurisdiction of Delhi High Court for the next four months. A bench headed by Justice B.N. Aggarwal also made it clear to the counsel for the two advocates that it would not entertain any arguments ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
All about animal instincts
Sep. 16--MUMBAI -- New dos and don'ts have been prescribed for the way animals and birds can be picturised. So some filmmakers are opting for computergenerated jaanwars.. while others are treating them better than their best friends, reports Roshmila Bhattacharya. It may not have rocked the box office but Tahaan did engage the discerning viewer. So did its ensemble cast of actors, not to forget ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
Justice Roxas not a victim -- justices
Sep. 16--In fact, they added, he should have been disciplined a long time ago for his handling of a couple of controversial cases, including the one on the Philippine Communications Satellite Corp. (Philcomsat). Instead of playing the victim, Roxas should be repentant for getting into trouble, several magistrates, who requested anonymity, told The Manila Times.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 16, 2008
'Star Trek's' George Takei Weds in Buddhist Ceremony: Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig were the maid of honor and best man, respectively
Sep. 15--George Takei has boldly gone into matrimony. The " Star Trek" actor has finally wed his longtime partner, Brad Altman, in a Buddhist ceremony in downtown Los Angeles Sunday, reports People. "All I can remember is what the priest said," Takei says. "That this moment will never happen again. It's something to savor." The ceremony included the exchange of vows, sipping sake from red ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 15, 2008
Attention Purchasers of TOUSA, Inc. Common Stock Pursuant to TOUSA's Prospectus, Dated September 7, 2005; Your Rights May Be Affected Announces Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP
Attorney Advertising -- On July 25, 2008, Attorney Advertising -- On July 25, 2008, Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP (the "Firm") (www.bernlieb.com) announced that on July 14, 2008, Judge Kenneth Marra of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida appointed the Firm to act as sole lead counsel in Durgin v. Technical Olympics USA, Inc., et al., Case No. ...
MarketWire - Sep 15, 2008
Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR)
On September 5, 2008, a class action On September 5, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR). The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including allegations of issuing a series ...
MarketWire - Sep 15, 2008
Torrington Man's 'Bag Of Bones' Revives Cold Case
Sep. 14--Already facing serious drug charges, Kenneth Gelormino Jr. walked into the Litchfield state police barracks 18 months ago, hoping the contents of the bag he was carrying could solve his legal troubles. He gave the bag to detectives, who were startled to discover what was inside -- bones from a human arm. Gelormino told police the bones belonged to Lester "Chip" Stewart, who had been ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 14, 2008
Anti-spam law violates free speech, court says
AP) The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers. The court unanimously agreed with Jeremy Jaynes' argument that the law violates the free-speech protections of the First Amendment because it does not just restrict commercial e-mails it restricts other ...
Deseret Morning News - Sep 14, 2008
McCain fumbles Palin's record
NEW YORK -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday defended two debunked television ads attacking Democrat Barack Obama and claimed erroneously that running mate Sarah Palin never sought money for lawmakers' pet projects as Alaska governor. Palin sought $197 million in so-called 'earmarks' for 2009. In the previous budget year, she asked for earmarks worth $256 million.
Chicago Daily Herald - Sep 15, 2008
Widow's suit to keep husband's frozen sperm denied
Sep. 14--A state appellate court has decided that frozen sperm left behind by a deceased Sacramento County sheriff's deputy cannot be used by his widow to become pregnant. Justices in the 3rd District Court of Appeal were asked to decide whether the widow, Iris Kievernagel, had the right to conceive a child from her late husband's frozen sperm. Deputies Joseph Kievernagel, 36, and Kevin Blount, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 14, 2008
Nominees differ on Supreme Court
Bob Deans, Cox News Service The candidates haven't spoken much about it, but American life could be dramatically affected by the next president's picks for justices for the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appellate courts.With the Supreme Court split with four liberals, four conservatives, and a single swing vote, it's likely that at least two liberals would retire on the next president's ...
Raleigh News & Observer - Sep 15, 2008
Missouri leads the nation in juvenile justice reform
Sep. 14--ST. LOUIS -- Hope for the once-fallen teen sparkles in an emerald green class ring under the fluorescent lights of the Hogan Street Regional Youth Center. "It's a blessing," says Terrell, 17, fingering the ring he earned for passing his GED exam with 1,000 points to spare. He was awarded the ring at a cap-and-gown ceremony last month in the facility's gym, where he was cheered on by 29 ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 14, 2008
Palin, Biden studied on abortion, gun views
Sep. 14--The views of a vice presidential candidate on issues like abortion and gun rights usually get little attention. But for many reasons, America is getting an earful about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's skills as a caribou killer and Delaware Sen. Joe Biden's feud with Catholic bishops over when the clock starts ticking on a human life. The attention paid to the Republican vice presidential ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 14, 2008
Forum looks to abolish Ky. death penalty
Sep. 14--"It's not 'if' the death penalty will be abolished -- it's a question of when," the Rev. Pat Delahanty told a dozen people gathered Saturday in a Sunday school classroom at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Thirteen states have no death penalty, he said; while some of them never have, just last year New Jersey abolished it, and several more states are moving in that direction.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 14, 2008
Program turns to online masses to improve patents
WASHINGTON -- Some of the biggest players in the technology industry complain that the U.S. patent system is broken -- putting too many patents of dubious merit in the hands of people who can use them to drag companies and other inventors to court. And Blaise Mouttet, a small inventor in Alexandria, Va., thinks he knows why. The problem, he said, is that 'there are too many lawyers and not ...
Detroit News - Sep 15, 2008
Constitutional mythbusters
The U.S. Constitution, signed by its 39 framers on Sept. 17, 1787, established our nation and government built on ideals such as liberty, equality, justice and commitments to the rule of law. During the last 221 years, the debate, interpretation and reinterpretation of this incredible document have spawned myths and misunderstandings. As a prelude to Constitution Day, faculty at the University ...
Arizona Daily Star - Sep 14, 2008
Despite scandals, poll says RP judiciary not the worst in Asia
THE PHILIPPINE judicial system still scores better than some of its Southeast Asian neighbors, a poll released in the wake of a bribery scandal at the Court of Appeals showed. The survey of expatriate businessmen, conducted by the Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC), judged Hong Kong and Singapore as having the best judicial systems in Asia while Indonesia and Vietnam ...
Business World - Sep 14, 2008
Hugo Chvez tightens his grip
FOR much of the past eight months, since suffering defeat in a referendum on changing the constitution, Hugo Chvez has seemed to be on the defensive. Abroad, he repaired strained relations with Colombias president and with Spains King Juan Carlos. At home, he backpedalled on unpopular measures, such as a new socialist educational curriculum and a draconian intelligence law.
The Economist - Sep 14, 2008
Barbour goes back to friendly court
Haley Barbour has generally gotten what he s wanted out of the Mississippi Supreme Court. It will be interesting to see if the Republican governor can keep that string alive in the flap over the ballot order in November. Barbour has agreed with fellow Republican Delbert Hosemann, the secretary of state, that the special election between interim U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Democratic challenger ...
Greenwood Commonwealth - Sep 14, 2008
A constitutional court?
Dean Amado Valdez of the UE College of Law could have been deliberately provocative when, advocating the implanting of a constitutional court in our body of judicial institutions, he said: "This is the last chance to redeem the Judiciary." (Nowadays, the Judiciary has its high - and low - moments, but I would not venture to use the word "redemption." Its swift resolution of the imbroglio at the ...
Philippines Daily Tribune - Sep 14, 2008
Posco closer to starting line
Sep. 15--NEW DELHI -- Even as most mega projects in the country are increasingly getting mired in controversies relating to land acquisition, India's largest foreign direct investment venture, Posco's 12 million tonne per annum (tpa) steel plant in Orissa, is inching closer towards the starting line. On a high, post a Supreme Court verdict on forest diversion last month that freed up over 2,900 ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 15, 2008
Legal Bytes: E-businesses face the long-arm reach of the law
Just ask the people at Getty Oil, who had the idea of offering branded credit cards over its website to New Jersey residents. One of them became irate when Getty switched to a generic gasoline product, and sued in New Jersey, alleging violation of federal petroleum regulations. Getty argued that the New Jersey court had no jurisdiction, because Getty had no offices in New Jersey, but the court ...
East Bay Business Journal - Sep 15, 2008
In MP, malnutrition deaths a non-issue
Sep. 15--MADHYA PRADESH -- Madhya Pradesh has learnt to live with malnutrition deaths. They disturb no one. The Bhopal edition of Hindustan Times, which has been focussing on them from time to time for the last two years, remains a lone voice: no other newspaper, much less the government, has taken up the issue seriously. Only a handful of NGOs have been at it, but they too have failed to dent ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 15, 2008
Many Supreme Courts? It's possible
Sep. 15--NEW DELHI -- Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan has said that India can have zonal benches of the Supreme Court, if the principal bench hears only constitutional matters and inter-state disputes. "In many countries -- Canada, Brazil, South Africa, the UK, the USA, Supreme Courts adjudicate only disputes between the states. If a constitutional court is there, creating an appellate ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 15, 2008
Secret sex tape can't be used, court says: Man accused of assault of wife in coma
Sep. 12--Prosecutors can't use secret videotapes of a Watertown minister having sex with his comatose wife while she was in a nursing home, the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The man faces eight felonies -- four counts of second-degree sexual assault of an unconscious person and four counts of third-degree sexual assault -- as well as a misdemeanor.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 12, 2008
Circus sued over treatment of elephants
Sep. 11--Not everyone is thrilled that the circus is in town. At issue is the treatment of the performing animals, especially the seven elephants that will be among the star attractions when the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus opens tonight at Arco Arena for the first of nine shows in four days. "If people knew what went on behind the big top, they should be outraged about the cruelty ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 11, 2008
Consumers Union Urges Federal Trade Commission to Protect Consumers With Gift Cards When Retailers Go Bankrupt
Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, filed a petition today with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking the agency to protect consumers from losing money on gift cards when retailers file for bankruptcy. The issue has come to light following recent retailer bankruptcies and millions in lost gift card dollars for consumers. 'Gift cards shouldn't be the gift that stops ...
PR Newswire - Sep 11, 2008
Documentary plays chicken with the poultry industry
That s the provocative movie poster tagline superimposed over the back-end of a chicken for Shall We Gather at the River, a film documentary directed by Don McCorkell, a former state legislator from Tulsa. Thursday at the Circle Cinema, with McCorkell introducing the documentary and state Attorney General Drew Edmondson speaking at 7:30 p.m. between showings.
Tulsa World - Sep 11, 2008
Couple says holdings are protected
An Evans woman accused of costing many people their life savings, homes or both with her real estate dealings blamed the downturn in the real estate market and banks for the financial troubles, including her own bankruptcy. And the attorney for Regina and Charles 'Greg' Preetorius contends that any assets and property held in her corporations' names are protected from creditors.
Augusta Chronicle - Sep 11, 2008
Tell It, Paul Begala
Without further comment, the lede of Begala's HuffPo article about McCain, Palin, the truth, the media, and the relationship between the four of them: What else? What more can we do with LipStickOnAPigGate? Talk about it. Have dueling surrogates on our channel to talk about it. Interview each other talking about it. Point to how others in the media have talked about it. Done. Done. Done.
Columbia Journalism Review - Sep 11, 2008
Colo. high court to decide on natural gas case
DENVER -- A case with potentially far-reaching effects on Colorado's oil and gas industry will be decided by the Colorado Supreme Court. The court heard arguments Wednesday in a dispute over water that's pumped from the ground in order to draw natural gas out of coal beds. The justices are expected to rule later. Landowners in southwest Colorado had sued, saying the practice threatens their ...
Central Utah Daily Herald - Sep 11, 2008
- Hefty settlement ends court clerks lawsuit
Pregnant employee claimed manager bullied her The state has paid $315,000 to a former Multnomah County juvenile court clerk to settle a lawsuit alleging workplace discrimination and harassment. Sheri Peters filed suit in federal court two years ago, alleging that after telling the juvenile justice center manager she was pregnant in August 2004, she was retaliated against, berated and bullied by ...
Outlook Online - Sep 12, 2008
Wisconsin wineries using co-ops to avoid wholesalers: New law says all winemakers must go through wholesaler
Sep. 12--Wisconsin wine producers are beginning to bunch together to keep their products sold in local supermarkets and liquor stores. As the result of a state law taking effect Oct. 1, smaller wineries are taking steps to form cooperatives that would act as wholesale distributors. On Thursday, Jon Hamilton, vice president of the Wisconsin Winery Association, consulted in Madison with the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 12, 2008
Lose your house, lose your vote in Michigan
Indymedia (IMC) says: Indymedia says: Your speech has the same fate as the polar bears! (ha ha). Indybay.org says: this news blog is automatically censored! We don't even have to work for our money! Chicago Indymedia says: We will delete this news blog; remove the 911 hoax from our server! Cleveland.Indymedia.org says: look at this theme! we can't wait to put American citizens against the wall! ...
Boston IMC - Sep 12, 2008
Who's afraid of impeachment?
Sep. 12--NEW DELHI -- It will take more than mere intentions and words to impeach a corrupt judge in India. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for honest judges, but how do you keep them in line if they have no fear of punishment. Not even impeachment. Some former judges of the Supreme Court have said that the impeachment process is so "highly politicised" and ineffective that Calcutta ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 12, 2008
Sen. Cornyn Seeks Criminal Investigation of Corporate Officers at Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Sen. Cornyn Seeks Criminal Investigation of Corporate Officers at Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Says in Wake of Record Corporate Bailout, Any Who Violated Criminal Laws Must Be Held Accountable WASHINGTON Citing past examples of corporate malfeasance by Fannie Mae, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Vice-Chair of the Senate Republican Conference, announced on the Senate floor this morning that he has sent ...
U.S. Senator John Cornyn - Sep 11, 2008
EPA Considering Carbon Regulation Options
In an exclusive interview with CarbonInsider.com, the director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change Div. indicated that the agency is anticipating widespread carbon regulatory restrictions on business. EPA is moving ahead with preparations that could well include imposing on industry mandatory reductions in greenhouse gas emissions which experts have said lead to global ...
TickerTech.com - Sep 11, 2008
Special education proposals ruled out: Overwhelming opposition dooms bids to cut parent input and revise hearings
Sep. 12--Under pressure from politicians and thousands of parents of special-education students, the state Department of Education has backed down from proposed rule changes that would limit parental consent for ending special-education services. Billy K. Cannaday Jr., superintendent of public instruction, said the department also would withdraw a proposal to move the due-process hearings from ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 12, 2008
Inman's trial put on hold: Inman's attorneys accuse prosecutor of intimidating witness
Sep. 12--PICKENS -- Jerry Buck Inman will have to wait awhile before learning whether he will be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. His death penalty trial was put on hold indefinitely Thursday after his attorneys accused 13th Circuit Solicitor Bob Ariail of trying to intimidate a defense expert Wednesday by suggesting she could face criminal penalties if she testified.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 12, 2008
Doctors Fight Drug Industry's Free Gifts
TRENTON, N.J. -- Just about every segment of the medical community is piling on the pharmaceutical industry these days, accusing drugmakers of deceiving the public, manipulating doctors and putting profits before patients. Recent articles and editorials in major medical journals blast the industry. Medical schools, teaching hospitals and physician groups are changing rules to limit the influence ...
WISN Milwaukee - Sep 12, 2008
Telco to fiber-deploying town: we sue because we care
Monticello, Minnesota, for trying to put in a fiber optic network of its own. Why would a company try to prevent a town from building itself a faster network? TDS tells us that it's really just looking out for the taxpayer (and its own infrastructure investment). Not satisfied with the current DSL and cable offerings, Monticello hatched an ambitious plan to wire up its entire town with fiber, ...
ArsTechnica - Sep 12, 2008
Lawsuit filed over 'sober house'
Sep. 11--SALEM -- A Saugus man filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city for not allowing him to open a "sober house" in The Point neighborhood. Michael Viola has accused city officials of discriminating against the disabled by blocking a home for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts at 17-23 Salem St. The suit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Boston.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 11, 2008
Members of Artes Medical face suit
Sep. 11--A shareholder lawsuit filed against current and former board members of San Diego-based Artes Medical alleges that insider trading, channel stuffing and cronyism contributed to the loss of 90 percent of the company's share value in the last year. The lawsuit also says that the insider trading prompted a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation involving the former chief ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 11, 2008
Ars Book Review: "Intellectual Property and Open Source"
You'd have to do a lot of man-on-the-street interviews before you'd find someone who could explain the difference between a patent and a trademark. And even the relatively savvy participants in the Ars forums have been known to mangle copyright's fair use doctrine, misunderstand key provisions of the GPL, or foolishly assume that the law must track their own notions of common sense.
ArsTechnica - Sep 12, 2008
Jury Slaps City with $8 Million Police Misconduct Verdict
San Diego County history, a Superior Court jury Monday ordered the city of San Diego to pay $8 million to a 28-year-old man who, in early 2006, fell into a coma after allegedly being knocked to the ground by a San Diego Police Department officer. Officer Joseph De Veaux knocked San Diego resident Pablo Gomez off his feet, causing Gomez to fall backward and hit his head on the pavement after an ...
Voice of San Diego - Sep 11, 2008
Senate eyes another petition on ZTE deal
Sep. 10--The Senate blue-ribbon committee is mulling over the filing of a second motion for reconsideration before the Supreme Court, to clarify its decision on the executive privilege case filed by former Socio-economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri. Neri now heads the Social Security System. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, the committee chairman, said senators have many objections to the Supreme ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
Killer won't walk: Court flips ruling
Sep. 10--LIMA -- A man convicted of a 2001 murder will remain in prison following a federal appeals court reversing a lower court's overturning of his verdict. Tierre Manley, convicted of murder with a gun in the June 2001 shooting death of Stephen Glover Jr., had that conviction overturned by M a g i s t r a t e Judge William H. Baughman Jr. of the U.S. District Court Northern District of ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
Enron payout plan approved: Shareholders may see some money before the end of the year
Sep. 10--Enron shareholders could start pocketing their part of $7.2 billion in settlements of massive federal civil litigation by year-end now that a judge has approved the distribution plan. Late Monday U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon approved a plan to distribute the money to eligible shareholders, clearing the way for the California-based law firm that runs the litigation to move toward ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
Provena to take tax case to state Supreme Court
Sep. 10--Provena Covenant Medical Center on Tuesday said it will take its case to the Illinois Supreme Court after a state appeals court last month put the Urbana hospital's tax exemption in jeopardy. "The Appellate Court opinion runs counter to the law, facts and evidence of our case, but also unfairly impugns the proud history of charitable and religious mission service by Provena Covenant ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
"Food, Inc." filmmaker lets them eat burgers (Reuters)
Related Articles A 'Summer' to remember for Kid Rock September 2, 2008, 8:51 am Australians load up on AC/DC albums September 2, 2008, 9:50 am Mexican Supreme Court compares Walmart to Mexican dictatorship September 5, 2008, 10:59 am Mexico's Supreme Court slams Walmart's labor practices September 5, 2008, 11:27 am TORONTO (Reuters) - Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner still eats hamburger, ...
Yahoo! News Australia - Sep 10, 2008
Federal Court of Appeals in a Divided Decision Reverses District Court Ruling Dismissing VIOXX(R) Securities Class Action
Merck & Co., Inc. said today that it is considering asking either the full court of appeals or the U.S. Supreme Court to review a divided decision of a three-judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reinstating a consolidated securities class action suit. The suit, brought by investors in connection with disclosures regarding VIOXX, had been dismissed by a federal district court in April ...
DiGiTAL50 - Sep 10, 2008
Amazon Defense Coalition: Chevron's Environmental Clean-Up in Ecuador Falls Far Short of Company Claims, Report Says
An independent court-appointed expert in Ecuador has found that 42 out of 46 toxic waste pits inspected in the Amazon rainforest operated exclusively by Chevron contain high levels of toxins in violation of environmental norms in both Ecuador and the U.S. The findings are a devastating blow to Chevron's legal strategy in a class action trial in Lago Agrio, Ecuador filed in 2003 by 30,000 ...
Macro World Investor - Sep 10, 2008
Victims' families question value of detainee trials
WASHINGTON _ This time of year especially, Carole O'Hare gets stuck in a sad reverie at her California home, wondering about the last moments of her mother's life, alone, aboard the hijacked Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. "I think of my mom sitting on that plane by herself," she says of Hilda Marcin, 79, listed as victim No. 2,964 on the Pentagon's Sept. 11 war crimes charge sheet.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
EDITORIAL: Sarah Palin interview today: 10 things inquiring minds want to know
Sep. 11--Two weeks after Sen. John McCain named Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, she is finally going solo with a major network. Portions of her interview with ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson will be broadcast today. Until now, Palin has not participated in news shows, press conferences or interviews. A team of media handlers has been preparing her for the Gibson interview.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 11, 2008
Trib argues for release of public officials' cell-phone records
Sep. 11--A lawyer for the Tribune-Review Publishing Co. told state justices Wednesday that cell-phone records of public officials are public documents and should be available for public inspection. "The Right to Know Act gives people an opportunity to see how government spends its money," attorney Ronald Barber said during a hearing before the state Supreme Court, Downtown.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 11, 2008
Medical schools, journals fight industry influence
TRENTON, N.J. - Just about every segment of the medical community is piling on the pharmaceutical industry these days, accusing drugmakers of deceiving the public, manipulating doctors and putting profits before patients. In this undated file photo, Journal of the American Medical Association editor-in-chief Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis is seen in her office in Chicago, Ill.
The Dispatch - Sep 11, 2008
Hybrid taxis couldn't handle NYC streets: Lawsuit
Taxi operators have sued the city over requiring yellow cabs to go green, saying cars that run on a mix of gasoline and electric power can't handle the workout they would get on New York City streets. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court on Monday, weeks before an Oct. 1 deadline requiring new cabs to get 25 miles per gallon. It asked a federal judge to strike down the city requirement. ...
Yahoo! Canada - Sep 10, 2008
Liability reform having positive effect on medical community, study shows
Houston Business Journal - by Monica Perin Reporter Related News Five years after the Texas Legislature passed new laws restricting medical liability claims, the Texas Medical Association says a recent survey proves the reforms have worked. The online survey of 1,391 physician members of TMA found that since September 1, 2003, when the new laws went into effect, Texas physicians are ...
East Bay Business Journal - Sep 10, 2008
Educators: Special-ed costs threaten tax cap plan
Sep. 10--Special-education costs on Long Island have been rising more than 15 percent a year -- more than twice the rate for total school expenses -- and educators say this could spell trouble if the state imposes a proposed cap on property taxes. The reason? Special-education spending is largely shielded from cutbacks by a federal law guaranteeing students with disabilities a "free, appropriate ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
50 Cent wins right to see son on alternate weekends
Sep. 9--The multiplatinum hip-hop star 50 Cent briefly became just a satisfied father named Curtis Jackson at a Suffolk Family Court appearance in Central Islip yesterday when he won the right to see his 11-year-old son on alternating weekends. The temporary schedule will last until Oct. 22, when Jackson's visitation dispute with the boy's mother, Shaniqua Tompkins, is set to go to trial.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Enron settlement: $7.2 billion to shareholders, $688 million to lawyers
Sep. 9--Eligible shareholders whose Enron holdings became worthless when the company crumbled in scandal will receive $7.2 billion in settlements under a distribution plan approved in federal court. And the California-based law firm that ran massive Enron shareholder litigation for more than six years will get $688 million -- plus interest -- for its work, U.S.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
CSPI Sues to Stop MillerCoors' 'Sparks' Alcoholic Energy Drink
The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest today filed suit (http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/complaint_millercoors.pdf) against MillerCoors Brewing Company, formerly Miller, over its alcoholic energy drink, Sparks. The product has more alcohol than regular beer and contains unapproved additives, including the stimulants caffeine and guarana. The lawsuit is asking the Superior Court of ...
PR Newswire - Sep 9, 2008
Justice Department Issues Report on Antitrust Monopoly Law
Report Provides Consumers, Businesses, and Policy Makers With Analysis of Single-Firm Conduct Under the Antitrust Laws WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice today issued a report informing consumers, businesses and policy makers about issues relating to monopolization offenses under the antitrust laws. The report, 'Competition and Monopoly: Single-Firm ...
PR Newswire - Sep 9, 2008
Russian officials sue British American Tobacco
MOSCOW: Russia's top health officer said Monday his governmental agency is suing British American Tobacco's Russian office for misleading the consumers, Russian news agencies reported. Gennady Onishchenko, director of consumer rights agency Rospotrebnadzor, said he has signed a lawsuit against BAT for 'misleading the consumers' and infringing on their rights.
International Herald Tribune - Sep 9, 2008
ACLU seeks nearly $400,000 from Pulaski, McCreary
Sep. 9--"I'm not really happy with any figure at all, but a lower figure is better." Those were the words of Pulaski County Judge-Executive Barty Bullock yesterday afternoon, after hearing the ACLU is seeking is seeking nearly $400,000 in attorney fees in the Ten Commandments case Pulaski County has been involved in since 1999. According to a report in The Lexington Herald-Leader, the ACLU is ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
BRIEF: Judge dismisses portions of Katrina lawsuit
Sep. 9--The annexation by the City of Meridian of part of Lauderdale County has been delayed, according to Meridian Chief Administrative Officer Ken Storms. During a Council of Governments meeting Monday, Storms said a group of citizens in the annexed area were granted a two week extension on the time they were initially given to decide whether they wanted another hearing on the annexation. ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Pali Names New General Counsel
Pali Holdings, Inc. today announced that Barbara Bishop has joined the firm as General Counsel. She is based in the firm's New York headquarters and reports to Brad Reifler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Joseph Schenk, Chief Operating Officer. Bishop has been practicing law for 32 years of which the last 23 years have been with Bear Stearns. 'Barbara's broad experience in both local ...
PR Newswire - Sep 9, 2008
Major advertisers protest Google-Yahoo search advertising deal
(Computerworld) A trade group that represents large national advertisers like Ford, Sara Lee, Wal-Mart and Pepsi has sent a objecting to a proposed . The Association of National Advertisers -- which represents 400 companies that spend more than $100 billion annually in advertising -- said yesterday that it sent the letter to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett after what it called a ...
Computerworld - Sep 9, 2008
Banks' death sentence on hold
Sep. 9--The psychological disorders clouding convicted mass murderer George Banks' thoughts with delusion and irrationality, including a firmly held belief that a higher power overturned his death sentence, have rendered him incompetent to be executed, Senior Judge Michael T. Conahan ruled Monday. "Banks is out of touch with reality," Conahan said in a 21-page memorandum that accompanied his ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
James Surowiecki: The politics of pay discrimination.
She was an ordinary middle-class mom who, despite fierce criticism, succeeded in a male-dominated profession. She challenged the local establishment and became a national figure, earning herself a spot as a featured speaker at her partys recent Convention. But she wasnt the governor of Alaska. She was a woman named Lilly Ledbetter, a former middle manager at a Goodyear plant in Alabama, who ...
New Yorker - Sep 9, 2008
Compensation argued for Staten I. ferry crash victim
Sep. 9--Staten Island Ferry victim James McMillan Jr. deserves to be compensated for a life of lost dignity and independence, his attorney told a federal jury yesterday. "This is something that happened, that could have happened to any New York City commuter," attorney Evan Torgan said of the Oct. 15, 2003 crash of the Andrew J. Barberi into a Staten Island dock.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
CBI gets nod to question judges
Sep. 10--NEW DELHI -- Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan has given the CBI permission to question two sitting judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in connection with the "cash-at-judge's-door" scam, allegedly involving judges, lawyers and Chandigarh-based property dealers. This is the first time the CJI has allowed questioning of sitting high court judges, sources said, adding, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
Give Husain security: Friends
Sep. 10--NEW DELHI -- A day after the Supreme Court refused to initiate criminal proceedings against painter MF Husain for allegedly hurting public sentiments, his friends and supporters on Tuesday said the government should provide him security to enable him to return to India. The Supreme Court order on Monday describing Husain's Bharat Mata painting as a "work of art," came as a major relief ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
Sweating to return to the courtroom: Ex-judge Velasquez seeks redemption with community service
Sep. 9--Former Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jose Angel Velasquez knows he'll never sit on the bench again, but he wants to practice law. In order to do that, Velasquez says he is doing everything he can -- including cutting cornstalks in a field outside Soledad to give them to local organizations. "There's no better way to cleanse your mind and your soul," he said Monday.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Speakers deliver straight talk at forum
Sep. 9--When former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich spoke Monday of the challenges facing the nation, he didn't pull any punches. "With the rise of China and India, we no longer have the margin to be willfully stupid," he said. The line drew applause from many of the 800 attendees of the Blanchard Leadership Forum. The event, held at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center and sponsored by ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Hazleton's anti-illegal immigrant law back in court: Panel of judges to hear case four days before Nov. 4 election in which mayor is running for Congress.
Sep. 9--Hazleton will get to argue before a federal appeals court on Oct. 31 that a judge wrongly struck down the city's ordinance making it illegal to hire or rent housing to illegal immigrants, Mayor Lou Barletta announced Monday. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to have the appeal heard by a three-judge panel, and recent rulings by other federal appeals courts have given the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Inmate to die though 198 sentenced before him
Sep. 9--TAVARES Richard Henyard was born two months after Gary Alvord was condemned to die. Yet Henyard, 34, scheduled for execution this month for the murders of two Lake County girls, leapt ahead of 198 other Florida killers sentenced to death before him, including Alvord, 61, who has resided on death row longer than any other inmate in the nation. Why Henyard now? "I'm not able to answer that ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Armstrong County woman wants land back
Sep. 9--Sally Moody is hoping the state Supreme Court will return to her family a strip of land used by railroads for more than 150 years. Moody, 77, of Applewold in Armstrong County, and several other land owners are challenging a rails-to-trails group that wants to convert the former railroad path crossing her property into a trail. The state Supreme Court heard the case Monday in Pittsburgh. ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Ga. Supreme Court to hear appeal in Bibb murder case
Sep. 9--The Georgia Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal in a Bibb County murder case today to determine whether a man convicted of killing a pizza delivery person in 2004 should get a new trial. Damian Darnell Henderson, 33, is serving a life sentence at Hancock State Prison in the shooting death of Steven Lamar Bass, 25, following a shootout at a San Juan Avenue duplex, according to a ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
BRIEF: Group files suit over energy drink
Sep. 9--The Center for Science in the Public Interest has filed a lawsuit against MillerCoors over the marketing and formulation of its Sparks energy-alcohol drink. The Washington-based advocacy group said the drink contains "unapproved" additives, including caffeine and guarana. The lawsuit asks the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to stop MillerCoors from selling the drink.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
County seeks a settlement in records lawsuit
Sep. 9--Muskogee County commissioners hope to settle a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs are seeking to obtain copies of county records at reduced rates. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a California businessman who collects "current computer-readable assessment database information of real property." Roger Hurlbert, doing business as Sage Information Services, alleges the fee totaling more than ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Senate eyes another petition on ZTE deal
Sep. 10--The Senate blue-ribbon committee is mulling over the filing of a second motion for reconsideration before the Supreme Court, to clarify its decision on the executive privilege case filed by former Socio-economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri. Neri now heads the Social Security System. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, the committee chairman, said senators have many objections to the Supreme ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
High Court sacks CA Justice Roxas: Sabio receives suspension, other magistrates get sanctions
Sep. 10--The Supreme Court sacked an appellate justice from the Court of Appeals and sanctioned others in connection with a recently concluded investigation into improprieties by magistrates in a case between Meralco and GSIS. The High Court dismissed from the service Associate Justice Vicente Roxas, whom the Tribunal earlier found guilty of "multiple violations of the canons of Judicial ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 10, 2008
EDITORIAL: Tell-all father's rights registry needs more exposure
Sep. 9--Fathers-to-be are not exactly queuing up to get on Virginia's Putative Father Registry. One year after its creation, only 64 men have signed up. The registry was created so that unmarried men can preserve their legal rights in case they father a child out of wedlock. The response is just as underwhelming in the other 35 states with similar registries.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
TransUnion owes millions free credit monitoring
WASHINGTON - In a class action settlement, the credit bureau TransUnion has agreed to provide free credit-monitoring services to millions of consumers to settle claims it illegally passed along private information for marketing purposes.Although TransUnion denied any wrongdoing, the settlement requires the company to sign up consumers for either six months or nine months of monitoring.Now unless ...
Rutland Herald - Sep 9, 2008
Jury selection to begin in OJ Simpson robbery case
AM (2 hrs 3 mins ago) By KEN RITTER, AP 2 hrs 3 ago: 2 hrs 15 ago: OJ to get his wish for jury to hear his case 3 days ago: OJ co-defendant again loses bid to postpone trial 3 days ago: OJ co-defendant renews appeal to postpone trial 5 days ago: Lawyer: OJ Simpson ready for trial in Las Vegas 5 days ago: OJ Simpson lawyer: 'Ready for trial' in Las Vegas 10 days ago: Nevada Supreme Court ...
Examiner-Milwaukee - Sep 9, 2008
BRIEF: Restraining order sought to block Farmers Branch rental license ordinance
Sep. 8--Opponents filed a request Monday for a temporary restraining order to block Farmers Branch's latest effort to stop housing rentals to illegal immigrants. The request followed the filing of a lawsuit last week targeting the measure, Ordinance 2952, which is scheduled to go into effect Saturday. The ordinance would allow the rental of homes or apartments to anyone who obtained a rental ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 8, 2008
Medical device payments to doctors draw scrutiny
With 25 million Americans suffering from back pain, spinal surgery has become a growth industry. Recently, at St. Joseph s Hospital in St. Paul, Dr. Charles Burton, left, replaced a spinal neurostimulator. Burton is vice president of the Association for Ethics in Spine Surgery, a grassroots group of doctors who do not accept compensation from companies for using their devices.
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Sep 9, 2008
Tort reform has cash flowing in governor race
Sep. 8--JEFFERSON CITY -- In the battle over big money, the race for Missouri governor boils down to this: Big Business vs. Big Law. If the old Watergate-era directive -- "follow the money" -- still holds true, then the code to decipher who wants to see either Democrat Jay Nixon or Republican Kenny Hulshof occupy the Governor's Mansion can be found in filings with the Missouri Ethics Commission. ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 8, 2008
Lawsuits target baby-food plant in Sanger
AM Sep. 7--Two former top managers of a Sanger baby-food processing plant are fighting a legal battle with the company's president, claiming he repeatedly violated food-safety standards. In separate lawsuits, they say that John Ypma, founder of Initiative Foods, put consumers' health at risk by cutting corners, including approving the use of sweet potatoes that were full of maggots and shipping ...
Macro World Investor - Sep 8, 2008
Toxic footprint of meth labs isn't easily erased: Few labs seized now, but issues persist
Sep. 7--AS A RESTORATION SPECIALIST -- or as he calls it, a demolition grunt -- Chris Pease's days were spent inside homes and apartments where authorities had found meth labs. After police cleared out, he and a crew suited up in full-body protective gear and set about the dirty, painstaking job of making the buildings safe. They pulled out furniture and carpeting, tore out sinks, counter tops ...
Calibre Macro World - Sep 8, 2008
Scam savvy: 9 tips to protect from con artists
'They said, 'Don't worry.' They took me in a limo to their office. They said, 'Sign here, sign there,' and I did.' And that's how Priscila Nano, 66, a divorcee, came to lose the house in Great Neck that she'd lived in and loved for 29 years. Nano is not alone. Consumer Action, an advocacy group, reports that, while people older than 60 make up 15 percent of the U.S.
Newsday - Sep 8, 2008
State high court hears Washington County tax-plan gripe
Sep. 9--A citizens group fighting a tax-increment financing plan given to a Washington County outlet mall told state Supreme Court justices Monday that people should be able to challenge such plans in court. Citizens Against Tax Incremental Financing sued the county, South Strabane and Trinity School District after they approved a 20-year tax plan for the development of the Victory Centre ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Victim's father lunges at killer
Sep. 9--A death-penalty hearing in a Wyandotte County courtroom was disrupted Monday when the father of the murder victim lunged at the defendant. The sentencing hearing for Gary Kleypas, convicted of capital murder in the death of 20-year-old Pittsburg State University student Carrie Williams in 1996, was halted for several minutes before resuming. After the jury heard the 911 recording from ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
EDITORIAL: Onorato's trials
Sep. 9--Something rings troublingly false about Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato's self-professed altruism over the badly broken property tax assessment system. First, Mr. Onorato imposes an unconstitutional "base-year" system in the guise of halting "back-door" tax increases. Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick slapped him. Then, in advance of oral arguments on his appeal this ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
BRIEF: Court seeks RBI response on credit card interest rate
Sep. 9--NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on several petitions filed by multinational banks challenging the order of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission restraining banks from charging over 30 per cent annum interest from credit card holders for delayed payment. Admitting the bunch of petitions, a bench headed by Justice B ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Magnolia Green project caught in suit on funding
The developers of Magnolia Green are in a bit of a jam. According to a recently filed civil lawsuit, the developers sent in the lawyers when iStar Financial Inc., their New York-based lender, requested that the developers post money -- $24.3 million in 15 days to be precise. Magnolia Green Development LLC, Philip Pilevsky and Raymond L. Zimmerman are claiming that iStar's financial situation and ...
Richmond Times Dispatch - Sep 9, 2008
KC-based association is at center of insurance-regulation storm
Sep. 9--A states-rights battle stretching back to the Civil War has heated up, catching one of Kansas City's largest businesses in the brewing storm. The clash is over insurance regulation, which ultimately determines what consumers pay to insure everything from their homes and autos to their lives and financial security. And while this regulatory thunderclap is largely being played out behind ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
EDITORIAL: Another big step backward
Sep. 9--The Supreme Court's ruling last week to uphold its March ruling on the Neri vs. Senate Committee case, in effect, affirms the right of the President and her chosen people to hide--from the Congress, the media or any person or institution seeking the truth about the executive's activities--their lies, their attempts to lie and to commit acts that could be criminal or are in fact criminal.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
Foreign cos can claim tax deduction: SC
Agencies New Delhi, Sept 7: The Supreme Court has held that foreign companies can claim tax deductions for foreign exchange losses on account of currency fluctuations. A bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia while dismissing the Income tax department's petition held that the loss arising on account of 'foreign currency translation' was allowable as deduction and the gains on the same account were ...
Central Chronicle - Sep 9, 2008
Fannie Mae investor sues five banks
Shareholder sues banking giants, claiming they did not tell her about off-balance sheet accounting proposals A shareholder is suing five banks for allegedly not warning her about accounting change proposals which caused Fannie Mae shares to nosedive in price. Karen Orkin, who bought 600 Class B Fannie Mae shares, filed the suit at the Supreme Court in New York this week as a proposed class ...
Finance Director - Sep 9, 2008
5 CA justices found guilty: Magistrates committed improprieties ? panel
Sep. 9--With facts on hand that five of the eight justices of the Court of Appeals really did commit acts of impropriety in connection with the controversial Meralco-GSIS case, the Supreme Court en banc will deliberate today on possible penalties against the five justices. The Supreme Court spokesman, lawyer Jose Midas Marquez, said on Monday that the penalties may range from "simple admonition ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 9, 2008
DVD copier by RealNetworks is sure to ire Hollywood
People have been avidly feeding music CDs into their computers for years, ripping digital copies of albums and transferring the files to their other computers and mobile devices. This has not happened nearly as much with DVDs, for both practical and legal reasons. But that may soon change. On Monday, RealNetworks, the Seattle digital media company, will introduce RealDVD, a $30 software program ...
International Herald Tribune - Sep 9, 2008
For companies courting surgeons, how far is too far?
Sep. 8--When medical device salesman John Thomas heard in late 2000 that there was a new doctor in Arkansas specializing in patients with ailing backs, he stopped by his office to see if the two could do a little business. The would-be customer, Dr. Patrick Chan, said he was partial to a metal plate made by Medtronic Inc. -- just the kind of item Thomas sold working for a distributor of devices, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 8, 2008
Jobs in the balance: Do illegal workers help or hurt the U.S. economy?
Sep. 8--TULSA, Okla. -- Fluid teamwork is necessary in the hot, cramped kitchen of a mom-and-pop restaurant near an interstate ramp. A tangle of brown faces -- head chef Jose, his wife, parents, two brothers and sister -- cooked the American comfort food in the humid hive. In the middle of the controlled chaos stood Teri Kidd, the white owner of the restaurant, basking in the sweet smell of ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 8, 2008
Plea bargain reversal would be a first in Utah: Widows of men killed by a reckless driver say they didn't know the deal had been struck
Sep. 8--Utah crime victims for years have asserted their constitutional right to be heard at sentencing hearings and informed of court proceedings. Now, Peggy and Patricia Hay, who were left widows by a reckless driver, are going a step further and attempting to reverse a plea bargain. If they are successful, it would be the first time in Utah that a victim got a binding plea agreement ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 8, 2008
Politics makes strange pen pals
Sep. 8--I hear things. Things like this from John Elfmont of Redondo Beach: "After the last comma in the last sentence of your piece on Sarah Palin, you used the phrase 'get real.' Amen, brother! Though a lifelong conservative Republican, I am sick to death of all of them from 'W' on down. I'm sick to death of the empty cliches about the 'American people,' blah blah blah.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 8, 2008
City nets free legal work in firefighters' suit: Group hopes to bring reverse discrimination case before U.S. Supreme Court
Sep. 8--NEW HAVEN -- A mega-law firm with extensive experience before the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to represent the city for free in a reverse discrimination lawsuit by 20 city firefighters. The Boston-based firm WilmerHale has more than 1,000 lawyers in 11 cities on three continents, according to its Web site. While the country's highest court has not yet indicated whether it will accept ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 8, 2008
Bartolomei files repeat lawsuits against Niagara Falls: Dispute focuses on development rights
Sep. 8--NIAGARA FALLS -- As city officials try to move forward on downtown development, the deals made decades ago continue to haunt them. John P. Bartolomei, the Niagara Falls lawyer who built the former Niagara Splash Water Park and made several other leases on downtown property, recently filed two more lawsuits against the city in an effort to recoup money he says he would have made if his ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 8, 2008
ITPCG Reveals Extreme Costs Swings Among Organizations With Varying Legal Holds Maturity Practices
The IT Policy Compliance Group (ITPCG) today The IT Policy Compliance Group (ITPCG) today announced the availability of its latest benchmark research report titled, "Improving Results for the Legal Custody of Information." Based on interviews conducted with 235 organizations, it finds that costs associated with legal holds on information vary considerably, depending on organizational size and ...
MarketWire - Sep 8, 2008
Former Bank of China Managers and Their Wives Convicted for Stealing More Than $485 Million, Laundering Money Through Las Vegas Casinos
Two former managers of the Bank of China and their wives were convicted on Aug. 29, 2008, by a federal jury in Las Vegas on charges of racketeering, money laundering, international transportation of stolen property as well as passport and visa fraud, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory A. Brower of the District of Nevada ...
PR Newswire - Sep 2, 2008
More Conn. residents affected by data breach
HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut officials say 135,000 more state residents may be affected by a security breach at Bank of New York Mellon than the bank initially announced. Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal say the state is now demanding more information from the bank and considering possible sanctions. The bank at first said 500,000 Connecticut residents were potentially ...
Boston Herald - Sep 2, 2008
Palin was member of party calling for vote on Alaskan secession from US
US Republican presidential candidate John McCain with his vice-presidential running mate, Alaska governor Sarah Palin, in Ohio. Photograph: Matt Sullivan/Reuters New revelations about the Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin including her membership of a party that wants Alaskans to vote on becoming a separate country are raising questions about how thoroughly John McCain's ...
Guardian Unlimited - Sep 2, 2008
State Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in priest abuse case
Sep. 3--The state Supreme Court on Tuesday ended a long-standing lawsuit against the Green Bay Catholic Diocese over the sexual abuse of a 10-year-old boy by a priest at a parish school in 1988. The high court declined to take up the appeal of David Schauer, now 30 and living in Arizona, who said church officials had known about the abuse and warned his parents not to take any action at the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 3, 2008
Suit fails to show liability, Upper St. Clair school district says
Sep. 3--Lawyers for Upper St. Clair School District are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming they failed to protect a student from being raped by a boy accused of other attacks. In court papers filed Tuesday, lawyers for the district and its employees said only one teacher -- an independent contractor employed by Wesley Institute -- knew about reports of previous assaults; ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 3, 2008
Couture headed back to UFC
LAS VEGAS: The Ultimate Fighting Championship and its heavyweight champion Randy Couture have settled a public dispute and scheduled his return to the octagon. Couture and UFC President Dana White announced Tuesday that Couture will fight Brock Lesnar on Nov. 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 'We had some problems with Randy, we've solved them all.
International Herald Tribune - Sep 2, 2008
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Diebold: Shareholders charged investors were misled
Sep. 3--A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed in 2005 against ATM and voting machine maker Diebold Inc. of Green, saying that shareholders failed to prove the company lied about its financial health and misled investors. Five shareholder lawsuits were filed in late 2005 against Diebold and some current and former officers and directors, alleging federal securities laws were ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 3, 2008
Sayles Werbner Earns Rare Texas Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Punitive Damages Award in Medical Malpractice Case
Attorneys from the Dallas litigation firm Sayles Werbner are announcing a rare Supreme Court of Texas opinion upholding a medical malpractice award for the family of a man who died of a heart attack after waiting 12 hours for treatment following his admission to a hospital emergency room for chest pains. The opinion issued by the high court on Friday in Columbia Medical Center of Los Colinas Inc. ...
PR Newswire - Sep 2, 2008
Another lawsuit challenges voter-approved development regulations
Attorney Ken Weiss wants his latest lawsuit on a fast track. ST. PETE BEACH Yet another in a long list of lawsuits challenging voter-approved development regulations was filed against the city last week. The City Commission is expected to discuss the lawsuit, either in public or in a private 'shade' session with its attorney, at its meeting tonight. At issue are four ballot questions ...
St. Petersburg Times - Sep 2, 2008
OASIS responds to Dr Bronners lawsuit
The Organic and Sustainable Industry Standards (OASIS) has brought a motion against Dr Bronners Magic Soap for attempting to stifle free speech with its lawsuit against the organic certification body. In its motion OASIS has gained the support of the free-speech charity the First Amendment Project for its attack against All One God Faith (AOGF), which trades as Dr Bronners Magic Soap.
Cosmetics Design Europe - Sep 2, 2008
Sayles Werbner Earns Rare Texas Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Punitive Damages Award in Medical Malpractice Case
Attorneys from the Dallas litigation firm Sayles Werbner are announcing a rare Supreme Court of Texas opinion upholding a medical malpractice award for the family of a man who died of a heart attack after waiting 12 hours for treatment following his admission to a hospital emergency room for chest pains. The opinion issued by the high court on Friday in Columbia Medical Center of Los Colinas Inc. ...
Biz Journals - Sep 2, 2008
Ragland wants new trial after $63.3 million verdict
Sep. 2--Shane Ragland wants a new civil trial in the 1994 shooting death of a University of Kentucky football player because he thinks the $63.3 million verdict against him is excessive. In a motion filed in Fayette Circuit Court, Ragland's attorney, David Broderick of Bowling Green, said the jury in the August wrongful death trial acted "under the influence of passion or prejudice or in ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 2, 2008
Judge: Kilpatrick ouster hearing can proceed
Sep. 2--A judge ruled today that Gov. Jennifer Granholm can proceed with a removal hearing Wednesday against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick's attorneys said they would immediately appeal to the Michigan Court of Appeals. Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Ziolkowski said Granholm's public and private comments about Kilpatrick's criminal case and the Detroit City Council's request that ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 2, 2008
'Raise against fundamental rights'
By Our Correspondent LAHOREA PETITION was moved on Tuesday before the Lahore High Court challenging the 31 per cent increase in electricity tariff, requesting to declare the increase against the fundamental rights of citizens provided by the Constitution. Advocate Malik Tariq Aziz in his petition stated that according to economic experts, the utility bills of a family goes beyond 20 per cent of ...
The News International - Sep 2, 2008
MCD blames police for encroachments
Sep. 3--NEW DELHI -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has told the Supreme Court that failure on the part of Delhi Police has enabled vendors to illegally occupy pavements and public places in the Capital. The corporation moved an application before the apex court accusing the Delhi Police of violating Supreme Court orders directing removal of unauthorised vendors.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 3, 2008
Courts see through flip-flops of witnesses
Sep. 3--NEW DELHI -- Don't bank on hostile witnesses: that's the message going out to all high-profile accused following Sanjeev Nanda's conviction in the BMW hit-and-run case. Increasingly, courts are taking into account relevant portions of otherwise 'unreliable' witnesses' testimonies to do justice. The trend started after Delhi High Court, in December 2006, convicted three of the accused in ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 3, 2008
UA law school plans talks by Supreme Court justices
Sep. 3--The University of Arizona law school's annual tradition of bringing in U.S. Supreme Court justices to campus appears set for another year. U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor plan to visit the James E. Rogers College of Law this academic year, and Justice Stephen Breyer will make two appearances next week.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 3, 2008
Suit asks if trash talking can make you an outlaw: Commissioner sues city over his free speech rights
Sep. 3--HALLANDALE BEACH -- A city commissioner has filed a civil rights suit against his own city claiming his colleagues are preventing him from talking trash -- literally. Commissioner Keith London's federal lawsuit attacks a motion passed in May that prohibits commission members from discussing anything related to a pending lawsuit between the city and Waste Management Inc.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 3, 2008
Art motivated lawyer's thefts
A COMPULSION to collect artwork motivated a former high-profile lawyer to steal from his clients and partners, a court has heard. In the Supreme Court in Hobart today, John William Avery, 60, of Battery Point, pleaded guilty to 130 charges of stealing and dishonesty. Crown prosecutor Tim Ellis SC told the court that between December 2001 and March 2006 he stole $512,218 from the law firm where ...
The Mercury - Sep 3, 2008
ABCP appeal headed to Supreme Court
TORONTO - The battle over billions of dollars of investments known as asset-backed commercial paper appears headed for Canada's highest court. The investments, also known as ABCP, were supposed to be safe and short-term. But about $32 billion of ABCP has been frozen for about a year - much of it held by Canadian pension plans. Smaller amounts are held by companies and individuals.
Lethbridge Herald - Sep 3, 2008
Environmental Law Scholar Michael Wara Joins Stanford Law School Faculty
STANFORD, Calif. Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of environmental scholar Michael Wara as Assistant Professor of Law. Trained as a lawyer and a scientist, Wara's current research focuses on the emerging global carbon trading market and mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. His broader scholarship encompasses the legal, ...
Centre Daily Times - Sep 2, 2008
A Chinese experiment in democracy meets fierce resistance
When Fang Zhaojuan began organizing her neighbors here to impeach village leaders whom she suspected of corruption, she had no idea that the challenge would lead her first to the hospital and then to jail. She was following the law, after all, and had launched legal petitions signed by a large majority of villagers. They believed they had been cheated of proper compensation when their village ...
Yahoo! Canada - Sep 2, 2008
Court voids state's grocery tax
Sep. 2--The state can no longer tax your baked beans, frozen waffles, or that Big Mac from the drive-thru, a state appeals court ruled yesterday. Handing Ohio grocers and fast-food restaurants a victory, the Franklin County Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the commercial activities tax (CAT) created by state lawmakers in 2005 cannot, under the Ohio Constitution, be applied to food consumed ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 2, 2008
A nine-year wait ends
Sep. 3--NEW DELHI -- A delayed verdict in the BMW hit-and-run case raises serious doubts over the efficiency of the criminal justice system that took almost a decade to convict the culprit. Failure to take a trial to its logical conclusion within a reasonable timeframe can erode people's faith in the system leading to social anarchy and lawlessness. Apart from the victims, who suffered an ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 3, 2008
Did Palin use power in state police, family dispute?
For the past several years, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, has been embroiled in a bitter family feud that has drawn in the state police, the attorney general, the governor's office and the state legislature. A bipartisan state legislative panel has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate whether Palin improperly brought the family fight into the ...
Newsday - Sep 1, 2008
How to Get More Time from the Bank to Stop Foreclosure Posted By : Nick Adama
The most important factor homeowners in foreclosure need to remain aware of is how much time they have left to work out a solution, either to save the home or unload it with the least financial damage. The bank, working through its local attorneys, will typically attempt to push through the legal process as quickly as possible, in order for the lawyers to get paid and the bank to have an empty ...
ArticleAddict - Sep 1, 2008
Parental-rights cases: Who should pay?: A state board hammered by a $3.8 million shortfall has shifted the responsibility to counties to pay for lawyers for poor adults who are losing parental rights.
Sep. 2--If you are a low-income parent and your child is being taken away, you used to be able to get a state public defender to represent you. Not anymore. The State Board of Public Defense, battered by a $3.8 million shortfall, has shifted the responsibility to counties to pay for lawyers for poor adults who are losing parental rights or are otherwise involved in cases where children need ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 2, 2008
EDITORIAL: Peter Schrag: Props. 5 and 8 will make waves nationally
Sep. 2--Although hardly anyone's noticed, billionaire financier George Soros and some other very deep pockets are back on the California ballot with a drug and criminal sentencing reform measure that makes their prior efforts seem modest. Given the prison mess we've locked ourselves into, Soros' proposal may be the brightest light on a bleak horizon. This one, Proposition 5, called NORA, the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 2, 2008
3 CEOs credit SMU Law with helping them reach the top
Sep. 2--With Sarbanes/Oxley disclosures, the prospect of more regulation looming and litigious minefields to tip-toe through, companies are turning to lawyers -- or at least those with law degrees -- to run the show. In years past, the inside track to the top offices seemed to belong to chief financial officers. Now, the general counsels of the corporate world may find an edge.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 2, 2008
Thai army chief renounces force
'I can insure to every person that the Thai police and military will not use force against any civilian by any means,' the army commander, General Anupong Paochinda, said at a news conference. He asserted that the military is 'on the people's side' and presented it as an honest broker between the government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and protesters who are demanding his resignation.
International Herald Tribune - Sep 2, 2008
Full Text Remarks of the 2008 Republican National Convention's Opening Day Now Available
Today, First Lady Laura Bush and Mrs. Cindy McCain addressed the opening session of the 2008 Republican National Convention. Other speakers included Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. 'Mike' Duncan, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), and U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). A full text of remarks delivered today, as prepared for delivery, appears below.
PR Newswire - Sep 1, 2008
Look into the crystal ball: future being revealed as Vermont town lifts ban on fortunetelling
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) _ Behold, the future is being revealed and it looks bright for fortune tellers, clairvoyants, tarot card readers and anyone claiming to contact spirits in this corner of northern New England.Soothsaying might still be banned in some parts of the country, but St. Johnsbury has repealed the ordinance against peering into the future that it had on the books since 1966.'When ...
Newsday - Sep 1, 2008
Maple Leaf Foods' problems hard to digest
MAPLE LEAF'S TOP MAN Michael McCain: President and chief executive officer 2007 Salary and bonus: $3.3 million Age: 50 Born: Florenceville, N.B. Educated at: Mount Allison University. Honours in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario Residence: Lives in Toronto with his wife Chris and their five children. McCain joined Maple Leaf Foods after his father, Wallace, bought ...
Toronto Star Online - Sep 2, 2008
Who makes up 30% of Bush fans?: President's stalwart supporters often share his evangelical faith and feel a strong tie to him despite his mistakes
Sep. 2--Daniel Darling thinks George W. Bush is doing a good job as president, and that means roughly 70 percent of Americans think Darling is a nut. He is not. What he is, perhaps not surprisingly, is the pastor of an evangelical church in the far north suburbs. He is a man of faith--the same general faith as Bush. He is passionately anti-abortion. He believes all leaders make mistakes and that ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 2, 2008
When religion & health care collide, patients lose
By RICHARD P. SLOAN Los Angeles Times Last month, the California Supreme Court ruled against two physicians who allegedly denied -- based on their religious opposition -- a legal medical treatment to a patient based on her sexual orientation. The decision was issued in a lawsuit filed by a lesbian against doctors in a Vista, Calif., medical group who refused to artificially inseminate her.
South Bend Tribune - Sep 1, 2008
Third party ads start early in attorney general, Supreme Court races
Sep. 1--CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Third parties have started ad campaigns in what many consider two of the most crucial state contests come November. The Center for Individual Freedom, West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse and the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce all have ads running that name specific candidates in the attorney general and state Supreme Court races.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 1, 2008
Missouri judges evaluated a new way for retention vote
Sep. 1--Review teams of six lawyers and six laymen will provide voters with an evaluation as well as results from a survey of lawyers and opinions of jurors. Twenty-three St. Louis-area judges on the Nov. 4 ballot will learn this week whether newly constituted review teams think they should keep their robes. Also under refreshed scrutiny are Missouri Supreme Court Judge Patricia Breckenridge and ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 1, 2008
Apex court panel suggests tax to decongest Delhi
Sep. 1--NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee has mooted the idea to levy congestion tax on vehicles to decongest Delhi roads. In its report placed before the National Capital Regional Planning Board (NCRPB), which has submitted a blueprint suggesting solutions to meet the growing demands of Delhiites, the monitoring committee said there should be a cap on the number of ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 1, 2008
Neb. irrigation dispute heads to state high court
LINCOLN, Neb. - A case that could help define state government's role in restricting a lifeblood of the state economy, irrigation, is before the Nebraska Supreme Court. Two years ago, the state Department of Natural Resources shut down new irrigation development in portions of the Platte River Basin. The department had studied the basin and determined that allowing more wells would strain water ...
Beatrice Daily Sun - Sep 1, 2008
EDITORIAL: Stab at peace comes up short
Sep. 1--A Muslim insurgency has been fought in Mindanao, the main island in the southern part of the Philippines, for decades. A few weeks ago, the government of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a historic peace agreement that would have ceded part of the province to the insurgents. It now appears that the deal will unravel in the face of legal challenges, a victim of deep and ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 1, 2008
In-house lawyers can now prosecute cases of underpayment
The Workplace Ombudsman has gained approval to use in-house lawyers to litigate against employers accused of underpaying their staff. Attorney-General Robert McClelland has given the national regulator a two-year exemption from the Legal Services Directions 2005. Workplace Ombudsman Chief Counsel Leigh Johns welcomes the decision, saying it will lead to a reduction in the agencys legal bills. ...
Australasian Bus and Coach - Sep 1, 2008
The Private Sector: Countrywide acquisition may not keep it from seeking bankruptcy
NEW YORK -- Countrywide's acquisition by Bank of America Corp. was supposed to help keep the troubled mortgage lender from collapse. Things might not turn out exactly as planned. The people who did the deal hoped that a strong bank would rescue a weak one. But the deal's structure may have only delayed the inevitable -- Countrywide still could face bankruptcy or a federal takeover potentially ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sep 2, 2008
Lawyer sues businesses over handicapped access
Sep. 1--SALEM, N.H. -- Two building owners are facing federal lawsuits filed by a Dracut, Mass., lawyer, who claims he could not comfortably enter their businesses or use their bathrooms in his wheelchair. It's one of several lawsuits Dino Theodore, 48, has filed in federal courts against businesses in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The Salem cases are targeting 327 South Broadway, home of the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 1, 2008
Seinfeld files counter-suit against cook
In a counter-lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, Seinfeld hits back at chef Missy Chase Lapine - who sued his wife Jessica in January. Lapine claimed bestselling cookbook 'Deceptively Delicious' had been 'brazenly plagiarised' from her own book 'The Sneaky Chef' - both of which describe how to hide healthy ingredients in children's foods. Seinfeld's subsequent appearance on US ...
Irish News - Sep 1, 2008
Some turn violent in GOP convention protests
ST. PAUL, Minn. Demonstrations near the Republican National Convention site turned violent Monday, as protesters harassed some delegates, smashed windows, slashed car tires and threw bottles. Police using pepper spray arrested more than 250 people.</p><p>The trouble happened not far from the Xcel Energy Center convention site where the GOP was starting its four-day meeting.
Lake Wylie Pilot - Sep 2, 2008
LegalView Informs Mesothelioma Blog Readers of Asbestos Still in Use in America
LegalView reported on the details of several thousand tons of asbestos still being used in the United States, even though the material has been highly associated with an incurable form of lung cancer. The U.S. Geological Survey reported on the use of asbestos in a 2005 study and found that asbestos was being used in several everyday products. Denver, CO (PRWEB) September 1, 2008 -- LegalView, ...
PRWeb - Sep 1, 2008
School boards oppose 3 proposed amendments
Sep. 2--SANFORD School boards are taking a stand against three proposed amendments to the state constitution that they say will damage public schools. Seminole County School Board members, who voted unanimously last week to oppose amendments 5, 7 and 9, say the changes would drain funding from schools already crippled by drastic state budget cuts. The Volusia County School Board also voted to ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Sep 2, 2008
Nicaragua: heartbeat of protest, Sergio Ramrez
Sergio Ramrez is a Nicaraguan writer. He was vice-president of the country from 1984-90 during the period of the Frente Sandinista de Liberacin Nacional (FSLN) government. In 1995 he broke from the FSLN to form the Movimiento de Renovacin Sandinista (MRS). His many books include (Alfaguara, 2006). He was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1993, and was awarded the Medalla ...
Open Democracy - Sep 2, 2008
Extendicare REIT Calls Lawsuit Claims False and Misleading
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust ("Extendicare REIT" or "Extendicare") (TSX: EXE.UN) today said claims made in a lawsuit filed August 21, 2008, in Washington State Court in Seattle, against Extendicare Homes, Inc. and Fir Lane Terrace Convalescent Center, Inc., two wholly owned U.S. based subsidiaries of Extendicare REIT, are false and misleading. Extendicare REIT also says it will ...
MarketWire - Aug 28, 2008
Court hears big-box appeal - roanoke.com
Attorneys involved in the contentious case of the Blacksburg big-box store widely thought to be a Wal-Mart Supercenter got a shock at a hearing Wednesday in Richmond. In a rare moment of candor, Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan told attorneys for the town, Ohio developer Fairmount Properties and activist group BURG that the court would likely grant two appeals seeking to block ...
Roanoke Times - Aug 28, 2008
Thai protesters defy court order to leave compound
BANGKOK, THAILAND (AP) - Thousands of demonstrators _ some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks _ defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign. Dozens of members of the People's Alliance for Democracy clad in military fatigues wielded makeshift weapons as they stood guard around the ...
Washington Times - Aug 28, 2008
Top Mexico court shows support for abortion law
Mexico's Supreme Court was poised Wednesday to uphold legal abortion in the capital despite deep opposition elsewhere in the heavily Catholic country. Eight of the 11 Supreme Court justices said during deliberations that they would vote against declaring the law unconstitutional. Eight votes would be needed to strike it down, but only three judges have spoken in favor of doing so.
Kansas City Star - Aug 28, 2008
Coming soon....Facebook: the Movie, by Aaron Sorkin
The friendships, disputes and sudden fantastic wealth of a Harvard student who invented Facebook have been retold on a million webpages but now it appears the creator of The West Wing will write the big-budget Hollywood version of the story. A film about the social networking phenomenon has been commissioned by Sony Pictures and Aaron Sorkin, the master of a thousand intrigues in the popular ...
The Times - Aug 28, 2008
Land dispute divides Brazil's north
Aug. 28--RAPOSA SERRA DO SOL'S INDIGENOUS TERRITORY IN BRAZIL -- Brazil's Supreme Court is to deliver a decision in a land dispute case that is being called one of the most important rulings in the country's history because of the long-term impact it will have on indigenous peoples. The case revolves around Raposa Serra do Sol, a territory which is home to 19,000 indigenous people comprising ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Same-sex marriage ban is losing, state pollsters say
Aug. 28--Likely voters in California would soundly reject a ballot measure to ban marriage between same-sex couples if the election were held today, a Public Policy Institute of California poll finds. Through telephone surveys of 2,001 California adults, the poll found that 54 percent of voters said they would vote against Proposition 8, while only 40 percent said they would support it.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Foreigners step up humanitarian aid to conflict areas in Mindanao: Medco says int'l community eager to help victims of ongoing war
Aug. 29--AN intensified humanitarian aid from various foreign governments is set to arrive next week in Mindanao's conflict areas, an official said Thursday. Janet Lopoz, Executive Director of Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco), said the international community has expressed its ardent desire to help the victims of the fighting between the government forces and the Moro Islamic ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 29, 2008
Goodhue County judge got special deal in divorce, complaint says: Timothy Blakely of Goodhue County received a $63,503 discount in exchange for directing mediation business to his lawyer, the state Board on Judicial Standards alleges.
Aug. 28--A Goodhue County Judge improperly received a $63,503 discount on his $108,876-divorce in exchange for directing mediation business to the lawyer who handled his contentious split, the state Board on Judicial Standards alleges in a complaint filed with the state Supreme Court. The 9-page complaint signed by David S. Paull, executive secretary of the board, includes numerous e-mails ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Split Panel Supports Trial Judge in His Use of 'Ultimate' Sanction
A divided appeals panel has backed the decision of an exasperated trial judge who threw an attorney and her former employer out of court after both parties 'willfully' disobeyed discovery orders in spite of repeated warnings and sanctions. In an unsigned opinion, three justices of the Appellate Division, 1st Department, held that then-New York Supreme Court Justice Rolando T.
Yahoo! Canada - Aug 28, 2008
Judge orders Vermont to enforce housing rules
In the latest chapter in the long-running legal case, Franklin County Superior Court Judge Ben Joseph issued a summary judgment in favor of Vermont renters tenants, represented by Vermont Legal Aid, ordering the department to come up with a plan to enforce the building codes as intended by the Legislature. He said that between 2002 and earlier this year, state inspectors found more than 4,000 ...
Yahoo! Canada - Aug 28, 2008
Panel wants to regulate political ads
Aug. 28--MADISON -- Members of the state's elections watchdog said they would like to find a way to regulate the nasty, anonymous political ads that have cropped up in recent Supreme Court races, but that they don't yet know whether they have the power to do anything about them. "I think it called into question the independence of the judiciary," Government Accountability Board Chairman Thomas ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Out-of-state interests spend big on I-1000
Aug. 28--Out-of-state money is pouring into the campaigns both for and against Washington Initiative 1000, the measure known by supporters as death with dignity and by opponents as physician-assisted suicide. The campaign has turned bitter in recent weeks over the role that out-of-state interests, including the Roman Catholic Church, are playing in the debate over a physician "aid-in-dying" law ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
MHP to reel in top court's power
GKSEL BOZKURTANKARA TDN Parliament Bureau In the lead up to the new legislative term, the opposition Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, has begun to draft constitutional amendments to constrain the powers of the top court. The MHP aims to constrain party closures by limiting the conditions of closure to only crimes of terrorism and violence. Although the draft is yet a product of the MHP ...
Turkish Daily - Aug 28, 2008
Same-sex marriages discussed
Aug. 28--A group of religious leaders gathered at a downtown Modesto church Wednesday night to discuss same-sex marriage, a heavily debated issue. But heated rhetoric and animosity were nowhere to be seen as panelists on both sides of the issue talked about their beliefs and views of a proposed state law that would prevent gay couples from marrying. Proposition 8 is the November ballot ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Judge won't delay order against RI governor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A contract dispute between Governor Carcieri and the state's largest public employees union is now before the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Carcieri's lawyers appealed to the court Wednesday after a lower court judge refused to delay her order blocking the governor from raising health insurance costs for union members. Lawyers for the governor and the union met privately ...
Eyewitness News - Aug 28, 2008
Wake's all-year lawsuit lives on: Consent question goes to high court
Aug. 28--RALEIGH -- Wake County's ability to tell families where their children will go to school for the next three years is in question now that the state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the year-round lawsuit. The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a case that will decide whether the Wake County school system needs parental permission to assign students to year-round schools.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Hu makes proposal on regional peace, common prosperity for SCO
DUSHANBE - Chinese President Hu Jintao, in a keynote speech Thursday at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tajik capital Dushanbe, made a five-point proposal for joint efforts to develop lasting peace, common prosperity and regional harmony. Strengthening strategic consultation and political mutual trust Efforts should be made to promote mutual support on important ...
CHINAdaily - Aug 28, 2008
Exxon Valdez settlement checks could be distributed in October: Partial agreement reached in long case
Aug. 27--Lawyers in the epic Exxon Valdez court case have negotiated a settlement to pay out most of the $507.5 million the U.S. Supreme Court awarded in June, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs confirmed Tuesday. Under the deal, Exxon will release about $383 million for distribution to the nearly 33,000 commercial fishermen and others who sued Exxon after the disastrous 1989 oil spill in ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
State court to hear year-round school case
Aug. 27--RALEIGH -- The state Supreme Court agreed today to hear a case that will decide whether the Wake County school system needs parental permission to assign students to year-round schools. The high court granted the request from Wake CARES, a parent group, to hear the appeal contesting Wake's right not to seek parental consent. The high court also left in place an order blocking ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
An ultimatum from State Farm in payment battle: Decision sought in settlement
Aug. 27--BILOXI -- State Farm has told Roland Moran he can take or leave a final payment for damage from Katrina. Moran must decide by Friday whether he will settle for the $57,000 State Farm is offering. The company refuses to pay the amount set through an arbitration process -- $170,150 for additional wind damage -- but the state and courts have left him little if any recourse.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
Ruling: Legal ads don't need to be in Statesman: The Idaho Supreme Court says private notices can be placed in the Idaho Business Review.
Aug. 27--The Idaho Supreme Court Tuesday overturned a lower-court ruling that said certain local legal notices must be published in the Idaho Statesman, not a business weekly. The court ruled for the Idaho Business Review, saying a state law that dictates where government and private legal notices must be published was unconstitutional. That means some private legal notices that both papers ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
Top Mexico court shows support for abortion law
Mexico's Supreme Court was poised Wednesday to uphold legal abortion in the capital despite deep opposition elsewhere in the heavily Catholic country. Eight of the 11 Supreme Court justices said during deliberations that they would vote against declaring the law unconstitutional. Eight votes would be needed to strike it down, but only three judges have spoken in favor of doing so.
Kansas City Star - Aug 28, 2008
Pakistani lawyers to press government
Pakistani lawyers were set to launch protests on Thursday pressing the government to reinstate judges purged by former president Pervez Musharraf, as militants attacked police in the northwest, killing 11 people. Disagreement over the judges led to a split in the ruling coalition this week, dashing hopes for political stability in the nuclear-armed country after Musharraf's resignation last week. ...
Reuters via Yahoo! - Aug 28, 2008
Attorney general proposes sensible rules on medical pot
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San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 28, 2008
Maple Leaf accused of hiding Listeria risk
A class-action lawsuit against Maple Leaf Foods in the wake of a tainted-meat affair that has claimed six Canadian lives accuses the company of telling its commercial partners about the contamination four days before warning the public. One of the class-action lawsuits filed by Merchant Law Group alleges the company 'was aware of the potential toxicity of several of its food products four days ...
Global T.V. - Aug 28, 2008
Gerrymandering a key culprit in California budget mess
Proposition 11, which would strip the Legislature of its power to draw state Senate and Assembly district lines, is desperately needed. George Skelton, Capitol Journal SACRAMENTO -- For Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, nothing better illustrates the evils of legislative gerrymandering -- and the need for Proposition 11 on the November ballot -- than Sacramento's two-month budget stalemate.
Los Angeles Times - Aug 28, 2008
Pass 'Lilly's law'
But as Ledbetter told a national audience from the stage of the Democratic National Convention, her lawsuit against Goodyear was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, because she had not filed the claim within 180 days of the wage disparity (as required by federal law). That limit fails to reflect the 'realities of the workplace,' as dissenting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ...
San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 28, 2008
N.S. man launches class-action lawsuit against diabetes drug Avandia
HALIFAX, A Nova Scotia man has launched a class-action lawsuit against the federal government and the company responsible for the popular drug Avandia, most commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes. Counsel for Ronald Finck of Shinimicas Village filed the statement of claim in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax on Wednesday. Named as defendants are Glaxosmithkline Inc., Glaxosmithkline PLC, ...
Calibre Macro World - Aug 28, 2008
Horton gets life for 1974 murder of Prairie Village teen
Aug. 28--For the second time, John Henry Horton has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1974 murder of a Prairie Village girl. And again, just as he had declared at his first sentencing, Horton, 61, maintained he was innocent. "I'm not guilty of this," he told District Judge James Franklin Davis on Wednesday, as he stood between his attorneys, Michael McCulloch and Carol Cline.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Wake's all-year lawsuit lives on: Consent question goes to high court
Aug. 28--RALEIGH -- Wake County's ability to tell families where their children will go to school for the next three years is in question now that the state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the year-round lawsuit. The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a case that will decide whether the Wake County school system needs parental permission to assign students to year-round schools.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Land dispute divides Brazil's north
Aug. 28--RAPOSA SERRA DO SOL'S INDIGENOUS TERRITORY IN BRAZIL -- Brazil's Supreme Court is to deliver a decision in a land dispute case that is being called one of the most important rulings in the country's history because of the long-term impact it will have on indigenous peoples. The case revolves around Raposa Serra do Sol, a territory which is home to 19,000 indigenous people comprising ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Joker slams Palace move: Seeking help from Sweden, UK ?misguided'
Aug. 28--The messenger got a mouthful from an administration ally on Wednesday. Sen. Joker Arroyo said that whoever advised President Gloria Arroyo to seek the help of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in resolving the Muslim insurgency in southern Philippines should be fired. "This idea is injudicious as it is misguided, a frying pan to the fire approach," he added.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
UC whistle-blower suit shield draws fire
Aug. 27--Lawmakers and University of California employees are pushing to overturn a court ruling that essentially declared UC exempt from most whistle-blower lawsuits. The California Supreme Court ruled last month that UC employees cannot seek damages in court if the university properly investigated their whistle-blower claims. That exemption does not apply to other state agencies, including the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
Husband gets guardianship in Schiavo-like case
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. --A judge on Wednesday granted temporary guardianship to the husband of a woman on a feeding tube in a case similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive. Karen Weber, 57, has been in and out of a nursing home and hospital since having a stroke in December. She is now hospitalized on a feeding tube in Okeechobee and suffering from ...
The State - Aug 28, 2008
For rights pioneers, another wall falls: As students, they fought segregation. Now they celebrate Obama's rise
Aug. 28--FARMVILLE, Va. -- When Joy Cabarrus Speakes and 450 other high school students went on strike here 57 years ago, she couldn't have imagined that an African-American would someday be running for the White House. All they were asking for was classrooms that weren't tar paper shacks that leaked when it rained. Their strike would help lead one day to the landmark 1954 U.S.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Young killer to get new sentencing
Aug. 27--Michael D. Taylor was too young for a death sentence when he raped and murdered a classmate at McCluer North High School in 1995, but later went to death row for a prison killing. On Tuesday, a divided Missouri Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing in the capital case, with a new set of jurors. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith said that prosecutors ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
Ethanol plant clears hurdle: DEQ will grant company permit it needs to build in Hopewell
Aug. 28--The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality today will grant Osage Bio Energy LLC an air permit the company needed to begin construction of an ethanol plant in Hopewell. The Glen Allen-based company plans to build a facility with the capacity to produce up to 68.2 million gallons of ethanol per year. 8/27/08 7:08 PM on inRich.com Construction is expected to begin in early October, ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
Court hears big-box appeal - roanoke.com
Attorneys involved in the contentious case of the Blacksburg big-box store widely thought to be a Wal-Mart Supercenter got a shock at a hearing Wednesday in Richmond. In a rare moment of candor, Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan told attorneys for the town, Ohio developer Fairmount Properties and activist group BURG that the court would likely grant two appeals seeking to block ...
Roanoke Times - Aug 28, 2008
BRIEF: Venango County animal control officer admits exceeding authority
Aug. 28--An animal control officer being sued for taking six kittens from a couple in Venango County admits she overstepped her legal authority. Tammy Kerr said she was following orders from her employer, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Kerr said she has been sent to 27 counties since she was hired for her $17-an-hour job in June.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 28, 2008
In the hard fought battle after Hurricane Katrina of homeowner versus insurance company, it at first appeared the policyholder would prevail. But time has shown that, on appeal, the insurer almost always wins.
Initially, the court victories came easily. On the stand, telling their tales of battling to get their insurance claims paid, the homeowners almost always won, often with bad-faith penalties. But on appeal, in both federal and state courts, insurers prevailed, winning key legal precedents and knocking down monetary judgments if the parties had not settled. 'For a policyholder in the trial court ...
NOLA Live - Aug 27, 2008
New policies make it harder for CPS to remove kids: Fort Bend parents' lawsuit led to changes calling for court orders before state pulls alleged victims from homes in abuse cases
Aug. 27--AUSTIN -- Texas child abuse investigators are being advised to seek court orders before removing children from their home in all but the most dangerous situations, one of several major policy changes demanded by a federal appeals court. The new standards, lauded by parental rights advocates and decried by prosecutors, arose out of a ruling late last month by a three-judge panel of the ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
The armour strengthens around privilege
At a time when many U.S. corporations are complaining that solicitor-client privilege is under assault by government prosecutors, the Supreme Court of Canada justices are sending a very different signal in Canada. A landmark decision on privilege handed down by the nation's top court has drawn the cloak around lawyer-client communications even tighter, with the court saying regulators do not have ...
Globe Investor - Aug 27, 2008
Ruling won't stop local home-school families
Aug. 27--Six Christian families across Pennsylvania intend to continue their federal court battle in hopes of receiving an exception from state law mandating that they supply their local school districts with documentation about the home-schooling of their children. The families, represented by the Virginia-based Home School Legal Defense Association, have been tied up in litigation for four ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
States sue EPA over greenhouse-gas emissions from refineries
Twelve states, the city of New York, and the District of Columbia are suing the U.S. EPA for not regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from oil refineries. The suit accuses the agency of violating the Clean Air Act by refusing to issue standards for controlling carbon dioxide emissions from new or updated refinery equipment. In essence, the suit is an attempt to force the Bush administration to ...
Grist Magazine - Aug 27, 2008
State: Nassau attorney's pension improper
Aug. 27--Albert D'Agostino, the politically prominent Nassau attorney who got a six-figure public pension after the state retroactively approved 21 years of credit for him, must give up his pension and pay back the more than $600,000 he has collected, the New York State comptroller's office said yesterday. In an Aug. 19 letter to D'Agostino, the comptroller's office said D'Agostino had been ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
BRIEF: High court candidate argues why her 'incumbent' rival has an edge
Aug. 26--State Supreme Court candidate Jill Clark argued in before a panel of former justices today that her opponent, Justice Lori Gildae, was illegally appointed and has an unfair advantage in the upcoming primary. By appointing justices to fill vacancies, then labeling those justices as incumbents on ballots when they run for election, the state has "basically eliminated elections," Clark ...
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 26, 2008
Court ruling favors employers in lawsuit over meal breaks
California employers are breathing a little easier at lunch time after a California Court of Appeals recently ruled in their favor over employee meal breaks. The state's rules over meal and rest breaks had become one of the most contested and costly issues in the workplace. Numerous lawsuits were filed by employees alleging that their bosses broke the law by not giving them a meal break for ...
Fresno Bee - Aug 27, 2008
Godhra case: Probe team gets extension
Aug. 27--NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the five-member special investigation team (SIT) tasked with going into the post-Godhra riots till December 31 to complete its probe. A bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat extended the time given to the team headed by former CBI director R.K. Raghavan after it submitted its preliminary report to the court.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
EDITORIAL: Gaming the system: Rein in the lawyers
Aug. 27--"Lawyers Gone Wild" might be a good title for a movie about the machinations employed by former Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board lawyers to place nose to thumb and waggle their fingers furiously at state law. A least four former gaming board lawyers -- including former board Chairman Tad Decker -- have gone to work for casinos in the commonwealth.
McClatchy Tribune Business News - Aug 27, 2008
A Sports Hero vs. a Government Villain
This is a true story about two men named Mike, both of whom lived in Durham, North Carolina, two years ago. Both had ambitions and dreams, but that is where the similarities end. One Mike sought to build lives, and the other sought to tear them down. One Mike nearly destroyed the life of the other, and for no good reason except that the destruction of the first Mike and his family would help him ...
LewRockwell.com - Aug 26, 2008
ADCB urges others to join lawsuit
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) which is leading a class action in a New York court against four US financial institutions alleging fraud, yesterday said it is talking to other Gulf banks and investors to join the lawsuit.ADCB said in a statement that it expects additional investors to 'join or support' the legal action against against Morgan Stanley, the Bank of New York Mellon and ratings ...
Zawya.com - Aug 27, 2008
Gov to conduct removal hearing
DETROIT -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's tenuous grip on his fate slipped even further Tuesday when Gov. Jennifer Granholm authorized a historic Sept. 3 hearing on whether to bounce him from office. Putting even more pressure on the mayor to cut a deal in his dual felony cases, Granholm rejected every argument from Kilpatrick attorneys to cancel the hearings. Instead, the mayor's tenure will rest on ...
Detroit News - Aug 27, 2008
Tel-Aviv Court Rules in Favor of Sun Pharmaceutical; No Special Tender Offer Necessary in Taro Offer
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE: SUN PHARMA, BSE: 524715) today announced it was victorious in all elements of its defense of the litigation brought against it in the Tel-Aviv District Court by Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Taro) and certain of its directors. The Tel-Aviv Court yesterday rejected Taro's contention that Sun Pharma should have ...
PR Newswire - Aug 26, 2008
Centerra Gold Comments on Kyrgyz Republic Court Decision
Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX: CG) stated that according to available information the Bishkek Inter District Court of the Kyrgyz Republic today dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Vice-Speaker of the Parliament, K.S. Isabekov, against the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic relating to the Company's Kumtor project. The lawsuit sought to annul the Government's decree approving the December 31, 2003 agreements ...
MarketWire - Aug 26, 2008
Milberg LLP Announces Its Investigation on Behalf of Certain Investors of CIT Group, Inc. -- CIT
Attorney Advertising. The law firm of Milberg Attorney Advertising. The law firm of Milberg LLP is investigating possible illegal conduct as alleged in proposed class action lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against CIT Group, Inc. ("CIT" or the "Company") (NYSE: CIT) and certain of CIT's officers and directors for violations of the ...
MarketWire - Aug 26, 2008
Milberg LLP Announces Its Investigation on Behalf of Certain Investors of GT Solar International, Inc. -- SOLR
Attorney Advertising. The law firm of Milberg Attorney Advertising. The law firm of Milberg LLP is investigating possible illegal conduct as alleged in proposed class action lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire against GT Solar International, Inc. ("GT Solar" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SOLR) and certain of GT Solar's officers and directors for ...
MarketWire - Aug 26, 2008
Court rejects challenge to constitutionality of PCAOB
U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit in a vote of 2-1 upheld the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The Board was created five years ago by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), responding to a mandate in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Court rejected the claim by Beckstead & Watts LLP, a Nevada accounting firm, and the ...
AccountingWEB - Aug 27, 2008
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