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  • Court says no exclusive cable rights in apartments

    Court says no exclusive cable rights in apartments

    Court Alerts 05/27/2009

    Cable companies cannot have exclusive rights to provide service in apartment buildings that they wire, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision from the Court of Appeals in Washington upholds a Federal Communications Commission ruling that...

  • Suspects can be interrogated without lawyer

    Suspects can be interrogated without lawyer

    Court Alerts 05/26/2009

    The Supreme Court has overturned a long-standing ruling that stops police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer is present, a move that will make it easier for prosecutors to interrogate suspects. The high court, in a 5-4 ruling, over...

  • Guilty Plea for Man Behind Creative E-Trade Scam

    Guilty Plea for Man Behind Creative E-Trade Scam

    Court Alerts 05/22/2009

    A California man has pleaded guilty to opening tens of thousands of bogus online brokerage accounts and then pocketing tiny test deposits made by companies like E-Trade Financial and Charles Schwab. Michael Largent, 23, of Plumas Lake, Calif. pleaded...

  • Judge: Giuliani golf lawsuit slices off course

    Judge: Giuliani golf lawsuit slices off course

    Court Alerts 05/21/2009

    A federal judge uses golf lingo and quotes from "Caddyshack" in his ruling that a lawsuit by ousted Duke University golfer Andrew Giuliani against the school landed out of bounds. The opinion issued Tuesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Wallace Dixon reco...

  • Court: Old maternity leave doesn't count

    Court: Old maternity leave doesn't count

    Court Alerts 05/20/2009

    Women who took maternity leave before Congress outlawed pregnancy discrimination could be stuck with lower retirement paychecks after the Supreme Court refused to let four women sue AT&T Corp. for higher pension payments. The high court, in a 7-2...

  • Court refuses to hear medical marijuana challenges

    Court refuses to hear medical marijuana challenges

    Court Alerts 05/18/2009

    The Supreme Court won't hear another challenge to California's decade-old law permitting marijuana use for medical purposes. The high court on Monday refused to hear appeals from San Diego and San Bernardino counties, which say the justices have neve...

  • Court turns away appeal over Steinbeck copyrights

    Court turns away appeal over Steinbeck copyrights

    Court Alerts 05/18/2009

    The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a son of author John Steinbeck over the publishing rights to "The Grapes of Wrath" and other early works. The court said Monday it won't disturb a ruling by the federal appeals court in New York that the ri...

  • Appeals court sides with Redskins over trademark

    Appeals court sides with Redskins over trademark

    Court Alerts 05/16/2009

    A federal appeals court is siding with the Washington Redskins against a group of American Indians who say the football team's trademark is racially offensive. The decision issued Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington doesn't address the ...

  • 3 plead not guilty in Anna Nicole Smith drug case

    3 plead not guilty in Anna Nicole Smith drug case

    Court Alerts 05/14/2009

    Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-turned-boyfriend and two doctors pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they conspired to provide thousands of prescription pills to the former model before her overdose death two years ago. The appearance of Howard K. Ste...

  • Court hears appeal by DC sniper mastermind

    Court hears appeal by DC sniper mastermind

    Court Alerts 05/12/2009

    A lawyer for John Allen Muhammad says the sniper mastermind never should have been allowed to act as his own lawyer for part of his 2003 capital murder trial. Jonathan Sheldon told a federal appeals court Tuesday that the failure of Muhammad's trial ...

  • Judge Blasts Law Firm Over Asbestos Suit

    Judge Blasts Law Firm Over Asbestos Suit

    Court Alerts 05/08/2009

    A Los Angeles judge has blasted one of the nation's leading plaintiffs firms in asbestos litigation for attempting to obtain an upper hand in the case through what he called a "type of judicially sanctioned extortion." The judge's statements came in ...

  • Feds want 3-year term for Mo. mom in MySpace hoax

    Feds want 3-year term for Mo. mom in MySpace hoax

    Court Alerts 05/07/2009

    A Missouri mother should serve three years in prison for her role in a MySpace hoax on a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Krause outlined the governm...

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