Recent Updates
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Ex-Detroit lawyer loses case over 'ghetto' remark
Headline News 03/09/2012A former top lawyer for the city of Detroit who lost her job for describing a local court as "ghetto" has lost an appeal over her dismissal. A federal appeals court says Friday that Kathleen Leavey's comments in 2009 were not protected under the Firs...
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Federal Law Entitles You to an Accurate Credit Report
Headline News 03/06/2012Indianapolis Credit Reporting Law Firm The Fair Credit Reporting Act (the FCRA), a federal statute passed in 1970 to regulate the collection and use of consumer credit information, requires consumer reporting agencies (also known as credit reporting ...
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Cook County court building named after famed Judge
Headline News 03/02/2012After decades of merely being known as 26th and California, the Cook County Criminal Courts building on Chicago's southwest side has been officially named "The Honorable George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building." Members of the Cook County Board vo...
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Back Pay Award Reduced Based on Laches in Class Action
Headline News 03/01/2012The Indiana Supreme Court recently decided what could prove to be a landmark decision on the doctrine of laches in Richmond State Hospital v. Brattain, Cause No. 49S02-1106-CV-327. If you are dealing with a case involving laches, this decision is a m...
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BP 'ready for long court battle over Gulf spill'
Headline News 02/27/2012BP chief executive Bob Dudley said the company is able to fight a lengthy court battle over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Dudley, who took control of BP in October 2012 after former chief executive Tony Hayward resigned amid criticism ove...
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Ousted Ind. official sentenced in voter fraud case
Headline News 02/24/2012Indiana's ousted top elections official was sentenced Thursday to a year of home detention for six felony convictions that a judge refused to reduce to lesser crimes — a ruling that, if upheld on appeal, will likely cost him not only his office but a...
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Las Vegas, Nevada Litigation Attorneys
Headline News 02/15/2012Maier Gutierrez Ayon is a Las Vegas, Nevada based law firm committed to representing clients in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, medical malpractice, business and real estate litigation, bankruptcy, and employment law....
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Magnet Toy Class Action Settlement
Headline News 02/04/2012On December 15, 2011, the Honorable Susan D. Wigenton, U.S.D.J., granted final approval of a class action settlement in the lawsuit Chris Doering, et al. v. MEGA Brands, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 2:08-CV-1750 (SDW) (MCA). Defendants MEGA Brands,...
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Providence mayor warns of possible bankruptcy
Headline News 02/02/2012Mayor Angel Taveras painted a bleak picture Thursday of the city's finances, saying Providence faces "devastation" and could go bankrupt if retiree benefits aren't cut and tax-exempt institutions like Brown University don't pay more in lieu of taxes....
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Judges skeptical of Texas in redistricting case
Headline News 02/01/2012Three federal judges weighing the legality of Texas' new political maps reacted with skepticism Tuesday when the state's lawyer suggested the intent of the redrawn boundaries was to maximize the influence of Republicans, not to minimize the influence...
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LA court seeks more info in Honda hybrid suit
Headline News 01/25/2012A unique small claims court case brought by a Honda hybrid car owner against the auto giant is rolling back into court Wednesday with a judge seeking more information about the claim of Heather Peters, who says her car failed to deliver promised mile...
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NJ gov picks gay black man, Asian for top court
Headline News 01/24/2012Gov. Chris Christie moved to diversify the state's all-white Supreme Court on Monday with two firsts: the nominations of an openly gay black man and a Korean-born prosecutor to fill two vacancies. If confirmed, Bruce A. Harris would become New Jersey...