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  • Artists sue auction houses over royalties law

    Artists sue auction houses over royalties law

    Headline News 10/21/2011

    Famed New York painter Chuck Close and other artists are suing Sotheby's, Christie's and eBay, contending the auctioneers willfully violated a California law requiring royalty payments on sales of their works. The three federal suits filed Tuesday se...

  • Court mulls trial in absentia for Hariri case

    Court mulls trial in absentia for Hariri case

    Headline News 10/17/2011

    A panel of judges at a U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will consider whether to stage a trial in absentia for four Hezbollah members accused in the slaying. The suspects were indic...

  • Report: OSU pays players' lawyer $142,000

    Report: OSU pays players' lawyer $142,000

    Headline News 10/14/2011

    The Ohio State Lantern is reporting that the university has paid a Columbus law firm nearly $142,000 to represent players during recent NCAA investigations into the eligibility of several Buckeyes athletes.The student newspaper reports that the firm ...

  • Ex-Justice Stevens optimistic about court's future

    Ex-Justice Stevens optimistic about court's future

    Headline News 10/11/2011

    Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spent much of his 35 years on the court disagreeing with the majority, but he's bullish about the institution. At a talk Monday at Princeton University, his biggest applause line was for his shorte...

  • Alberto Gonzales joins Nashville law firm

    Alberto Gonzales joins Nashville law firm

    Headline News 10/06/2011

    Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the first Hispanic attorney general in U.S. history, has joined one of Nashville’s largest law firms and will play a role in mentoring younger lawyers. Gonzales, 56, will focus on government relations, g...

  • Fannie Mae ignored misconduct

    Fannie Mae ignored misconduct

    Headline News 10/04/2011

    Mortgage giant Fannie Mae knew about allegations of improper foreclosure practices by law firms in 2003 but did not act to stop them, a government watchdog says. Similar allegations are the subject of a probe by state attorneys general into how lende...

  • SC attorney general, treasurer clash on lawyers

    SC attorney general, treasurer clash on lawyers

    Headline News 09/15/2011

    South Carolina's treasurer and attorney general are clashing over a plan to use law firms to review state pension fund investments for fraud and underscoring a soured relationship for top Republicans. Attorney General Alan Wilson said Wednesday that ...

  • Former Kansas AG Six joins Missouri law firm

    Former Kansas AG Six joins Missouri law firm

    Headline News 09/15/2011

    Former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six has joined a law firm in Kansas City, Mo., as a partner. The firm of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP announced Wednesday that Six will work in its commercial litigation, public client and personal injury practices. S...

  • Calif. gay marriage ban faces next legal hurdle

    Calif. gay marriage ban faces next legal hurdle

    Headline News 09/06/2011

    California's same-sex marriage ban faces its next legal test Tuesday when the state's highest court attempts to shed light on whether the voter-approved measure's backers have legal authority to appeal the federal ruling that overturned Proposition 8...

  • A Court Cannot Exclude Evidence Because It Is Self-Serving

    A Court Cannot Exclude Evidence Because It Is Self-Serving

    Headline News 08/31/2011

    In Reed v. City of Evansville, _ N.E.2d _ (Ind. Ct. App. 2011), Cause No. 82A05-1012-PL-768, Evansville sought to have some of the evidence the Reeds submitted in opposition to the City's motion for summary judgment because it was "self-serving." Tod...

  • Goldman falls on news that CEO hired top lawyer

    Goldman falls on news that CEO hired top lawyer

    Headline News 08/23/2011

    Goldman Sachs shares fell sharply Monday following news that its CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, has hired a top Washington defense lawyer. Blankfein and other top executives at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are facing inquiries from the Justice Department and othe...

  • NY governor signs government ethics law

    NY governor signs government ethics law

    Headline News 08/16/2011

    New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a new law Monday to strengthen ethics enforcement for state officials and workers.The measure, which the Democratic governor proposed and lawmakers approved, establishes a new 14-member Joint Commission on Public Eth...

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