Recent Updates
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Sparks Justice Court to be open four days a week
Headline News 07/25/2011Sparks Justice Court is planning to go to four-day work weeks because of budget cuts. Justice of the Peace Kevin Higgins says court staff will work from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and take only a half-hour lunch. Public access will...
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John Edwards' former mistress seeks contempt order
Headline News 07/22/2011The former mistress of John Edwards wants a North Carolina judge to issue a contempt order against a one-time Edwards campaign aide in a case involving a purported sex tape.Lawyers for Rielle Hunter filed a motion Wednesday in Orange County Superior ...
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When is a Person an Employee of Another?
Headline News 07/20/2011On July 19, 2011, the Indiana Court of Appeals issued a decision which I found surprising in McCann v. City of Anderson, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. 2011), Cause No. 48A02-1009-PL-1060. At issue was whether a trial court had properly granted summar...
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San Francisco to shutter courtrooms, lay off 200
Headline News 07/19/2011The San Francisco Superior Court announced Monday that it's laying off more than 40 percent of its staff and shuttering 25 courtrooms because of budget cuts.Presiding Judge Katherine Feinstein said the actions were necessary to close a $13.75 million...
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High court sets oral arguments in campaign lawsuit
Headline News 07/16/2011A conservative group fighting campaign finance rules in Montana says in a recent filing that it agrees disclosure laws can apply to corporate speech, but Western Tradition Partnership argues it isn't subject to current disclosure laws because its att...
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Anthony lawyer rises from obscurity to legal fame
Headline News 07/12/2011Three years ago, Jose Baez's name was barely a blip in the legal community. This was a lawyer who made his way to the profession after dropping out of high school, getting a GED and going into the Navy. He tried several failed businesses — including ...
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Law school enrollment in Missouri lags as legal jobs dry up
Headline News 07/04/2011Missouri law schools expect fewer students in the fall after several years of significant enrollment growth both regionally and nationally. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported this week that the University of Missouri's flagship campus in Columbia h...
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Conservatives limit consumer, rights lawsuits
Headline News 06/26/2011The Supreme Court's conservative majority made it harder for people to band together to sue the nation's largest businesses in the two most far-reaching rulings of the term the justices are wrapping up on Monday. The two cases putting new limits on c...
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McCourt lawyer: Selig hasn't acted in good faith
Headline News 06/24/2011Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig hasn't acted in good faith by rejecting a proposed television deal involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and appeared determined to run Frank McCourt out of the sport, an attorney representing the embattled owner said Tues...
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Fed proposes expanding capital reviews to 35 banks
Headline News 06/11/2011The Federal Reserve wants a broader group of banks to provide details each year about their finances, part of an effort to ensure banks can meet their capital requirements and avoid another financial crisis. The Fed currently requires the nation's 19...
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Florida Bar pushing lawyers into the digital age
Headline News 06/08/2011The Florida Bar wants lawyers to join the digital age. The state Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a bar proposal for lawyers to exchange most pleadings by email instead of on paper. It's being billed as the first significant change in the w...
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High Court Stops Execution for Arizona Inmate
Headline News 05/25/2011The judge who sentenced O.J. Simpson to prison plans to take over for Nancy Grace on the syndicated television show "Swift Justice."Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass, who sentenced the former football star to nine to 33 years in prison f...