Recent Updates
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Ohio couple pleads guilty in terror funding case
Headline News 05/23/2011An Ohio husband and wife pleaded guilty Monday to charges that they plotted to help finance a Mideast terrorist group under a deal that spares them from potential life sentences. Hor and Amera Akl were arrested in June 2010 after authorities said an ...
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Ala. chief justice warns more court layoffs coming
Headline News 05/18/2011Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb warned the state's judges and circuit clerks Monday to expect substantial layoffs because of the budget crisis in the state judicial system. Cobb met with judges and clerks mostly by conference call Monday. The mee...
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Ind. Supreme Court get harassing calls, emails
Headline News 05/17/2011The police force that guards Indiana's capitol buildings is investigating harassing phone calls and email messages directed against the Indiana Supreme Court following a ruling last week by the high court on police authority. The Times of Munster rep...
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Sacramento tax attorney to close law practice
Headline News 05/14/2011A tax attorney who called herself the "tax lady" will no longer be practicing law. Roni Deutch says she will be closing her law firm of 20 years and will surrender her law license. The Sacramento Bee reports that Deutch made the announcement Thursday...
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Disabled lawyer cranks out lawsuits
Headline News 05/09/2011Scott Johnson calls himself a crusader for the disabled. The hundreds of small businesses he routinely sues call him a legal extortionist. Welcome to the rough and tumble world of providing access to the disabled. At the heart of the matter is the Am...
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Discrimination suit against Pa. law firm settled
Headline News 05/06/2011A lawsuit that accused Pittsburgh's second-largest law firm of discriminating against women has been settled. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports a dismissal notice was filed in federal court Thursday, ending the case brought by attorney JoEllen Lyon...
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Nevada Supreme Court hosting Law Day Live program
Headline News 05/05/2011The Nevada Supreme Court is hosting an interactive Law Day Live forum linking courtrooms in Las Vegas, Carson City, and Winnemucca around an American Bar Association theme honoring the legacy of the nation's second president, John Adams.Court spokesm...
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Ark. AG sues firm claiming to fix credit history
Headline News 04/27/2011Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says he has sued a Texas-based company claiming to offer a quick fix for a damaged credit history, and illegally collecting fees in advance.A news release from McDaniel's office on Tuesday said he had filed s...
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Who's at fault? Court battle looms over oil spill
Headline News 04/21/2011While solemn commemorations marked the first anniversary of the calamitous BP oil spill, legal claims filed by the oil giant and other companies involved in the disaster show that lengthy court battles lay ahead.Around the Gulf Coast Wednesday, resid...
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Lawyer unraveling Ponzi scheme seeks extension
Headline News 04/20/2011The attorney assigned to unravel a Connecticut-based investment pyramid scheme says it will take longer than expected to account for the money, including hundreds of millions of dollars invested on behalf of a pension fund for Venezuelan state oil wo...
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Treasury risks overpaying law firms
Headline News 04/18/2011The Treasury Department paid out more than $27 million to law firms overseeing the financial bailouts without requiring detailed bills or questioning the incomplete records that the lawyers provided, a government watchdog says. Treasury's "current co...
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Wis. public court record access may be threatened
Headline News 04/10/2011Wisconsin court officials fear the court's data management system, including a popular site that allows anyone to easily look up the criminal records of friends and neighbors, could be on shaky ground if the governor's proposed budget breaks up its f...