Recent Updates
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Ginsburg says no plans to leave Supreme Court
Headline News 08/05/2010After a period of dramatic change at the Supreme Court and in her personal life, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is looking forward to being one of three women on the high court for the foreseeable future.Although some have speculated she might step down...
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Law center threatens suit over Michigan oil spill
Headline News 08/02/2010A public interest law firm is preparing to sue the Canadian owners of a pipeline that ruptured in southern Michigan and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Kalamazoo River tributary.The Great Lakes Law Center on Monday sent Enbridge...
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NM hires law firm to pursue investment lawsuits
Headline News 07/28/2010The State Investment Council has hired a law firm to help recover damages and losses from questionable investments and fees paid to third-party marketing agents.The council on Tuesday approved the selection of a Day Pitney LLP, which has nine offices...
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Ambac case lawyers, advisers get $18 million
Headline News 07/27/2010With more than $67 billion of its insurance coverage placed into a special receivership fund, Ambac Assurance Corp. is flirting with financial ruin. Yet at the same time, lawyers and consultants helping Wisconsin regulators navigate the complex case ...
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RICO law made to combat Mafia used in BP lawsuits
Headline News 07/19/2010Using a law originally enacted to combat the Mafia, attorneys are filing lawsuits accusing BP PLC and Transocean Ltd. of committing a longterm series of crimes by concealing flaws in deepwater drilling plans and lacking safeguards to contain a catast...
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NH lawyer out $240,000 in scam targeting attorneys
Headline News 07/19/2010A New Hampshire lawyer is out $240,000 after falling prey to an international Internet scam, prosecutors said. The attorney general's office declined to identify the lawyer but said he is one of two lawyers in the state who were targeted in recent we...
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$20 billion oil fund to begin payments in August
Headline News 07/16/2010The $20 billion that BP has set aside to pay for losses caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will start making payments in early August.Ken Feinberg, who is in charge of paying individuals and businesses for lost income, told a meeting of governmen...
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Law firm offering reward for finding killer of UT student
Headline News 07/15/2010A local law firm is now offering a reward for information that leads to the capture of the person who shot and killed University of Tampa student Ryan McCall last August.McCall and a friend were walking near the campus when a man robbed and shot them...
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Judicial Vacancies Slow the Wheels of Justice
Headline News 07/12/2010As the Senate prepares to vote on whether Elena Kagan should fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, there remain a substantial number of other vacancies in the nation’s lower federal courts that urgently need filling. Currently, there are about ...
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$500K donated to Ariz. to defend law
Headline News 07/09/2010Retirees and other residents from all over the country were among those who donated nearly $500,000 to help Arizona defend its immigration enforcement law, with most chipping in $100 or less, according to an analysis of documents obtained Thursday by...
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Toronto law firm preps Facebook privacy suit
Headline News 07/08/2010A Toronto-based law firm with a history of targeting litigation at corporations as varied as chocolate companies and silicone breast implant manufacturers has a new company in the crosshairs: Facebook.Merchant Law Group, which has offices in 10 Canad...
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Patton Boggs buys Trent Lott's law firm
Headline News 07/06/2010Patton Boggs LLP, which operates one of Denver's top 20 law offices, is acquiring the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group, a Washington firm that includes former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., as well as former Sen. John Breaux, D-La.Lott and B...