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  • Bush nominates Va. judge to fill vacancy on 4th Circuit

    Bush nominates Va. judge to fill vacancy on 4th Circuit

    Headline News 05/09/2008

    A federal judge in Virginia is President Bush's pick to fill one of several vacancies on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, widely viewed as the most conservative federal appellate bench in the country.The White House announced Thursday that Bush...

  • Albany attorney leaves firm after state investigation

    Albany attorney leaves firm after state investigation

    Headline News 05/06/2008

    An Albany, N.Y., attorney investigated by the state for allegedly exaggerating his time sheets has stepped down from his post at Girvin & Ferlazzo P.C. James McCarthy resigned from his "of counsel" position at the Albany law firm on the afternoon...

  • Former expert witness for Milberg pleads guilty

    Former expert witness for Milberg pleads guilty

    Headline News 05/02/2008

    [##_1L|1080368672.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]A former expert witness for indicted class action law firm Milberg LLP and other firms pleaded guilty on Thursday in Philadelphia to lying to judges about secret payments he got from the firms...

  • Hartford Law Firm Tries Green Renovation

    Hartford Law Firm Tries Green Renovation

    Headline News 04/21/2008

    The offices of big-name law firms typically reflect a conservative corporate culture, right down to the traditional mahogany trim in partner suites. But at the new offices of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in Hartford, there won't be a bit of hard...

  • Lawyer's actions land him in trouble

    Lawyer's actions land him in trouble

    Headline News 03/14/2008

    Some people say Detroit attorney Doyle O'Connor's refusal to approve the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative for the November 2006 election ballot was an act of courage.Others call the decision by the former member of the Board of State Canvassers an ac...

  • Attorney General to Argue at High Court

    Attorney General to Argue at High Court

    Headline News 03/13/2008

    [##_1L|1182687551.jpg|width="127" height="85" alt=""|_##]Attorney General Michael Mukasey will argue a case before the Supreme Court this month, honoring a custom that his two predecessors ignored. Mukasey will be the first attorney general since Jan...

  • US court dismisses suit on Barr's Plan B pill

    US court dismisses suit on Barr's Plan B pill

    Headline News 03/09/2008

    A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to halt sales of the only "morning-after" contraceptive pill available in the United States without a prescription.The suit was filed against U.S. health regulators over their decision to allow n...

  • Patent police raid booths at CeBit trade show

    Patent police raid booths at CeBit trade show

    Headline News 03/07/2008

    [##_1L|1143108003.jpg|width="101" height="102" alt=""|_##]Police and customs officials investigating suspected patent violations seized dozens of boxes of mobile phones, navigation devices and other gadgets from exhibitors in a technology fair, autho...

  • Jenner & Block law firm cuts several partners

    Jenner & Block law firm cuts several partners

    Headline News 03/06/2008

    Jenner & Block, a top Chicago law firm best known for its trial attorneys, has downsized its partnership for the second time in two years. At least 10 partners have been told in recent weeks they will have to give up their equity in the firm, wit...

  • Millions Awarded in Jackson Taping Suit

    Millions Awarded in Jackson Taping Suit

    Headline News 03/05/2008

    The owner of a air charter service was ordered to pay attorney Mark Geragos and an associate several million dollars for ordering the secret videotaping of Michael Jackson and the lawyers as they flew with the pop star to his surrender on molestation...

  • A law firm's bitter breakup laid bare

    A law firm's bitter breakup laid bare

    Headline News 03/05/2008

    They call him "psychologically abusive." He insists their "venomous attacks" and "reckless hyperbole" are motivated by greed and personal vendettas.They say they were appalled by his "fiscal and executive mismanagement" and "reckless and wasteful spe...

  • Another law firm surfaces in Rezko case

    Another law firm surfaces in Rezko case

    Headline News 03/04/2008

    The name of the Bryan Cave law firm has come up in pretrial legal battles in the criminal case against politically connected entrepreneur Antoin "Tony" Rezko.In a footnote to a motion last week seeking to exclude some government evidence against Rezk...

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