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2 ex-judges, lawyer back to prison in Miss scheme
Lawyer Blogs 06/13/2011Two ex-judges and an attorney from Mississippi must return to federal prison for their convictions in a loan scheme. A federal appeals court had vacated their bribery convictions but upheld the guilty verdicts on corruption charges. So they needed to...
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High court upholds Nevada ethics law
Lawyer Blogs 06/13/2011The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld a Nevada ethics law that governs when lawmakers should refrain from voting on official business because they might have a conflict of interest.The court reversed a Nevada Supreme Court decision that said...
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Pa. appeals court upholds $188M Wal-Mart verdict
Lawyer Blogs 06/11/2011A $188 million class-action verdict against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Sam's Club over payment to employees for rest breaks and off-the-clock work was upheld Friday by a Pennsylvania appeals court. A three-judge Superior Court panel said there was suff...
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Court sides with Massey in W.Va. mine appeal
Lawyer Blogs 06/10/2011A federal appeals court has sided with the former Massey Energy in a dispute over the company's investigation of last year's deadly Upper Big Branch mine explosion.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that Massey is ent...
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Court says telephone companies must give access
Lawyer Blogs 06/09/2011The Supreme Court says large telephone companies have to provide their competitors discounted access to their network. The high court on Thursday unanimously ruled for Talk America, Inc. in its battle to make AT&T give it cost-based rates for usi...
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Court: No shield law for message boards posters
Lawyer Blogs 06/07/2011The New Jersey Supreme Court says people posting in online message boards don't have the same protections for sources as mainstream journalists.The court ruled Tuesday that New Jersey's shield law for journalists does not apply to such message boards...
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High court throws out lawsuit against Ashcroft
Lawyer Blogs 05/31/2011The Supreme Court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued over his role in the post-9/11 arrest of an American Muslim who was never charged with a crime.By a 5-3 vote Tuesday, the court said Ashcroft did not violate the co...
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Court refuses to reconsider Spector's appeal
Lawyer Blogs 05/28/2011An appeals court on Friday refused to reconsider music producer Phil Spector's appeal of his murder conviction, saying there was overwhelming evidence of his guilt. The California 2nd District Court of Appeal panel acknowledged it did not consider an...
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Wis. DOJ asks court to lift ban on union law
Lawyer Blogs 05/28/2011State attorneys asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to immediately vacate a Madison judge's decision striking down Republican Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi invalidated the law on Thursday after ...
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Man who bought Ohio St memorabilia is charged
Lawyer Blogs 05/27/2011A tattoo parlor owner who bought Ohio State football memorabilia was charged Friday in federal court with drug trafficking and money laundering, though his attorney said there's no connection with the scandal unfolding over the sale of the items. Edw...
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Court: Pre-trial motions don't count in deadline
Lawyer Blogs 05/26/2011The Supreme Court says the time used to deal with pretrial motions cannot be used to automatically extend the required deadline for a suspect's speedy trial.The high court on Thursday refused to grant the government's request to reinstate Jason Louis...
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Ex-IMF chief may use tried, tricky consent defense
Lawyer Blogs 05/25/2011Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has shed little public light on his account of what happened between him and a hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually attacking her. But in a potentially revealing hint, one of hi...