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Prosecutor May Have Known of CIA Tapes
Lawyer Blogs 02/07/2008The lead prosecutor in the terror case against Zacarias Moussaoui may have known the CIA destroyed tapes of its interrogations of an al-Qaida suspect more than a year before the government acknowledged it to the court, newly unsealed documents indica...
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Court: Mom Can't Sue Over Circumcision
Lawyer Blogs 02/07/2008The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a mother who didn't like the way her baby's circumcision looked cannot sue a Fridley hospital for medical malpractice.Dawn Nelson sued Unity Hospital and Dr. Steven Berestka, claiming the doctor removed "...
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Detroit told to disclose mayor's secret deals
Lawyer Blogs 02/06/2008[##_1L|1329279100.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]A judge ordered the release of secret agreements Tuesday revealing that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick settled a police whistle-blower lawsuit for $8.4 million in October in a failed bid to co...
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Court Won't Reconsider Guantanamo Ruling
Lawyer Blogs 02/02/2008A federal appeals court refused Friday to reconsider a ruling broadening its own authority to scrutinize evidence against detainees at Guantanamo Bay.The decision is a setback for the Bush administration, which was displeased by the court's three-jud...
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US Supreme Court stays Alabama execution
Lawyer Blogs 02/01/2008[##_1L|1081018752.jpg|width="157" height="111" alt=""|_##]The US Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order staying the execution of a convicted rapist and murderer, as part of its decision to review the legality of lethal injections nationwide. The r...
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Ore. high court reaffirms smoker damages
Lawyer Blogs 02/01/2008The Oregon Supreme Court for a third time has allowed a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris, an award twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive.The award was for the family of Jesse Willia...
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Supreme Court Hears Fla. Gaming Case
Lawyer Blogs 01/31/2008[##_1L|1195645848.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]Gov. Charlie Crist exceeded his powers and violated the Florida Constitution when he agreed with the Seminole Indian tribe to expand gambling in the state, an attorney for the Florida House tol...
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Supreme Court opens door for toxic lawsuits
Lawyer Blogs 01/31/2008Overturning a long-standing precedent it had reaffirmed only last year, the Alabama Supreme Court has allowed a wrongful death lawsuit that a judge had barred on grounds that the plaintiff waited too long to file. The 5-4 decision handed down Friday ...
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U.S. attorney general says CIA interrogations legal
Lawyer Blogs 01/30/2008[##_1L|1138555651.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]The CIA's current techniques for interrogating terrorism suspects are legal and do not include a widely condemned method known as waterboarding, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey told Cong...
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ACLU Sues Over Paper Ballots in Ohio
Lawyer Blogs 01/29/2008[##_1L|1034238714.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge on Monday to block the March 4 presidential primary in Ohio's biggest county if it switches to a paper ballot system that doesn't allow ...
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Judge to Rule on Calif. Migrant Housing
Lawyer Blogs 01/28/2008[##_1L|1250948846.jpg|width="130" height="132" alt=""|_##]Thousands of migrant workers who live in a mobile home park on tribal land southeast of Los Angeles could soon be homeless if a federal judge orders the encampment shut down. The government ha...
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Oregon court rejects circumcision case
Lawyer Blogs 01/27/2008The wishes of a 12-year-old boy should be considered in a dispute between his divorced parents about whether he should be circumcised, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday.The father, James Boldt, converted to Judaism in 2004 and wants the boy to be...