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Supreme Court Takes Up Arbitration Case
Lawyer Blogs 11/08/2007[##_1L|1219782649.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]A seemingly divided Supreme Court on Wednesday debated whether the judiciary should play a role in arbitration cases, the process used by businesses to sort out tens of thousands of disputes as...
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Some Question Preacher Investigation
Lawyer Blogs 11/07/2007For some, a Senate committee's investigation into six well-known evangelical ministries is long overdue, a needed check on preachers living lavish lifestyles built with their donors' generosity.But even among those who welcome the scrutiny, there was...
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Supreme Court hears age discrimination case
Lawyer Blogs 11/07/2007[##_1L|1319908742.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]This week the Supreme Court took up a case that could have far-reaching effects on workplace discrimination lawsuits nationwide. The case, Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki, turns on paperwork...
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Yahoo CEO Defends Company in China Case
Lawyer Blogs 11/06/2007Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang testified to lawmakers on Tuesday that the company has been "open and forthcoming" about its role in a Chinese government investigation that led in 2005 to a journalist's imprisonment."We have answered every ques...
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Appeals court rejects "Roe vs. Wade for Men" case
Lawyer Blogs 11/06/2007[##_1L|1249338525.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a men's rights group on behalf of a man who said he shouldn't have to pay child support for his ex-girl...
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Expeditors International Hires Law Firm
Lawyer Blogs 11/06/2007[##_1L|1150518012.jpg|width="130" height="92" alt=""|_##]The head of Expeditors International of Washington Inc. said Tuesday the freight forwarding company has hired a "noted law firm" to help it deal with an ongoing probe of the air cargo business,...
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WaMu sued over home appraisals - law firm
Lawyer Blogs 11/05/2007A law firm said on Monday it had filed an investor lawsuit against Washington Mutual Inc, alleging it pressured a unit of First American Corp to inflate the appraisal value of homes. The lawsuit comes after New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued...
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IRobot wins injunction against competitor
Lawyer Blogs 11/05/2007[##_1L|1283119053.jpg|width="120" height="118" alt=""|_##]A federal judge in Boston has issued an injunction against a Chicago-area robot maker accused of stealing trade secrets from iRobot Corp. of Burlington.In August, iRobot sued Robotic FX Inc. o...
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Alabama Supreme Court schedules two executions
Lawyer Blogs 11/01/2007[##_1L|1217173687.jpg|width="127" height="85" alt=""|_##]The Alabama Supreme Court has scheduled executions for death row inmates Thomas Douglas Arthur on Dec. 6 and James Harvey Callahan on Jan. 31, but a case before the U.S. Supreme Court could del...
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Court: Former Ill. Gov Must Go to Jail
Lawyer Blogs 11/01/2007[##_1L|1171785239.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]Saying it is time for former Gov. George Ryan to start his prison sentence, a federal appeals court denied his request Wednesday to remain free while he challenges his conviction on corruption...
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Supreme Court stays execution of Mississippi man
Lawyer Blogs 10/31/2007[##_1L|1155413914.jpg|width="140" height="105" alt=""|_##]The US Supreme Court late Tuesday halted the execution of a Mississippi prisoner just moments before he was set to die, officials from the state Department of Corrections said. Executions have...
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Judge Extends Microsoft Timeframe
Lawyer Blogs 10/31/2007federal judge in Washington, D.C., has extended the timeframe for considering several states' arguments for five additional years of oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s competitive practices, and the software maker's arguments against that extension...