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Texan pleads guilty, will forfeit grenade launcher
Legal News Center 12/22/2010A Corpus Christi-area man has pleaded guilty to two weapons charges and will forfeit a grenade launcher and more than 11,000 rounds of ammunition.Jeremy Charles Davenport of Odem will be sentenced March 9, 2011, and faces up to 10 years in prison on ...
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WikiLeaks Poses Legal Challenges for US Prosecutors
Legal News Center 12/20/2010The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly considering whether to file espionage charges against the WikiLeaks Web site and its founder Julian Assange. The case has raised broad legal questions about how the government will protect the freedom of info...
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White House insists health law rollout unaffected
Legal News Center 12/15/2010The White House insisted Tuesday that the implementation of President Barack Obama's landmark health care law will not be affected by a negative federal court ruling, and the Justice Department said it would appeal."There's no practical impact at all...
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Madoff son's suicide followed battle with trustee
Legal News Center 12/13/2010For two years, the two sons of jailed financier Bernard Madoff portrayed themselves as honest whistleblowers of their father's historic fraud. A court-appointed trustee depicted them as bungling money managers who did nothing to protect investors.The...
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U.S. judge rejects part of new healthcare law
Legal News Center 12/13/2010The ruling in Virginia strikes the most serious legal blow yet to the Obama-backed law requiring Americans to get health insurance.A federal judge in Virginia on Monday rejected part of the new healthcare law, becoming the first court to rule that Co...
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Producer charged in wife's death due back in court
Legal News Center 12/07/2010A reality TV producer charged with killing his wife in Mexico is due back in Los Angeles court Tuesday afternoon to argue that his detention is unconstitutional.Attorneys for Bruce Beresford-Redman claim the federal prosecutors haven't properly demon...
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French court: Continental guilty in Concorde crash
Legal News Center 12/06/2010A French court today convicted Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics for on involuntary manslaughter charges related to the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde jet, The Associated Press reports.The court ordered Continental to pay Air France...
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New wine case possible for US Supreme Court
Legal News Center 12/03/2010The US Supreme Court, which five years ago struck down laws preventing wine makers in one state from selling directly to customers living in another, could be poised to dip its collective toe into the wine vat again.The top US court will soon decide ...
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Supreme Court: drugs can be forced on defendant
Legal News Center 11/28/2010The state Supreme Court ruled on Friday that possession of more than 8 pounds of marijuana is a serious enough charge to warrant forcing medication on a defendant so he is competent to stand trial. The high court's 7-0 ruling came in the case of 30-y...
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Fired LA court spokesman denies TMZ.com leaks
Legal News Center 11/20/2010The former spokesman for the Los Angeles County Superior Court claims false rumors that he leaked information to a celebrity news website were used as pretext for his firing.Allan Parachini was fired Monday after eight years of handling the media cov...
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SD Supreme Court steps into beef jerky case
Legal News Center 11/18/2010The state Supreme Court stepped into a years-long family dispute involving one of the world's largest beef jerky companies Tuesday, when the son of the Wisconsin company's founder asked justices for a better valuation of a South Dakota subsidiary.Jay...
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Wis. appeals court divides over removal of guns
Legal News Center 11/17/2010A divided Wisconsin appeals court says police did nothing wrong when they found two illegal shotguns after removing other weapons legally in possession of a man taken into protective custody. Jason Kucik appealed his convictions for possessing the il...