Recent Updates
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High Court Rejects Pfizer Appeal in Investor Suit
Legal News Center 05/03/2010The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Pfizer Inc. that sought to thwart a securities lawsuit alleging the drugmaker misrepresented the safety profile of the blockbuster pain drug Celebrex. The plaintiffs alleged that Pfizer's Pharmac...
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Judge from Montana interviewed for Supreme Court
Legal News Center 04/30/2010President Barack Obama has accelerated his search for his next Supreme Court nominee, meeting in the Oval Office with one of the candidates, federal judge Sidney Thomas of Montana, a person familiar with the conversation says.Obama's meeting with Tho...
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Law firm sued over referral service
Legal News Center 04/29/2010Another lawsuit has been filed against Winters Yonker & Rousselle, asking that it be forced to forfeit all attorneys’ fees for allegedly accepting unethical referrals from a for-profit referral service.The complaint, filed Wednesday in Jefferson ...
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Mass. court leaders to lead talk on budget cuts
Legal News Center 04/25/2010Suffolk University Law School plans to host a roundtable discussion on the effect of state budget cuts on the Massachusetts court system.Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall will be among the panelists Monday at the law school in Bo...
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Supreme Court kills animal cruelty law
Legal News Center 04/20/2010The Supreme Court by an 8-1 vote Tuesday struck down a federal law that makes it a crime to sell videos and other depictions of animal cruelty, saying the law infringed on free speech rights."We read (the law) to create a criminal prohibition of alar...
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Strict new Neb. abortion law faces long legal road
Legal News Center 04/19/2010It's been called a groundbreaking law, but a measure approved in Nebraska last week that changes the rationale for abortion bans probably won't go into effect anytime soon — if ever.Instead, abortion opponents are hoping it will become the most impor...
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Oregon Supreme Court rules against
Legal News Center 04/16/2010Employers won a big victory Thursday in the ongoing fight over medical marijuana.The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that employers no longer need to accommodate workers who legally use medical marijuana.That means employers can terminate workers with med...
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White Plains Mayor Bradley Back In Court
Legal News Center 04/12/2010White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley was back in court Monday for domestic abuse charges. Bradley was arrested again on Thursday after allegedly violating an order of protection from his wife. Bradley was booked on three charges: harassment, tampering wit...
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Court won't give Saudi citizen new trial
Legal News Center 04/05/2010The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a Saudi Arabian citizen who blamed anti-Muslim sentiment for his conviction for keeping his housekeeper a virtual slave.The high court on Monday turned away an appeal from Homaidan Al-Turki. He was convicte...
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Court won't hear frequent flyer point broker case
Legal News Center 03/29/2010The Supreme Court has refused to let a company continue to buy and sell American Airline frequent flyer points while the airline is suing to stop the practice.The high court on Monday refused to lift a temporary injunction against Frequent Flyer Depo...
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Cyber-bullying case going forward, state appeals court decides
Legal News Center 03/19/2010A state appeals court says a 15-year-old boy whose Web site was flooded with anti-gay slurs and threats can sue a schoolmate who admitted posting a menacing message but described it as a joke.In a 2-1 ruling Monday, the Second District Court of Appea...
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Obama taps NPR reporter's sister for federal bench
Legal News Center 03/18/2010President Barack Obama has nominated the sister of National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (TOH'-ten-burgh) for a federal judgeship.Obama on Wednesday tapped Amy Totenberg for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Norther...