Recent Updates
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Judge Blocks Hawaii Superferry Sailings to Maui
Legal News Center 08/28/2007[##_1L|1379818423.jpg|width="130" height="92" alt=""|_##]A Maui judge today granted a temporary restraining order halting Hawaii Superferry service from Honolulu to the island of Maui until the court can hear evidence Wednesday to determine whether t...
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Illinois court won't reopen Philip Morris case
Legal News Center 08/24/2007[##_1L|1331906087.jpg|width="130" height="132" alt=""|_##]The Illinois Supreme Court denied requests that would have reopened a case filed by the state's smokers of "light" cigarettes against Philip Morris USA, according to a court document. The 4-2 ...
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Ex-Gov. Ryan will remain free during second appeal
Legal News Center 08/22/2007[##_1L|1366027468.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]Former Gov. George Ryan will remain free while he pursues a second appeal of his sweeping fraud and corruption convictions, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled late this afternoon. In ...
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Researcher Taps High Court Over Samples
Legal News Center 08/21/2007[##_1L|1255834421.jpg|width="90" height="119" alt=""|_##]A Supreme Court justice on Monday rejected a request by a Northwestern University cancer researcher in a dispute over ownership of thousands of blood and tissue samples. Dr. William Catalona sp...
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High court backs law on driver drug tests
Legal News Center 08/15/2007The state's highest court upheld a Maine statute yesterday that mandates blood alcohol and drug testing of drivers when a motor vehicle accident results in a fatality.The decision stemmed from a manslaughter case in which a lower court ruled that the...
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New Orleans politician pleads guilty to bribery
Legal News Center 08/14/2007[##_1L|1065504521.jpg|width="157" height="111" alt=""|_##]A prominent New Orleans politician pleaded guilty on Monday to federal corruption charges and resigned his seat on the City Council. Councilman Oliver Thomas, 50, admitted in court that he had...
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Judge: Super Bowl Funds OK for Churches
Legal News Center 08/09/2007Most of the $736,000 the city promised to three churches as part of a program to clean up the city ahead of the 2006 Super Bowl was justified, but some were not, federal judge has ruled.U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn ruled Wednesday that most of the ...
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Court denies test drugs to dying patients
Legal News Center 08/08/2007[##_1L|1011057646.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]People who are dying do not have the right to obtain unapproved drugs that are potentially lifesaving, even if their doctors say the treatment offers their best hope for survival, a U.S. appeal...
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Ciprianis Plead Guilty in $10 Million N.Y. Tax Case
Legal News Center 08/01/2007[##_1L|1219243287.jpg|width="120" height="80" alt=""|_##]The father and son operators of the Cipriani restaurants, which include the Rainbow Room in New York and Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy, pleaded guilty to evading $10 million in state and city bu...
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Lobby reform aims at disclosure
Legal News Center 07/31/2007[##_1L|1262299467.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]In a bid to score a quick victory before the August recess, Democratic leaders in Congress are moving ahead on lobby and ethics reform legislation that they say will make sweeping changes in t...
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NY Beggars Granted Class Action Status
Legal News Center 07/26/2007A U.S. District Court Judge dismissed on Wednesday the arguments by New York City lawyers and granted six panhandlers to proceed with a class action against the state and local law-enforcement agencies accused of making thousands of illegal arrests u...
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Levy admits diverting $7 million from fund
Legal News Center 07/25/2007[##_1L|1209932041.jpg|width="180" height="128" alt=""|_##]A partner in a San Diego hedge fund that allegedly bilked investors out of up to $60 million pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Paul ...