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  • 3 plead guilty to falsifying OH weapons permits

    3 plead guilty to falsifying OH weapons permits

    Headline Legal News 02/12/2013

    Three central Ohio man have been given three years of probation after admitting they falsified concealed-carry weapons training certificates, leading to the invalidation of hundreds of licenses. Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested the men las...

  • Economist convicted of tax fraud in NY court

    Economist convicted of tax fraud in NY court

    Headline Legal News 01/24/2013

    A California economist has been convicted of federal tax fraud charges in a New York court after he failed to pay more than $1.5 million in taxes, interest and penalties over two decades. David Gilmartin was convicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court...

  • High court to hear appeal in case of jilted woman

    High court to hear appeal in case of jilted woman

    Headline Legal News 01/19/2013

    The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a jilted woman who was convicted under an anti-terrorism law for spreading deadly chemicals around the home of her husband's mistress.The justices said in an order Friday that they will revisit the case of C...

  • Lohan lawyer in NYC courthouse in nightclub case

    Lohan lawyer in NYC courthouse in nightclub case

    Headline Legal News 01/11/2013

    Lindsay Lohan's attorney has gone to a New York City courthouse in connection with the actress's alleged fight at a Manhattan nightclub. Lohan was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor assault in the Nov. 29 incident at the club Avenue. Office of Court...

  • Ohio schools officer to plead guilty to sex charge

    Ohio schools officer to plead guilty to sex charge

    Headline Legal News 12/27/2012

    A former Ohio school resource police officer is pleading guilty to a charge that he coerced sexual behavior from minors. A federal judge had called Todd Smith's alleged actions "violence of the worst sort" earlier this year after listening to a prose...

  • Appeals court sides with newspaper in labor fight

    Appeals court sides with newspaper in labor fight

    Headline Legal News 12/20/2012

    A federal appeals court on Tuesday sided with the publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press in a long-running labor dispute between the newspaper and reporters who were fired after they complained about its editorial practices. The U.S. Court of Appe...

  • Firm settles with W.Va. AG over mortgage case

    Firm settles with W.Va. AG over mortgage case

    Headline Legal News 12/03/2012

    A Texas law firm has reached an agreement with West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw to resolve a case stemming from a national mortgage settlement. Officials said Wednesday that Murray LLP has agreed to stop offering services in West Virgini...

  • Lawyer accused of laundering money to request bail

    Lawyer accused of laundering money to request bail

    Headline Legal News 11/15/2012

    A U.S. lawyer who faces charges of laundering more than $600 million for a Mexican drug cartel is scheduled to ask to be released on bail. Marco Antonio Delgado will have his detention hearing Wednesday in federal court in El Paso, Texas. Prosecutors...

  • Lawyer for NY man suing Facebook wants out of case

    Lawyer for NY man suing Facebook wants out of case

    Headline Legal News 11/06/2012

    The latest lawyer to represent a New York man in what authorities now say is a fraudulent lawsuit against Facebook is seeking to withdraw from the case. Dean Boland, in a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, did not publicly say wh...

  • Ohio appeals to Supreme Court on early voting

    Ohio appeals to Supreme Court on early voting

    Headline Legal News 10/12/2012

    Ohio's election chief on Tuesday appealed a ruling that reinstates the final three early voting days in the battleground state, calling a decision last week by a federal appeals court "an unprecedented intrusion" into how states run elections. Secret...

  • Justices step back from Pa. court funding dispute

    Justices step back from Pa. court funding dispute

    Headline Legal News 09/27/2012

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is declining a request by county governments that the justices force the General Assembly to provide more money for state courts and bring more uniformity to the court system. The court ruled unanimously on Wednesday ag...

  • KC law firm owner faces murder, forgery charges

    KC law firm owner faces murder, forgery charges

    Headline Legal News 09/12/2012

    The owner of a Kansas City law firm was indicted Friday on first-degree murder and forgery charges, but authorities would not confirm whether it's related to the 2010 shooting death of the attorney's father. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said i...

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