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  • Horizon Lines to plead guilty to fixing prices

    Horizon Lines to plead guilty to fixing prices

    Headline Legal News 02/21/2011

    U.S. authorities say the shipping company Horizon Lines LLC has agreed to plead guilty to fixing prices and to pay a $45 million fine.A Justice Department statement Thursday says the company was accused of conspiring to fix rates and surcharges for f...

  • as man on Neb. death row appeals to high court

    as man on Neb. death row appeals to high court

    Headline Legal News 02/19/2011

    A Texas man on Nebraska's death row for killing two men has appealed his case to the state Supreme Court.Marco Torres Jr., formerly of Pasadena, Texas, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in the 2007 shooting deaths o...

  • Fla. Ruling Big Tobacco Won Comes Back To Bite It

    Fla. Ruling Big Tobacco Won Comes Back To Bite It

    Headline Legal News 02/18/2011

    A Florida Supreme Court ruling that threw out a $145 billion award against cigarette makers is biting Big Tobacco back, making it dramatically easier for thousands of smokers to sue and turning the state into the nation's hot spot for damage awards.T...

  • Maine federal judge lets class action in care suit

    Maine federal judge lets class action in care suit

    Headline Legal News 02/03/2011

    A federal judge in Maine says 40 residents with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other conditions can join a lawsuit seeking to force the state to provide opportunities for them to live outside nursing homes.On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge John Wood...

  • Trenton voids law firm contract for contributions

    Trenton voids law firm contract for contributions

    Headline Legal News 02/01/2011

    Trenton's city attorney has found pay-to-play problems with a $50,000 contract that the city recently awarded to an Atlantic City law firm with ties to Mayor Tony Mack.Acting Law Director Marc McKithen voided the contract because he says Cooper Leven...

  • Mo. court sides with immigrant in adoption appeal

    Mo. court sides with immigrant in adoption appeal

    Headline Legal News 01/26/2011

    The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state adoption laws were not followed in terminating the parental rights of a Guatemalan woman who was caught up in a 2007 immigration raid and allowing her son to be adopted by an American couple.But the...

  • Court won't stop class-action suit against Pella

    Court won't stop class-action suit against Pella

    Headline Legal News 01/18/2011

    The Supreme Court won't stop the class-action certification of a lawsuit against Pella Corp. over a purported defect in one of its windows.The high court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal from the window-maker.The lower courts have certified a cla...

  • Judge approves $179M settlement for AK Steel retirees

    Judge approves $179M settlement for AK Steel retirees

    Headline Legal News 01/11/2011

    U.S. District Judge Timothy Black has approved a previously disclosed $179 million settlement and entered a final judgment in a dispute between AK Steel and retirees at its Butler, Pa., steel plant.The AK Steel retirees had filed a class-action lawsu...

  • Court: Couple Can't Have Adult Child's Records

    Court: Couple Can't Have Adult Child's Records

    Headline Legal News 01/03/2011

    An Iowa couple cannot have access to their adult child's physical and mental health records after being denied visitation with their grandson, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The court issued its ruling in the Plymouth County case between Jerry...

  • Mont. Supreme Court considers access restrictions

    Mont. Supreme Court considers access restrictions

    Headline Legal News 12/19/2010

    The Montana Supreme Court is considering restrictions to public access of certain information now available throughout the court system, including a proposal to seal all documents filed in family law cases except for final orders. Freedom of informat...

  • Searchers seek gunman in Utah ranger shooting

    Searchers seek gunman in Utah ranger shooting

    Headline Legal News 12/16/2010

    Searchers combed the rugged red rock terrain near Moab for a third day Monday in their hunt for a possibly armed and dangerous man they believe was involved in the shooting of a Utah park ranger.The target of their manhunt was Lance Leeroy Arellano, ...

  • Leaked US cables reveal sensitive diplomacy

    Leaked US cables reveal sensitive diplomacy

    Headline Legal News 11/28/2010

    Hundreds of thousands of State Department documents leaked Sunday revealed a hidden world of backstage international diplomacy, divulging candid comments from world leaders and detailing occasional U.S. pressure tactics aimed at hot spots in Afghanis...

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