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  • 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...

  • $450m class action launched against NAB

    $450m class action launched against NAB

    Headline Legal News 11/25/2010

    A $450 million class action is being launched on behalf of National Australia Bank shareholders who lost money during the global financial crisis because of NAB's exposure to toxic debt.Legal firm Maurice Blackburn will lodge the claim in a Victorian...

  • Court Appoints Lawyer for Bernard Kilpatrick

    Court Appoints Lawyer for Bernard Kilpatrick

    Headline Legal News 11/03/2010

    It's the ongoing public corruption investigation that's led to charges against numerous city officials, including former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. It now appears his father could soon be at federal court, as well."The case looks like it's at a ...

  • BP expected to pay Florida $20M for seafood inspections

    BP expected to pay Florida $20M for seafood inspections

    Headline Legal News 10/25/2010

    Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson says BP will pay his department $10 million to strengthen its inspection operations to ensure that seafood taken from Gulf of Mexico waters is safe to eat.Bronson said Monday another $10 million from B...

  • Court won't speed challenge to MN disclosure law

    Court won't speed challenge to MN disclosure law

    Headline Legal News 10/04/2010

    A federal appeals court has declined to fast-track a challenge against a Minnesota law requiring disclosure of corporate political spending.In an order Monday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion to expedite the case, and it scheduled or...

  • Court affirms overturning Fla. gay adoption ban

    Court affirms overturning Fla. gay adoption ban

    Headline Legal News 09/22/2010

    Florida's strict ban on adoption by gay people is unconstitutional because no other group, even people with criminal backgrounds, are singled out for a flat prohibition by state law, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.The ruling by the 3rd District Cou...

  • American Bar Association Honors Philadelphia Firms

    American Bar Association Honors Philadelphia Firms

    Headline Legal News 09/22/2010

    The American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Representation Project will acknowledge Philadelphia law firms Reed Smith LLP and Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP’s role in ground-breaking, pro bono litigation of capital punishment appeals with an Excepti...

  • Man who tried to fake death pleads guilty to fraud

    Man who tried to fake death pleads guilty to fraud

    Headline Legal News 09/16/2010

    An Indiana money manager who once led a high-flying lifestyle pleaded guilty to five securities fraud counts on Wednesday, nearly two years after he tried to fake his death in a Florida plane crash to escape the crush of financial and personal proble...

  • Court lets part of organic-milk case proceed

    Court lets part of organic-milk case proceed

    Headline Legal News 09/16/2010

    A federal appeals court says a group of dairy consumers can proceed with parts of a lawsuit alleging that several national retailers and an organic dairy company falsely labeled the dairy's milk.Aurora Organic Dairy, based in Boulder, Colo., is the n...

  • Menzer & Hill, P.A. Announces Investigation

    Menzer & Hill, P.A. Announces Investigation

    Headline Legal News 09/09/2010

    e Securities Arbitration Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. Announces Investigation Into The Sales Practices Of Broker-Dealers That Solicited Purchases of Inverse and Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) The Securities Arbitration Firm of Menzer &...

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