Recent Updates
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When Doctors Go Bad – Misdiagnosis of Cervical Cancer
Legal Review 11/06/2010Every day, somewhere in America more than 300 innocent men, women, and children become victims of medical malpractice at the hands of incompetent and negligent doctors. Maybe just like your own family doctor. And these people end up either dead or pe...
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Kilpatrick Stockton acquires West Coast firm
Press Release 11/03/2010Kilpatrick Stockton LLP said today that it has gained the major West Coast presence it has desired for at least a year. The law firm said it is acquiring Townsend and Townsend and Crew, which has offices in Denver, Palo Alto, Calif., San Diego, San F...
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California voters reject legalization of marijuana
Politics 11/03/2010California voters said no thanks to a ballot initiative that would have made it the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use and sales. Proposition 19, rejected Tuesday, would have made it legal for adults 21 and over to possess up to a...
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Court Appoints Lawyer for Bernard Kilpatrick
Politics 11/03/2010It'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...
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Court hears arguments on violent video games
Daily Legal News 11/03/2010The Supreme Court expressed sympathy for a California law that aims to keep children away from ultra-violent video games, but several justices said the law faces a high constitutional hurdle. The high court heard arguments Tuesday over a California b...
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California marijuana legalization goes up in smoke
Daily Legal News 11/03/2010California voters rejected a ballot measure on Tuesday that would have made it the first U.S. state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The "no" vote on Proposition 19 had 56 percent of the vote to 43 percent for "yes," with 20 percent of pre...
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WA voters say no to state income tax Initiative 1098
Daily Legal News 11/03/2010Early returns show voters rejected Initiative 1098 being rejected with about 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent in unofficial returns. Initiative 1098 would institute a new state tax on the top 1 percent of incomes to pay for education and health p...
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States aim to force changes in foreclosure process
Legal Review 11/02/2010If the attorneys general of up to 40 states have their way, mortgage companies will have to revamp the way they handle foreclosures, pay penalties for violations and expand help to homeowners on the verge of foreclosure. The top law enforcement offic...
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Justices weigh lawsuits over vaccine side effects
Legal Review 11/02/2010The Supreme Court is trying to sort out whether drug companies can be sued for claims of serious side effects from childhood vaccines without driving vaccine makers from the market and risking a public health crisis. The court heard arguments Tuesday...
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The Zach Frith Story
Legal Review 11/02/2010Football…..is One of the most popular sports in America…..And It's also the leading cause of sports-related injuries. During the 2005-06 season, high school football players sustained more than half a million injuries nationally. And 14 year old High...
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Lovells, Hogan Managers Approve Law Firm Merger Plan
Lawyer News 11/02/2010Officials at the Washington-based Hogan & Hartson law firm and London-based Lovells said Thursday that they are discussing a possible merger, a move that would make the combined entity one of the largest law firms in the world, with 2,500 lawyers...
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Law firm merger scene still slow
Daily Legal News 11/02/2010There were eight new law firm combinations announced in the United States in the first quarter of the year, with three of them involving Philadelphia law firms, according to consultancy Altman Weil’s MergerLine Web site. Newtown Square-based Altman W...