Recent Updates
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Pa. high court denies Orie Melvin request
Daily Legal News 07/18/2012A Pennsylvania state Supreme Court justice who is fighting political corruption charges has lost a request for her fellow justices to intervene in her criminal court case and require that an out-of-county judge preside over it. The state Supreme Cour...
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Japan whistleblower sidelined despite court ruling
Daily Legal News 07/11/2012An employee at Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus said Wednesdaythat his humiliating treatment has not changed despite a Supreme Courtruling that his demotion for whistleblowing was illegal.Masaharu Hamada said he is still isolated in the offic...
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FBI investigates missing $17M in trust funds
Daily Legal News 07/09/2012The FBI is investigating the apparent theft of $17 million from Northern California trust fund accounts.The San Jose Mercury News says the money has vanished from the trust funds of dozens of Santa Clara County residents who relied on a money manager...
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Cal Supreme Court rules in child death case
Daily Legal News 07/06/2012Welfare officials can take children from parents who negligently cause the death of a son or daughter, such as failing to place them in a car seat, even if there was no criminal harm, the California Supreme Court ruled.The court ruled Thursday that a...
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Wis. court won't rehear union case without justice
Daily Legal News 07/03/2012The state Supreme Court won't reconsider a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining law without Justice Michael Gableman. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne had argued Republicans violated the state's open meetings law d...
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Federal court orders May 29 primary date for Texas
Daily Legal News 03/02/2012The federal court in San Antonio has ordered Texas to hold its primary elections on May 29, resolving for now one of the biggest issues in the state's redistricting battles.The three-judge panel issued the election schedule two days after releasing p...
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The Law Office of James C. Kelly Announces Investigation
Daily Legal News 01/10/2012The Law Office of James C. Kelly announces that it is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Inhibitex, Inc. concerning possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law related to the Company's entry into an a...
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Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit
Daily Legal News 11/07/2011The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northe...
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US House group files motion in gay marriage suit
Daily Legal News 10/17/2011Gays and lesbians are not entitled to the same heightened legal protection and scrutiny against discrimination as racial minorities and women in part because they are far from politically powerless and have ample ability to influence lawmakers, lawye...
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Court says Microsoft must pay in patent case
Daily Legal News 06/11/2011The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Microsoft Corp. must pay a $290 million judgment awarded to a small Toronto software company for infringing on one of its patents inside its popular Microsoft Word program.The high court unanimously refused to th...
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Supreme Court to hear another arbitration argument
Daily Legal News 05/02/2011The Supreme Court will consider a plea from companies that cater to people with bad credit to keep disputes with their customers out of court and in the more business-friendly forum of arbitration.Days after handing businesses a huge victory by limit...
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Firm hired by GOP ends work on gay marriage ban
Daily Legal News 05/02/2011A prominent law firm hired by Republican lawmakers to defend the federal ban on gay marriage said Monday it was withdrawing from the case amid criticism by advocacy groups, prompting the partner leading the work to quit.The move by Atlanta-based King...