Recent Updates
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High court to consider drunken driving case
Legal Review 09/27/2012The Supreme Court will decide when law enforcement officers must get a warrant before ordering a blood test on an unwilling drunken-driving suspect. The issue has divided federal and state courts around the country and the justices on Tuesday agreed ...
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W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments
Legal Review 09/05/2012Whether West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry receives additional public funds for his campaign hinges on whether the U.S. Supreme Court sees a difference between elections for the judiciary and races for other political posts, the stat...
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Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges
Legal Review 08/29/2012An Ohio man charged with conspiracy for allegedly claiming to be part of the computer hacking group "Anonymous" and posting a YouTube threat to release confidential computer information belonging to the University of Pittsburgh pleaded not guilty on ...
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Pa. high court fast tracks juvenile lifer appeals
Legal Review 08/08/2012Pennsylvania's highest court is moving quickly to determine how to respond to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles aren't constitutional.The Sentencing Project, an advocacy group based in Washi...
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Gay marriage ban backers seek Supreme Court review
Legal Review 08/03/2012Backers of California's ban on same-sex marriages asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overrule a federal appeals court that struck down the measure as unconstitutional, a move that means the bitter, four-year court fight over Proposition 8 cou...
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Ruling on Wal-Mart class-action case may have broader impact
Legal Review 11/29/2010The fate of the largest job bias lawsuit in the nation's history — a claim that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shortchanged women in pay and promotions for many years — hinges on whether the Supreme Court will let the class-action case go to trial. The court i...
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CLS Mitigation Consulting Services “Defending the Damned”
Legal Review 11/06/2010CLS Mitigation & Consulting Services " Representing clients accused of horrific crimes is a daunting, soul-searching, tall order of business for any lawyer. Defending people like Joe Atkins who shot 13-year-old Karen Patterson to death in her bed...
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When Doctors Go Bad – Maribeth Chase v Dr Robert T. Tenny
Legal Review 11/06/2010Medical Doctors are not perfect. They make mistakes like everyone else.They’re not Perfectthey’re only human. But when 15 of Dr Tenny’s former patients and some “surviving family members of these former patients All end up suing the same Dr. Tenny, f...
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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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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...