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  • W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments

    W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments

    Legal Review 09/05/2012

    Whether 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...

  • Lawyer: LaBelle settles suit over NYC lobby run-in

    Lawyer: LaBelle settles suit over NYC lobby run-in

    09/05/2012

    R&B diva Patti LaBelle has agreed to pay $100,000 to a Manhattan woman who accused her of hurling curses and water at her and her 18-month-old daughter during a dust-up over parenting in an apartment building lobby. Roseanna Monk and her husband, Kev...

  • Lawyer: NM gov aide recorded on state email use

    Lawyer: NM gov aide recorded on state email use

    Lawyer News 09/05/2012

    An Albuquerque attorney said Tuesday he has a recording of the governor's top aide telling one of his clients that he never uses state email to conduct business because "I don't want to go to court (or) jail." But the aide said the small recorded cli...

  • N.Y. probing equity firms, including Bain

    N.Y. probing equity firms, including Bain

    Politics 09/05/2012

    New York's attorney general is investigating tax strategies of some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, an official familiar with the probe said Sunday. Attorne...

  • Ga. county must $4 million to billboard firm

    Ga. county must $4 million to billboard firm

    09/05/2012

    A Georgia county has been ordered to pay more than more than $4 million in damages and attorney fees to a billboard company as part of its ongoing fight to keep billboards out of Atlanta's northern suburbs. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports th...

  • NY court protects French shoemaker's red soles

    NY court protects French shoemaker's red soles

    Daily Legal News 09/05/2012

    A federal appeals court in Manhattan says the distinctive red soles of Christian Louboutin shoes are entitled to trademark protection. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled in favor of the French maker of luxury shoes worn by stars...

  • Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges

    Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges

    Legal Review 08/29/2012

    An 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 ...

  • California deputy pleads guilty to weapons charge

    California deputy pleads guilty to weapons charge

    08/29/2012

    A former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from the illegal sale of dozens of weapons, some of which were used by criminals. Prosecutors in Sacramento say Thomas Lu and fellow former deputy Ryan McGowa...

  • Ohio man pleads guilty to scamming storm victims

    Ohio man pleads guilty to scamming storm victims

    Daily Legal News 08/29/2012

    A man accused of ripping off storm victims in Ohio and Kentucky has pleaded guilty to nine counts of theft. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Joshua Salyers entered the guilty pleas in Hamilton County court in southern Ohio Tuesday. He admitted ...

  • Federal court rejects GOP-drawn Texas voting maps

    Federal court rejects GOP-drawn Texas voting maps

    Politics 08/29/2012

    Stadiums and hospitals removed from the districts of black congressional members and country clubs newly drawn into those of white incumbents. A lawyer emailing "No bueno" to a Republican staffer about plans that risked leaving a paper trail and jeop...

  • Court upholds summary for St. Louis police measure

    Court upholds summary for St. Louis police measure

    Politics 08/22/2012

    A Missouri appellate court has upheld the proposed ballot summary for an initiative that would end state control of the St. Louis Police Department.The Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District ruled Tuesday that the summary is fair and sufficient....

  •  Pomerantz Law Firm Has Filed a Class Action

    Pomerantz Law Firm Has Filed a Class Action

    Lawyer News 08/22/2012

    Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP has filed a securities class action lawsuit against Monster Beverage Corporation and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court, Central District of Califo...