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Petters returning to court, seeks less prison time
Legal World 10/23/2013Convicted Minnesota businessman Tom Petters returns to federal court this week to try to shorten his 50-year prison term. The attempt to get 20 years removed might be Petters' last chance to go after a lighter sentence for a $3.65 billion Ponzi schem...
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Justice's wheels slowed as shutdown hits courts
Law & Politics 10/14/2013The government shutdown is slowing the wheels of justice in federal courts by delaying civil cases, forcing prosecutors to operate with skeleton staffs and raising uncertainty about the system's immediate future if the stalemate continues past Thursd...
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Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown
Headline News 10/11/2013The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia's bid to revive its anti-sodomy law. The justices took the bench just past 10 o'clock on the first Monday in October, even as much of the rest of the ...
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PG&E starts pipeline shutdown under court order
Environmental 10/07/2013Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it will comply with a judge's order and shut down a natural gas pipeline after safety issues were raised. The utility said Sunday it believes the pipeline is safe despite an engineer's email questioning the safety ...
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Appeals court moves BP forward in settlement dispute
Court Alerts 10/04/2013The April 2010 blowout of BP's Macondo well off the Louisiana coast triggered an explosion that killed 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and led to millions of gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf. Shortly after the disaster, BP agree...
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Spanish court convicts 53 in corruption trial
Lawyer Blogs 10/04/2013A Spanish court convicted 53 people Friday in the country's biggest-ever corruption trial, which lasted two years and centered on widespread real estate fraud and bribery in the southern jet-set resort town of Marbella. The defendants in the trial, w...
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Once notable NJ lawyer given life sentence
Lawyer News 09/25/2013A defense attorney who once had a roster of celebrity clients and boasted of having tried hundreds of cases in federal court was sentenced there on Monday to life in prison without parole after his conviction on nearly two dozen counts including murd...
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The Law Offices of Craig Hubble - Carson Employment Law
Attorneys News 09/25/2013Carson Employment litigation attorney can assist you in determining the best solution in order for clients to seek recovery in the most efficient and effective manner. Employment litigation can come in various forms, including claims for wrongful ter...
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Manassas Family Law and Divorce Litigation Attorney
Law Firm News 09/23/2013The Law Offices of Tenecia P. Reid is dedicated to providing outstanding and creative legal solutions to clients throughout Northern Virginia. Specializing in family law for her entire career, Attorney Tenecia P. Reid stands ready to skillfully guide...
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Gov. Rick Scott seeks Supreme Court review of worker drug test
Legal World 09/23/2013Gov. Rick Scott intends to take his fight for random drug tests of tens of thousands of state employees all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a lawyer for the Republican governor told a federal judge Thursday. But Charles Trippe, who was previously ...
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Inmate accused of threatening court official
Law Firm News 09/18/2013An Olympia, Wash., man already jailed on a drug count is accused of threatening a Pierce County Superior Court commissioner after she set his bail at $150,000. The Olympian reports that prosecutors charged the 31-year-old man with intimidating a judg...
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Court asked to uphold BP settlement approval
Legal World 09/09/2013Plaintiffs' attorneys who brokered a multibillion-dollar settlement with BP following the company's 2010 Gulf oil spill have asked a federal appeals court to uphold a judge's approval of the deal. Only a "paltry few objectors" have raised the "narrow...