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  • Petters returning to court, seeks less prison time

    Petters returning to court, seeks less prison time

    Legal World 10/23/2013

    Convicted 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...

  • Justice's wheels slowed as shutdown hits courts

    Justice's wheels slowed as shutdown hits courts

    Law & Politics 10/14/2013

    The 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...

  • Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown

    Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown

    Headline News 10/11/2013

    The 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 ...

  • PG&E starts pipeline shutdown under court order

    PG&E starts pipeline shutdown under court order

    Environmental 10/07/2013

    Pacific 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 ...

  • Appeals court moves BP forward in settlement dispute

    Appeals court moves BP forward in settlement dispute

    Court Alerts 10/04/2013

    The 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...

  • Spanish court convicts 53 in corruption trial

    Spanish court convicts 53 in corruption trial

    Lawyer Blogs 10/04/2013

    A 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...

  • Once notable NJ lawyer given life sentence

    Once notable NJ lawyer given life sentence

    Lawyer News 09/25/2013

    A 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...

  • The Law Offices of Craig Hubble - Carson Employment Law

    The Law Offices of Craig Hubble - Carson Employment Law

    Attorneys News 09/25/2013

    Carson 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...

  • Manassas Family Law and Divorce Litigation Attorney

    Manassas Family Law and Divorce Litigation Attorney

    Law Firm News 09/23/2013

    The 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...

  • Gov. Rick Scott seeks Supreme Court review of worker drug test

    Gov. Rick Scott seeks Supreme Court review of worker drug test

    Legal World 09/23/2013

    Gov. 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 ...

  • Inmate accused of threatening court official

    Inmate accused of threatening court official

    Law Firm News 09/18/2013

    An 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...

  • Court asked to uphold BP settlement approval

    Court asked to uphold BP settlement approval

    Legal World 09/09/2013

    Plaintiffs' 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...

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