Recent Updates
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Judge rules in favor of Avvo's online rankings
Court Alerts 12/19/2007[##_1L|1021271636.jpg|width="110" height="113" alt=""|_##]Avvo won a key legal victory Tuesday in its quest to legitimize its online attorney rating service. The legal brouhaha erupted earlier this year when high-powered class-action lawyer Steve Ber...
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Lawsuit Against Utah Ski Resort Revived
Court Alerts 12/19/2007Skiers assume the potential for injury when they try to navigate a steep mountainside, but not all risks are inherent, the Utah Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, clearing the way for a lawsuit against a resort.William Rothstein suffered severe internal in...
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Supreme Court Asked to Hear Zoloft Case
Court Alerts 12/18/2007[##_1L|1102819931.jpg|width="130" height="94" alt=""|_##]Attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a teen sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his grandparents when he was 12, arguing that the sentence is cruel. Christoph...
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Third Guilty Plea in Calif. Terror Case
Court Alerts 12/18/2007[##_1L|1258392267.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]A third man accused of plotting to attack Southern California military sites and other targets pleaded guilty Monday to a terrorism conspiracy charge in federal court. Gregory Vernon Patterson,...
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Jail former lawmaker, judge asks U.S. court
Court Alerts 12/17/2007Former U. S. Rep. Tommy Robinson would spend six months in jail if a federal district judge agrees with a recommendation outlined Friday in U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. In overruling Robinson’s request to sue two of hi...
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Man pleads guilty in CalISO computer attack
Court Alerts 12/16/2007[##_1L|1077964806.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]A South Natomas resident accused of shutting down computers that manage energy at the nonprofit that controls the flow of power over California's transmission grid pleaded guilty to a felony ch...
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Mistrial granted in trial of Harvard graduate student
Court Alerts 12/15/2007A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of a former Harvard graduate student accused of stabbing a teenager to death during a fight.After 10 days of deliberations, the jury was unable to reach a verdict on the manslaughter charges against Alex...
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Baseline Killer Suspect Gets 438 Years
Court Alerts 12/15/2007[##_1L|1048825293.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]A man accused of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer was sentenced to 438 years in prison Friday for a brutal attack in which he raped a woman while pointing a pistol at her pregnant sister's be...
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Lawsuit claims Kidd groped model at club
Court Alerts 12/15/2007New Jersey Nets star Jason Kidd is being sued by a 23-year-old model who accused him of groping and threatening her at a Manhattan nightclub two months ago. An attorney for Kidd called the allegations "false" and "defamatory" and the lawsuit an attem...
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Woman Pleads Guilty in NY Fatal Stabbing
Court Alerts 12/14/2007[##_1L|1279364011.jpg|width="140" height="105" alt=""|_##]The girlfriend of a former tour manager for Billy Joel and Paul Simon pleaded guilty Thursday to stabbing the man to death two years ago during a fight in their apartment. Kathleen Connors, 39...
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'Ultimate Fighting' star pleads guilty to assault charge
Court Alerts 12/14/2007Jon Koppenhaver, known as “War Machine” from Spike TV's reality series “The Ultimate Fighter,” pleaded guilty Thursday in Superior Court to a felony assault charge. The professional cage-fighter choked a Las Vegas man unconscious and hit him in the f...
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U.S. court turns down cemetery appeal
Court Alerts 12/14/2007Bensenville’s last chance for a favorable ruling regarding the removal or graves at a local cemetery to make way for O’Hare International Airport expansion may lie with the U.S. Supreme Court. The United States 7th Circuit Court of Appeals last week ...