Recent Updates
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Court says freelancer settlement can be approved
Court Alerts 03/02/2010The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived an $18 million settlement of a dispute involving payment to freelance writers for online use of their work.The high court overturned a lower court decision throwing out a settlement between freelancers, publishers...
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High Court Turns Back Hustler Appeal
Court Alerts 03/01/2010The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against Hustler Magazine over decades-old nude photographs of a woman that were published after she was killed by her husband, wrestler Chris Benoit.The court turned down Hustler's appeal Monday. Ben...
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S.F. man can sue feds for revealing HIV status
Court Alerts 02/24/2010A small-plane pilot from San Francisco, who hid his HIV-positive status for years out of fear of losing his license, can sue the government for disclosing his condition during a fraud investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A federal jud...
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Corporations Win Federal Court Access Battle
Court Alerts 02/24/2010As litigators, cynics and viewers of A Civil Action know, how and where a lawsuit is brought can determine its outcome at least as often as the merits of the case. Perhaps the most potent civil procedure decision is the case's forum: state or federal...
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Judge Praises Chris Brown's Probation Progress
Court Alerts 02/18/2010A judge is praising Chris Brown's progress on his probation for the beating of ex-girlfriend Rihanna.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg says Brown hasn't missed a session of domestic-violence counseling and has done 32 days of hard lab...
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Rigases fight second trial in US appeals court
Court Alerts 02/17/2010A federal appeals court is reviewing whether the imprisoned founder of Adelphia Communications Corp. and his son can face a second federal fraud trial.A full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Philadelphia will hear defense arguments that a s...
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Out-of-town-jury to hear Mo. teen's murder trial
Court Alerts 02/16/2010An out-of-town jury will hear the murder trial of a central Missouri teenager accused of slaying a 9-year-old neighbor girl because she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.A judge decided Tuesday to select a jury from outside of Cole Cou...
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Blagojevich Wants Tapes Played in Court
Court Alerts 02/11/2010When his corruption trial begins in June, Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, wants jurors to be allowed to hear all of the audio recordings — some 500 hours’ worth — that federal authorities secretly made of his telephone conversati...
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Court halts rules on Edwards sex tape retrieval
Court Alerts 02/10/2010A North Carolina court has temporarily stopped the security rules that a judge issued for the retrieval of the John Edwards sex tape.The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a stay on Tuesday without giving a reason. The court, however, did not hal...
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San Diego teen curfew struck down by court
Court Alerts 02/09/2010A state appeals court has struck down a San Diego curfew law for teenagers, calling it unconstitutionally broad. The 4th District Court of Appeal ruled last week that the ordinance doesn't allow teens to travel to certain legal nighttime events, such...
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Charges in Jackson’s death to be filed Monday
Court Alerts 02/08/2010Dr. Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson, will surrender to authorities Monday afternoon, his attorneys said.Murray will turn himself in at a courthouse at 1:30 p.m., they said in a written statement.Los Angeles County prosecutors hav...
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Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig Settle Lawsuit Over Ads
Court Alerts 02/05/2010Weight Watchers International Inc. settled a lawsuit in which it accused rival Jenny Craig Inc. of running a misleading ad campaign.“Jenny Craig has permanently agreed to terminate its advertising campaign,” Weight Watchers said today in a statement ...