Recent Updates
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Fla. lawyer to plead guilty in $1 bln Ponzi case
Court Alerts 01/06/2010Accused Florida Ponzi mastermind Scott Rothstein has decided to plead guilty to charges he ran an investment scheme that bilked clients out of more than $1 billion, authorities said on Wednesday. Marc Nurik, an attorney for Rothstein, announced the j...
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Truckers Seek Summary Judgment in Clean-Truck Case
Court Alerts 01/06/2010The American Trucking Associations filed its final response brief with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles seeking a summary judgment in its challenge to certain aspects of the Port of Los Angeles clean-truck concession requirements.ATA charges th...
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Polanski sex case back in court
Court Alerts 01/05/2010Roman Polanski will be returning to the courtroom for an overdue hearing for his criminal case later this week. The case could be resolved quickly, the appeals court has suggested, if Roman’s attorneys agree to sentencing in absentia — without Roman ...
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Supreme Court to weigh NFL and antitrust laws
Court Alerts 01/04/2010The NFL players, like football fans everywhere, will be focused on the playoffs this month and the fierce competition for a spot in the Super Bowl. Their lawyers, however, will be keeping an eye on the Supreme Court.On Jan. 13, the pro football owner...
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CA grocer free after guilty plea on minor count
Court Alerts 12/30/2009The founder of a Southern California grocery chain who was once convicted on racketeering and other felonies is free after pleading guilty to a lesser count.George Torres admitted Monday to one count of failing to collect payroll taxes from employees...
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Maverick Tube Corp. Wins $6.5 Million Case
Court Alerts 12/29/2009Attorneys Alan S. Breckenridge and Jennifer A. Bierman of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman L.C. served as co-counsel in a successful legal action that will benefit client Maverick Tube Corporation by more than $6.5 million. The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
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Court snubs Star Trek fan's memorabilia lawsuit
Court Alerts 12/24/2009A "Star Trek" fan isn't entitled to millions of dollars in damages for buying memorabilia that he says wasn't as out-of-this-world as it seemed, a court said.Ted Moustakis wasn't promised he was getting a one-of-a-kind plum when he paid $11,400 for a...
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NC lawyers try to block release of 2 killers
Court Alerts 12/21/2009The attorney general's office in North Carolina is petitioning the state Supreme Court to block the release of two convicted killers who had been serving life sentences.Lawyers filed their petition Friday, a day after the state appeals court rejected...
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White Conn. firefighters seek back pay, damages
Court Alerts 12/21/2009oup of white New Haven firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court are seeking back pay, damages and legal fees.The high court ruled in June that New Haven officials violated white firefighters' civil rights when they thr...
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Judge: Schwarzenegger can't furlough prison guards
Court Alerts 12/18/2009A judge on Thursday ruled against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's furlough order for thousands of California prison guards in a decision that could cost the state millions.Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch sided with the 30,000-member Cal...
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Trial set for Miss. woman in money laundering case
Court Alerts 12/18/2009A woman accused of laundering some of the $10 million her husband allegedly embezzled from a Tennessee company is scheduled to stand trial in federal court Feb. 1.Federal court records say Danielle J. Williams withdrew more than $300,000 from account...
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Court hearing set on unbid Ala. computer contract
Court Alerts 12/17/2009A judge is hearing a request by Alabama Gov. Bob Riley to dismiss a lawsuit filed by legislators challenging a computer contract issued by Riley's administration.Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tom King is conducting the hearing Thursday morning in Mo...