Recent Updates
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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...
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NC woman accused of hiding corpse appears in court
Court Alerts 12/17/2009A woman accused of hiding her elderly mother's corpse for seven months in the family's North Carolina home asked Thursday for a court-appointed defense attorney.Amy Stewart made her first court appearance before a district court judge in Wilmington.T...
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Colo. Supreme Court bans smoking in live theater
Court Alerts 12/16/2009The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a state ban on smoking by actors onstage, ruling that public health trumps actor's freedom of expression.The court ruled 6-1 on Monday that a state indoor smoking ban applies to theaters. Observers called it the ...
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Erin Andrews, accused stalker due in court
Court Alerts 12/15/2009Erin Andrews plans to be in a Los Angeles courtroom when a man accused of secretly filming her nude enters an expected guilty plea to stalking.A hearing is set for Tuesday afternoon for Illinois insurance executive Michael David Barrett to enter the ...