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LA judge says Jackson must pay law firm $250000
Headline News 07/17/2007A Superior Court judge on Friday signed a judgment that awarded $216,837 along with $39,177 in interest to the Torrance firm of Ayscough & Marar, according to court records. Jackson’s attorney, Marshall Brubacher, agreed in principle to the judgm...
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Decision could pave way for class action against Dell
Headline News 07/12/2007[##_1L|1324578279.jpg|width="180" height="122" alt=""|_##]A decision expected Friday by the Supreme Court of Canada could open the door to a Quebec class-action lawsuit against Dell Computer Corp. The case - which pits Dell against a Quebec consumer ...
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Pro bono work costs Seattle schools plenty
Headline News 07/11/2007[##_1L|1031671476.jpg|width="100" height="122" alt=""|_##]For 200 years, Americans have built our democracy with the growth of universal public school education. Public schools are gathering places for democracy. They take in all children, from diffe...
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Big Tort Lawyer Turns State's Evidence
Headline News 07/10/2007[##_1L|1285247730.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]Federal prosecutors are closing in on two titans of the class action bar, Melvyn Weiss and William Lerach, after one of their former law partners pleaded guilty to scheming to make secret payme...
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California law firm repays excess fees to Nevada
Headline News 07/09/2007[##_1L|1207426755.jpg|width="180" height="128" alt=""|_##]A Sacramento, Calif., law firm accused of collecting nearly $100,000 in excess fees for advice relating to a college savings program in Nevada has repaid the money to the state. The Orrick fir...
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$20 Million Trial Involving Iverson Goes to Jury
Headline News 07/07/2007[##_1L|1193016994.jpg|width="120" height="80" alt=""|_##]A federal jury began deliberations Thursday in a $20 million lawsuit against Denver Nuggets guard Allen Iverson over a 2005 nightclub fight that two patrons say was sparked by Iverson's entoura...
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Carbondale law firm celebrates anniversary
Headline News 07/07/2007July marks the 30th anniversary for a Carbondale law firm that has technically been in existence for the last 99 years. Feirich/Mager/Green/Ryan and Associates, 2001 W. Main St. near the Westtown Mall in Murdale, established its current banner in 197...
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Law firm boosts cellular signal in new offices
Headline News 07/06/2007Cellular signals often have difficulty penetrating massive steel high-rise buildings. But in Washington's downtown, matters are worse because of height restrictions that force builders to add multiple basement floors. One law firm knew that a new hea...
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High court misfires on desegregation
Headline News 07/03/2007[##_1L|1291836040.jpg|width="80" height="146" alt=""|_##]After 53 years of standing against racially segregated public classrooms, the Supreme Court has signaled retreat. That it came in a case partially growing from Louisville's traumatic school des...
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Law firms sharpen recruiting
Headline News 07/01/2007[##_1L|1252495301.jpg|width="110" height="102" alt=""|_##]With a demand growing at 10 percent a year, law firms struggle to find enough qualified young candidates to hire. "Old-school firms had people from graduation to grave," said Scott Dewey, dire...
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Supreme Court challenges Seattle schools
Headline News 06/29/2007[##_1L|1238987224.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]A splintered Supreme Court ruling on school diversity leaves the Seattle School District where it has foundered the past six years - casting about for an acceptable way to maintain diverse and ...
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Mahoning County to pay fees to law firm
Headline News 06/29/2007[##_1L|1114390982.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]Mahoning County commissioners approved paying legal fees of $99,500 Thursday to the law firm that sued the county in 2003 for having an overcrowded and unsafe jail. Prosecutor Paul Gains expla...