Recent Updates
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Taxpayers see results from state 'law firm'
Headline News 05/29/2007[##_1L|1339743117.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]A few of the cases grabbed big headlines: a $12.5 million settlement for four brothers whose adoptive parents starved them for years and a $7.5 million award in the death of a 7-year-old Newark...
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Merck faces class-action lawsuit over Fosamax
Headline News 05/28/2007[##_1L|1142279071.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]The law firm Siskinds LLP has launched the suit against Merck Frosst Canada, Canadian Press reported. The statement of claim alleges Merck failed to adequately warn patients and physicians tha...
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Law firm's rainmaker moves to competitor
Headline News 05/26/2007Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, in the middle of a gut-wrenching restructuring, lost a high-profile Chicago partner and revenue generator to a competitor.Alan Salpeter, a trial lawyer who has represented major banks and accounting firms, notified the f...
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Woman dressed as a movie cop arrested in court
Headline News 05/23/2007Her uniform appeared authentic, navy and starched and ironed crisp. The badge on her left breast was authentic, too, made with steel and etched with a three- or four-digit number. The clipped name tag on her right breast displayed a last name, same a...
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Former City Attorney Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse
Headline News 05/18/2007[##_1L|1325097929.jpg|width="90" height="119" alt=""|_##]Former North Miami City Attorney Barry Kutun pleaded guilty Friday to child abuse charges that stemmed from a sex scandal last year. Kutun, a longtime state lawmaker who once ran for governor, ...
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Attorney firing list longer than acknowledged
Headline News 05/17/2007[##_1L|1335838190.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]The US Department of Justice (DOJ) considered replacing at least 26 of 93 US Attorneys between February 2005 and December 2006, a much higher number than previously acknowledged by officials, ...
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NV Hospital District retains Carson City law firm
Headline News 05/17/2007After receiving only two Requests for Proposals for legal services, the Silver Springs Stagecoach Hospital District voted unanimously to retain the law firm of Allison, McKenzie, Russell, Pavlakis, Wright & Fagan.The Hospital District received on...
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State suspends law license of Cincinnati lawyer
Headline News 05/16/2007A disciplinary arm of the Ohio Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the law license of a Cincinnati attorney who was addicted to marijuana and cocaine.Ken Lawson has handled many high-profile civil rights cases in Cincinnati.He acknowledges that h...
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Lawmakers pull same-sex marriage bill
Headline News 05/12/2007[##_1L|1355677200.jpg|width="200" height="143" alt=""|_##]Legislative advocates for expanded gay rights withdrew a pending bill Friday that would have provided marriage rights for same-sex couples. The decision came in the afternoon, when lawmakers r...
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New questions for AG in attorneys' probe
Headline News 05/11/2007[##_1L|1306423287.jpg|width="140" height="112" alt=""|_##]Members of the US House Judiciary Committee questioned Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Thursday about the US Attorney firing scandal, demanding to know whether White House officials ordered ...
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Grasso gets a break from the court
Headline News 05/09/2007Richard Grasso, former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, may get to keep his $190 million pay package after all, according to published reports. In a 3-2 decision, the court yesterday dismissed four of the six charges brought by former New Yor...
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Senate committee subpoenas Gonzales for Rove emails
Headline News 05/03/2007[##_1L|1376635287.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]The US Senate Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Wednesday, demanding that he turn over any e-mails he received from White House political adviser Ka...