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Onondaga land claim to be argued in federal court
Lawyer Blogs 10/11/2007The Onondaga Indian Nation's claim to 4,000 square miles of land running down the middle of the state and comprising some of the largest cities in upstate New York was to be argued in court Thursday. The central New York tribe filed claim in 2005 to ...
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Lawsuit accuses Mattel of insider trading
Lawyer Blogs 10/10/2007[##_1L|1092153030.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]Attorneys for a Michigan pension fund alleged in a shareholder lawsuit filed Wednesday that Mattel Inc. has misled investors by delaying the reporting of defects in its toys to federal regulat...
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Supreme Court wary 3rd-party lawsuits
Lawyer Blogs 10/10/2007[##_1L|1308844822.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court voiced skepticism Tuesday about efforts to allow lawyers, accountants and others who do business with large corporations to be the targets of class-action securities suits. At...
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Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Racketeering Conspiracy
Lawyer Blogs 10/09/2007[##_1L|1239062249.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]An ex-partner in the New York law firm Milberg Weiss pleaded guilty Tuesday in Los Angeles to a charge stemming from a scheme in which clients secretly were paid kickbacks for serving as named...
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Supreme Court lets HP lawsuit move forward
Lawyer Blogs 10/09/2007[##_1L|1054578001.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by Hewlett-Packard Co. to dismiss a class-action lawsuit against Compaq Computer Corp., which HP acquired in 2002. The lawsuit, filed in 2003 by Okla...
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Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against CIA
Lawyer Blogs 10/09/2007[##_1L|1250574125.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review a lawsuit brought by a German man who says he was kidnapped and tortured by agents of the Central Intelligence Agency. VOA National Correspondent Ji...
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Sallie Mae $25 billion buyout ends up in court
Lawyer Blogs 10/09/2007[##_1L|1407331041.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]The planned $25 billion buyout of U.S. student lender Sallie Mae has ended up where many said it would -- in court. Sallie Mae said late on Monday that it filed a lawsuit seeking a breakup fee ...
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Law Firm Agrees to Pay $27.5M to Settle Age-Bias Suit
Lawyer Blogs 10/09/2007The international law firm of Sidley Austin LLP has agreed to pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners who the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged were forced out of the partnership because of their age, under settlement approv...
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Ex-Google Manager Can Sue for Age Bias
Lawyer Blogs 10/08/2007[##_1L|1246398454.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]A 54-year-old former Google Inc. manager who claimed he was fired after a supervisor told him his opinions were "too old to matter" had his age discrimination lawsuit reinstated. Reversing a S...
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Court considers fraud lawsuit that will affect Enron
Lawyer Blogs 10/07/2007[##_1L|1176365914.jpg|width="180" height="122" alt=""|_##]The hopes of Enron investors are riding on a Supreme Court case that may be the last chance at compensation for their losses when the scandal-ridden energy company collapsed. Much of corporate...
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NFL, Travis Henry in court battle over drug test
Lawyer Blogs 10/05/2007[##_1L|1312529785.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]Broncos running back Travis Henry, who has a four-game substance-abuse suspension on his record from 2005, is battling the NFL in court over a new drug test, one that could lead to a one-year b...
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FDA May Ease Prescription-Drug Rules
Lawyer Blogs 10/04/2007The Food and Drug Administration may establish a "behind the counter" system allowing more drugs that currently require a prescription to be sold without one.In a notice set to be published in today's Federal Register, the agency announced a Nov. 14 ...