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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 ...
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Texas Court Halts Inmate's Execution
Lawyer Blogs 10/03/2007[##_1L|1079899481.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals brought the state in line with the effect of a U.S. Supreme Court review of lethal injection procedures by stopping Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Hon...
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NYC Lawyer Guilty of Sex With Minors
Lawyer Blogs 10/03/2007[##_1L|1192727688.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]A tax lawyer accused of paying a woman so he could have sex with her two underage daughters pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of statutory rape and patronizing a prostitute. James Colliton, mar...
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Class Action Launched Against Harman
Lawyer Blogs 10/03/2007[##_1L|1289636783.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]Notice is hereby given that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an investor in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of its client and on behalf of...
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High court says no to new rights for church groups
Lawyer Blogs 10/02/2007[##_1L|1012284927.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court on Monday refused to expand the rights of church groups, turning down appeals in a pair of cases. In the first case, the justices declined to hear a free-speech claim from an ...
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Blackwater under fire in U.S. Congress
Lawyer Blogs 10/02/2007[##_1L|1333078476.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]U.S. security contractor Blackwater, under investigation over deadly incidents in Iraq, defended its role there on Tuesday, but lawmakers took aim at the company's actions in a Sept. 16 shooti...
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US Supreme Court begins new term
Lawyer Blogs 10/01/2007[##_1L|1237711842.jpg|width="180" height="122" alt=""|_##]The US Supreme Court begins a new term Monday, which usually remains in session from October through June, has already accepted to review a complaint lodged on behalf of detainees held at the ...