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Wis. DOJ asks court to lift ban on union law
Lawyer Blogs 05/28/2011State attorneys asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to immediately vacate a Madison judge's decision striking down Republican Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi invalidated the law on Thursday after ...
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Man who bought Ohio St memorabilia is charged
Lawyer Blogs 05/27/2011A tattoo parlor owner who bought Ohio State football memorabilia was charged Friday in federal court with drug trafficking and money laundering, though his attorney said there's no connection with the scandal unfolding over the sale of the items. Edw...
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Court: Pre-trial motions don't count in deadline
Lawyer Blogs 05/26/2011The Supreme Court says the time used to deal with pretrial motions cannot be used to automatically extend the required deadline for a suspect's speedy trial.The high court on Thursday refused to grant the government's request to reinstate Jason Louis...
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Ex-IMF chief may use tried, tricky consent defense
Lawyer Blogs 05/25/2011Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has shed little public light on his account of what happened between him and a hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually attacking her. But in a potentially revealing hint, one of hi...
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Supreme Court to CA: Cut prison inmates by 33,000
Lawyer Blogs 05/24/2011The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that California must drastically reduce its prison population to relieve severe overcrowding that has exposed inmates to increased violence, disease and death. The decision, however, doesn't mean the prison gates w...
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Appeals court reverses Countrywide suit dismissal
Lawyer Blogs 05/20/2011An appeals court has overturned the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought by investors against mortgage giant Countrywide Financial Corp.The move by a panel of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal reverses the decision by a Superior Cour...
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Supreme Court won't revive torture lawsuit
Lawyer Blogs 05/16/2011The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.The appeal asked the court to examine two controversial aspects of the U.S. response to the 9...
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Court affirms convictions of Abramoff probe figure
Lawyer Blogs 05/13/2011A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of the George W. Bush administration's top procurement official in the Abramoff influence-peddling scandal. A three-judge panel in Washington rejected the arguments of David Safavian, who was convict...
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Raided pot providers sue government
Lawyer Blogs 05/12/2011Two medical marijuana providers have accused the U.S. government of civil rights violations in what may be the first lawsuit of its kind in response to a federal crackdown on pot operations across the nation.The owners of Montana Caregivers Associati...
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Worldwide interest as Canada drug program in court
Lawyer Blogs 05/12/2011The woman stands close to a mirror fingering her throat. Then, sweeping back a mane of red hair, she injects heroin into her jugular vein. A nurse keeps an eye on her from behind.The scene unfolds in North America's first and only legal injection sit...
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RI lawyer confirmed as US judge; GOP block fails
Lawyer Blogs 05/06/2011A trial lawyer nominated by President Barack Obama to be a federal judge in Rhode Island was confirmed on a party-line vote Wednesday just hours after a Senate GOP filibuster attempt failed. The Senate voted 50-44 to confirm lawyer John McConnell to ...
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Prop 8 backers can't defend marriage ban
Lawyer Blogs 05/04/2011California's attorney general has again come out against the state's same-sex marriage ban, this time telling the state Supreme Court the proponents of successful ballot initiatives do not have the right to defend their measures in court.Kamala Harri...