Recent Updates
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Court upholds searches of text messages in drug arrests
Lawyer Blogs 01/05/2011The California Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco on Monday that police are entitled to search text messages on the cell phones of arrestees without obtaining a warrant.The court, ruling in a Ventura County case, said by a 5-2 vote that warrantless...
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Court blocks EPA plan to take over permits
Lawyer Blogs 01/05/2011A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from taking over greenhouse gas permits in Texas.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued the stay Thursday, pending further action by the court....
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Calif. high court refuses appeal of no-burn rule
Lawyer Blogs 01/04/2011The state's highest court has refused to hear an appeal of a San Francisco Bay area air pollution regulation that bans burning Duraflame logs and other fuels on bad air nights. The California Supreme Court's refusal affirms a Bay Area Air Quality Man...
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Pa. judge gives 'gurney attorney' court deadline
Lawyer Blogs 01/04/2011An attorney charged with stealing $99,000 from two elderly couples he represented has met a judge's deadline to appear in court for trial.Fifty-three-year-old Mark Morrison didn't appear for trial Monday after his attorney said he couldn't arrange fo...
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Supreme Court to cut costs to fight deficit
Lawyer Blogs 01/01/2011The Supreme Court will join Congress and the president next year in cutting costs to reduce the federal deficit, Chief Justice John Roberts said Friday in his year-end report.Roberts asked the court's staff to cut unnecessary expenses and improve ope...
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Iowa Supreme Court upholds taxation of KFC
Lawyer Blogs 12/31/2010The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a decision to levy corporate income taxes against fried chicken giant KFC.At question is whether the state can impose income tax on revenue received by a company that doesn't have a presence in Iowa. KFC doesn't own ...
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Mich. court ruling would nix water discharge plan
Lawyer Blogs 12/30/2010A divided Michigan Supreme Court has issued an opinion that would continue to prevent an energy company from discharging treated wastewater into the headwaters of the Au Sable River in Otsego County.The 4-3 decision would deny the water discharge pla...
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High court ruling prompts new Ohio campaign rules
Lawyer Blogs 12/29/2010Ohio has unveiled new disclosure requirements in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year that eased restrictions on campaign spending.Corporations, nonprofits and labor groups will have to show the amounts they spend on independen...
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Top NY court upholds dismissal of golf ‘fore’ suit
Lawyer Blogs 12/27/2010Slices, hooks, and other errant shots are a common hazard on the links and a golfer can’t expect to get a warning shout of “Fore!” every time a ball comes his way, New York’s top court ruled last week in dismissing a personal injury lawsuit.Dr. Anoop...
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Lawyer: Feds probe pilot critical of air security
Lawyer Blogs 12/27/2010A pilot who posted videos on YouTube that were critical of security at San Francisco International Airport is now the subject of an investigation, the pilot's attorney says.The pilot placed several videos on YouTube in late November or early December...
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Ohio fraud fugitive ordered to serve 25 years
Lawyer Blogs 12/24/2010A federal judge in Ohio has ordered a woman to start serving a 25-year prison sentence interrupted after she fled the country following her corporate fraud conviction.A jury convicted 62-year-old Rebecca Parrett in 2008 for her role in a $1.9 billion...
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Court: Judge wrongly found grandmother killer sane
Lawyer Blogs 12/24/2010The Indiana Supreme Court has determined a judge wrongly considered the condition of the state's mental health system in rejecting an insanity defense for a man convicted of stabbing his grandmother to death in front of family members. In a 3-2 decis...