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Get-rich-quick scheme targeted in U.S. court
Lawyer Blogs 12/24/2010Consumers who were willing to plunk down two dollars for information on how to make money quickly or gain U.S. government grants, wound up paying far more than they expected, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court.In a lawsuit filed in t...
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Texans arrested in Iran funds investigation
Lawyer Blogs 12/22/2010A McAllen doctor and his attorney wife face arraignment Jan. 4 in Portland, Ore., after being charged with secretly sending more than $1.8 million to Iran in funds meant for a children's charity.Dr. Hossein Lahiji, 47, and Najmeh Vahid, 35, were arre...
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Ernst & Young Said to Face Fraud Lawsuit Over Lehman Audits
Lawyer Blogs 12/20/2010Ernst & Young LLP may be sued for fraud as early as today by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for allegedly helping Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. mislead investors, according to a person familiar with the matter. Cuomo will be sworn in as g...
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Austrian bank strikes back at Madoff NY trustee .
Lawyer Blogs 12/19/2010An Austrian bank accuses the trustee recovering money for victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud of going after the bank and its principal shareholder as part of an "international witch-hunt."In a statement out of Vienna, 2020 Medici — formerly known as B...
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Alaska high court considers disputed Senate race
Lawyer Blogs 12/17/2010Legal wrangling over Alaska's contested U.S. Senate race reached the state Supreme Court Friday, with justices hearing Republican Joe Miller's appeal of a lower court ruling that amounted to a victory for rival Lisa Murkowski.Miller is appealing a st...
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Federal court in Ohio says upholds e-mails privacy
Lawyer Blogs 12/15/2010An attorney sees a court's opinion upholding e-mail privacy as potentially groundbreaking and possibly helpful to his client, the founder of a company that sold male enhancement pills.Lawyer Martin Weinberg said Wednesday that e-mail evidence should ...
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Fla sued over sale of driver's license information
Lawyer Blogs 12/14/2010A federal judge has ruled that a class-action lawsuit can be filed against Florida over the sale of personal driver's license information to a private firm.The lawsuit claims the state, specifically the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles...
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Court won't get involved in NY lawyer ad fight
Lawyer Blogs 12/13/2010The Supreme Court will not get involved in a New York dispute over whether officials can curb some law firm television commercials. The high court refused to hear an appeal from New York officials who passed rules that would curb some television comm...
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Indians question Colo. firm's motives in vote case
Lawyer Blogs 12/13/2010The Mountain States Legal Foundation has built a reputation as an influential behind-the-scenes player over the years on conservative legal causes.It has waged battles against affirmative action and protections for endangered species while being bank...
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Pa. Lawsuit: Firm Let Nonlawyers File Foreclosures
Lawyer Blogs 12/07/2010A Philadelphia law firm used nonlawyers to file untold numbers of mortgage foreclosures across the state and fraudulently collected attorney's fees that caused people to lose their homes in cases which should be legally nullified, a Pittsburgh lawyer...
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Supreme Court to hear Wal-Mart appeal in sex-bias suit
Lawyer Blogs 12/06/2010The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal in the biggest employment discrimination case in the nation’s history, one claiming that Wal-Mart discriminated against hundreds of thousands of women in pay and promotion. The lawsuit seeks back p...
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Transit expert lawyers to help NJ fight tunnel tab .
Lawyer Blogs 12/03/2010Gov. Chris Christie approved a law firm with expertise in federal transit issues to help challenge a $271 million tab the federal government says the state owes for a canceled rail tunnel.Christie's office said the governor had signed off Thursday on...