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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...
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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 ...