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High court to rule in California prisons case
Lawyer Blogs 11/30/2010The contrasting views emerged in arguments over a federal court order forcing the nation's largest state prison system to cut its inmate population by some 40,000 to fix longtime problems with inadequate medical and mental health care.The justices se...
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Supreme Court rejects illegal downloading argument
Lawyer Blogs 11/30/2010The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a Texas teenager who got in trouble for illegal downloading of music—a potential blow to students who might claim to be “innocent infringers” of copyright laws after downloading music without payi...
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Ruling on Wal-Mart class-action case may have broader impact
Lawyer Blogs 11/28/2010The fate of the largest job bias lawsuit in the nation's history — a claim that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shortchanged women in pay and promotions for many years — hinges on whether the Supreme Court will let the class-action case go to trial.The court is...
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Ga. top court OKs death option for cop shooting
Lawyer Blogs 11/22/2010The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that two men will be eligible for the death penalty if they are found guilty of killing a Bibb County sheriff's deputy even if they didn't know he was a law enforcement officer.The state is seeking the death pen...
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Conviction voided in 1985 death of Brockton toddler
Lawyer Blogs 11/22/2010The state’s highest court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a Brockton woman who was convicted five years ago of second-degree murder in the 1985 death of her toddler daughter.Margaret Earle was convicted in 2005 — 20 years after her daughter ...
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Foreclosure attorney steps down from DJSP
Lawyer Blogs 11/20/2010Foreclosure law attorney David J. Stern has stepped away from all operations in a Plantation, Fla., company he founded. He will now concentrate on his law firm, a company statement said.DJSP Enterprises Inc., which did work for Stern's law firm, anno...
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Mass. high court to release hiring probe report
Lawyer Blogs 11/19/2010The state’s highest court is releasing the findings of a probe into allegations of widespread patronage in the Massachusetts Probation Department.The justices have been reviewing the report since last week and announced they will release it Thursday ...
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Calif. court upholds in-state tuition for illegals
Lawyer Blogs 11/16/2010The California Supreme Court upheld a state law on Monday allowing illegal immigrants who attend high school in California for three years and graduate to pay lower in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities.The unanimous ruling ...
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Court won't get involved in patient advocate case
Lawyer Blogs 11/15/2010The Supreme Court will not stop subpoenas issued to an advocate for chronic pain patients who is under investigation for obstruction of justice. Siobhan Reynolds and her organization, the Pain Relief Network, are being investigated because of her inv...
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Wesley Snipes to argue for new trial in Fla.
Lawyer Blogs 11/15/2010Attorneys for Wesley Snipes will try to convince a central Florida judge the actor deserves a new trial arguing the jury was biased.A hearing is scheduled for Monday before U.S. District Court Judge William Terrell Hodges. It's unclear whether Snipes...
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Nebraska high court disbars depressed attorney
Lawyer Blogs 11/12/2010In a decision released Friday, the court barred William Switzer from practicing law, agreeing with a referee's recommendation that Switzer had violated state rules.In its decision, the court said it had suspended Switzer in 2008 for 18 months, saying...
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Judge allows case over NC base water to continue
Lawyer Blogs 11/11/2010A federal judge has again refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an Iowa woman who claims contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina contributed to her cancer. U.S. District Court Judge Terence Boyle this week denied the federal government's...