Recent Updates
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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...
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Some question prosecution's case in DeLay trial
Lawyer Blogs 11/10/2010In the six days Tom DeLay has been on trial, prosecutors have called 22 witnesses and presented volumes of e-mails and other documents as they try to convince a jury that the former U.S. House majority leader illegally funneled corporate donations to...
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Court refuses to step into custody dispute
Lawyer Blogs 11/09/2010The Supreme Court has declined to step into a lesbian custody dispute between a woman who has renounced her homosexuality and her onetime partner. The justices on Monday turned down an appeal from Lisa Miller, the biological mother of an 8-year-old g...
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Court order blocks Okla. amendment on Islamic law
Lawyer Blogs 11/08/2010A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a state constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases.U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange ruled Monday mor...
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Appeals court overturns release of Gitmo detainee
Lawyer Blogs 11/05/2010An appeals court on Friday overturned a judge's order for the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of helping al-Qaida recruit two men who became Sept. 11 hijackers.A lower court judge had ruled Mohamedou Ould Salahi should be freed after eig...
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High court hears Arizona school case
Lawyer Blogs 11/04/2010The Supreme Court appeared closely divided Wednesday about an Arizona tax-break program that provides millions of dollars in scholarships for students at private religious schools.The conservative justices indicated they are likely to rule against a ...
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WA voters say no to state income tax Initiative 1098
Lawyer Blogs 11/03/2010Early returns show voters rejected Initiative 1098 being rejected with about 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent in unofficial returns.Initiative 1098 would institute a new state tax on the top 1 percent of incomes to pay for education and health pr...
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California marijuana legalization goes up in smoke
Lawyer Blogs 11/03/2010California voters rejected a ballot measure on Tuesday that would have made it the first U.S. state to legalize marijuana for recreational use.The "no" vote on Proposition 19 had 56 percent of the vote to 43 percent for "yes," with 20 percent of prec...
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Appeals court blocks order to end 'don't ask, don't tell'
Lawyer Blogs 11/02/2010A panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday blocked a U.S. district judge from demanding that the military enforce her order against the Pentagon's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the milit...