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Lego loses trademark challenge at top EU court
Lawyer Blogs 09/14/2010Privately owned Danish toymaker Lego has lost a court battle to have its snap-together plastic bricks registered as an exclusive trademark in the European Union.Lego had argued that studs on top of the bricks made them highly distinctive and, thus, e...
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'Mini Madoff' Starr Pleads Guilty to $50 Million Fraud
Lawyer Blogs 09/13/2010Financial adviser to the stars Kenneth I. Starr, Starr & Co. pled guilty before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Friday to ripping off $50 million from A-listers including Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, Uma Thurma...
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No more bets: WA court says online bookie illegal
Lawyer Blogs 09/03/2010All bets are off at Betcha.com, a Seattle-based online bookmaker that couldn't skirt the state's gambling laws by making it optional for losing bettors to pay off wagers.In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the Washington state Supreme Court said Betcha.c...
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Pharmacy measure in ND Supreme Court's hands
Lawyer Blogs 09/02/2010Supporters of a voter initiative that could help bring cheaper prescription drugs to North Dakota are hoping a legal technicality won't keep them from getting the issue placed on the ballot.At issue is a state law that requires most pharmacies to hav...
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Mass. court rejects challenge to Cape Wind permit
Lawyer Blogs 09/01/2010Developers of a proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm were cleared to move forward Tuesday when Massachusetts' high court rejected a claim that the project sidestepped local opposition to win a key permit.Cape Wind project, a 130-turbine proposal that w...
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DOJ's elite Public Integrity unit gets new leader
Lawyer Blogs 08/30/2010The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section has a storied 34-year history of pursuing corruption in government and safeguarding the public trust.That trust was breached, however, when some of the unit's prosecutors failed to turn over evidence ...
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Neb. high court to get immigration-law question
Lawyer Blogs 08/27/2010A federal judge says the Nebraska Supreme Court should answer a legal question about whether a Nebraska city's ban on hiring and renting to illegal immigrants is allowed by state law.U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp ruled late Wednesday on brief...
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Judge orders university to release Palin documents
Lawyer Blogs 08/26/2010A group that filed a lawsuit over documents related to a June appearance by Sarah Palin at California State University, Stanislaus is claiming victory in a judge's ruling.The open-government group Californians Aware says Stanislaus County Superior Co...
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Metrolink: $200 million to settle LA rail disaster
Lawyer Blogs 08/26/2010Southern California's Metrolink system and Connex Railroad filed court papers Wednesday accepting the maximum $200 million in liability for a 2008 head-on collision between a commuter train and a freight that killed 25 people and injured more than 10...
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ACLU asks Supreme Court to hear Va alcohol ad ban
Lawyer Blogs 08/24/2010The ACLU of Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that bans alcohol advertising in Virginia's college newspapers.In a 2-1 ruling in April, the 4th U.S. District Court of Appeals concluded that the Virginia...
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U.S. court rules for India in New York tax dispute
Lawyer Blogs 08/18/2010A U.S. Appeals Court ruled on Tuesday against New York City in its long-running dispute with India and Mongolia over whether they owe about $47 million in taxes on property that houses staff assigned to consulates and United Nations missions.The dema...
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Infamous NY child molest case may get new look
Lawyer Blogs 08/17/2010A man who has been trying for decades to take back his guilty plea in a notorious child molestation case won a huge moral victory Monday when a federal appeals court encouraged prosecutors to reopen their investigation.Although the judges on the 2nd ...