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BP spill cases head to court as Shell counts cost
Lawyer Blogs 07/29/2010The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico breaks into an Idaho courtroom on Thursday, just as the company's rivals are counting the cost of a ban on offshore drilling.Attorneys hoping to lead the legal fight against BP ar...
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Mass. judge who wrote gay marriage ruling retiring
Lawyer Blogs 07/22/2010Massachusetts Chief Justice Margaret Marshall said Wednesday that while she understands her tenure on the state's high court will always be linked to the legalization of gay marriage, that case holds no greater importance in her mind than the hundred...
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Seton Hall ex-coach Gonzalez pleads not guilty
Lawyer Blogs 07/22/2010Former Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez pleaded not guilty Wednesday to shoplifting a satchel at an upscale shopping mall last month. Gonzalez spoke during the five-minute arraignment only to verify his address in Harrison, N.Y. His attorne...
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NY man's Facebook ownership claim lands in court
Lawyer Blogs 07/21/2010Facebook will try to get a New York man's claim for majority ownership of the website thrown out of court, attorneys for the social networking site said Tuesday.A complaint by Paul Ceglia of Wellsville claims that a 7-year-old contract he signed with...
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Creditors raise new concerns over Rangers' sale
Lawyer Blogs 07/20/2010Angry creditors have thrown plans for an Aug. 4 auction of the Texas Rangers into jeopardy, saying they don't like the bidding procedures and arguing that the lease for the team's ballpark should be severed from the sale.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge D. Mich...
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Former Kansas athletics official pleads guilty
Lawyer Blogs 07/16/2010A former University of Kansas athletics official has admitted in court that he knew other school officials were involved in a lucrative ticket-scalping racket but concealed the crime and didn't alert authorities.Former assistant director of ticket op...
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Government seeks tough sentence against NY lawyer
Lawyer Blogs 07/15/2010A judge was poised to decide whether the government and some fellow judges were right when they said a 70-year-old former civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case received too much leniency when she was sentenced to just over two years in pr...
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NY judges may limit filmmaker raw footage ruling
Lawyer Blogs 07/15/2010Federal appeals court judges in New York may limit the amount of raw footage that a filmmaker must turn over from his documentary about a legal dispute between Chevron and Ecuadoreans over oil contamination.A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit...
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NYC court tosses FCC's fleeting expletives policy
Lawyer Blogs 07/14/2010A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a government policy that can lead to broadcasters being fined for allowing even a single curse word on live television, saying it is unconstitutionally vague and threatens speech "at the heart of the Fir...
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Gov't hopes new drilling moratorium can survive
Lawyer Blogs 07/13/2010Rebuffed twice by the courts, the Obama administration is taking another crack at a moratorium on deep-water drilling, stressing new evidence of safety concerns and no longer basing the moratorium on water depth. But those who challenge the latest ba...
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Chicago's tough new gun ordinance goes into effect
Lawyer Blogs 07/12/2010A new gun ordinance in Chicago that officials say is the strictest of its kind in the country went into effect on Monday.The ordinance was pushed through quickly by Mayor Richard Daley and the City Council after the U.S. Supreme Court last month made...
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Violent protests after Calif train killing verdict
Lawyer Blogs 07/09/2010The U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights division will investigate a white Oakland police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man on a crowded train platform, a case reminiscent of the racially charged 1992 police beating of Rodney King....