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US court overturns ruling against Muslim charities
Lawyer Blogs 12/29/2007A US court overturned Friday a ruling that ordered Muslim charities with alleged links to the Palestinian Hamas movement to compensate the family of a US teenager killed in the West Bank.The groups had been ordered in a 2004 civil case to pay 156 mil...
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Attorney Wants Criminal Charges Against Insurer
Lawyer Blogs 12/23/2007[##_1L|1161633210.jpg|width="101" height="102" alt=""|_##]The lawyer for California teen Nataline Sarkisyan charged today that the only reason Cigna Health Care officials changed their minds and approved a liver transplant for the desperate girl was ...
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Law Firm to Investigate MN Bridge Collapse
Lawyer Blogs 12/21/2007The state legislature has hired a Minneapolis law firm to help in an investigation of the 35W bridge collapse, according to media reports. The members of a joint bipartisan bridge investigation committee retained Minneapolis-based Gray Plant Mo...
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U.S. judge approves $3.2 bln in Tyco settlements
Lawyer Blogs 12/20/2007[##_1L|1402528843.jpg|width="127" height="85" alt=""|_##]A federal judge on Wednesday approved settlements worth $3.2 billion for investors who sued Tyco International Ltd following an accounting scandal that led to the imprisonment of ex-chief Denni...
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Chicago Lawyer Is Indicted On Refco-Related Charges
Lawyer Blogs 12/19/2007[##_1L|1272488318.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]In a rare case of a lawyer being charged in connection with the alleged wrongs of a client, Chicago lawyer Joseph Collins was indicted today on fraud and other charges in connection with the 2...
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Judge orders hearing on destroyed CIA videotapes
Lawyer Blogs 12/19/2007A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered the Bush administration to explain whether the CIA violated a court order by destroying videotapes of the harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects.U.S. District Court Judge Henry Kennedy, who in 2005 had ordered ...
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S. Korean Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI
Lawyer Blogs 12/18/2007A South Korean man suspected of spying on North Korea for his government has pleaded guilty to charges that he repeatedly lied about his activities to the FBI.Park Il Woo pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to lying about his role as a South Ko...
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Court throws out publisher/freelancer settlement
Lawyer Blogs 12/17/2007[##_1L|1011923471.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]An appeals court has thrown out a settlement between freelance writers and publishers such as the New York Times and Dow Jones & Co. The writers had sued these publishers, and others inclu...
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2 plead guilty of plotting to engage in terrorism
Lawyer Blogs 12/16/2007Two men accused of plotting behind prison walls to launch jihad-style attacks on military sites, synagogues and other targets in 2005 pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to levy war against the United States. Kevin James, 31, and Levar Haley Washingt...
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Guilty Pleas in Fake N.Y. College Grades
Lawyer Blogs 12/14/2007[##_1L|1355904092.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]Two former college students avoided jail when they pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge related to paying school officials to falsify their grades and transcripts. Uzi Azizov, 22, and Boris Yaku...
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US secret court rejects call to release wiretap documents
Lawyer Blogs 12/14/2007The top secret US court overseeing electronic surveillance programs rejected Tuesday a petition to release documents on the legal status of the government's "war-on-terror" wiretap operations.In only the third time the Foreign Intelligence Surveillan...
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Law Firm Whistle Blower Files Termination Lawsuit
Lawyer Blogs 12/14/2007The woman who blew the whistle on a prominent Portland lawyer accused of stealing money from his clients and firm said she was fired from the firm as a result of her actions.Ellie Rommel was employed as John Duncan’s secretary when he was a partner a...