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  • Appeals Court Upholds Patriot Act Ruling

    Appeals Court Upholds Patriot Act Ruling

    Lawyer Blogs 12/11/2007

    A federal appeals court ruled that some portions of the U.S. Patriot Act dealing with foreign terrorist organizations are unconstitutional because the language is too vague to be understood by a person of average intelligence.The ruling released Mond...

  • Wineries Fight State Shipping Laws

    Wineries Fight State Shipping Laws

    Lawyer Blogs 12/10/2007

    Unionville Vineyards plans to expand by planting more pinot noir and adding Rhone varietals next year, but winemaker Cameron Stark knows he's fighting an uphill battle. He recognizes New Jersey's reputation as a wine producer isn't exactly that of Ca...

  • Court Battle Looms over Nina Wang's Estate

    Court Battle Looms over Nina Wang's Estate

    Lawyer Blogs 12/10/2007

    A High Court judge in Hong Kong Monday appointed an administrator to oversee the estate of Asia's richest woman, the late Nina Wang, ahead of an anticipated court battle over her fortune estimated to be at least 4.2 billion dollars. Wang, 69, the for...

  • Federal Court Hears Pledge, Motto Cases

    Federal Court Hears Pledge, Motto Cases

    Lawyer Blogs 12/05/2007

    An atheist pleaded with a federal appeals court to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency, saying the references disrespect his religious beliefs."I want to be treated equally," said Michae...

  • High court mulls racial bias in juror selection

    High court mulls racial bias in juror selection

    Lawyer Blogs 12/05/2007

    A deeply torn Supreme Court on Tuesday probed the actions of a Louisiana prosecutor who eliminated all blacks from a jury pool, then invoked the O.J. Simpson case in urging the all-white jury to sentence a black man to death.Prosecutor James Williams...

  • Teen Pleads Guilty to Highway Shootings

    Teen Pleads Guilty to Highway Shootings

    Lawyer Blogs 12/05/2007

    A teenager pleaded guilty to reduced charges Monday in a series of Indiana highway sniper shootings that left one man dead and another wounded.Zachariah Blanton, 18, of Gaston, had been scheduled to stand trial next week on charges of murder, attempt...

  • NJ top court upholds killer's death sentence

    NJ top court upholds killer's death sentence

    Lawyer Blogs 12/04/2007

    [##_1L|1316004220.jpg|width="140" height="105" alt=""|_##]A unanimous state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for Ambrose Harris, ruling that the special circumstances that removed another killer from death row did not apply to Harri...

  • Pledge, Motto Cases to Be Heard by Court

    Pledge, Motto Cases to Be Heard by Court

    Lawyer Blogs 12/04/2007

    An atheist seeking to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance and U.S. currency is taking his arguments back to a federal appeals court.Michael Newdow, a Sacramento doctor and lawyer, sued the Elk Grove Unified School District in 2...

  • Court Rejects Mental Health Case

    Court Rejects Mental Health Case

    Lawyer Blogs 12/03/2007

    [##_1L|1399685188.jpg|width="140" height="105" alt=""|_##]A Mississippi death row inmate whose lawyer had never tried a case and suffered from mental illness failed Monday to persuade the Supreme Court to take his case. The court did not comment in d...

  • U.S. rights stance faces big test in Guantanamo case

    U.S. rights stance faces big test in Guantanamo case

    Lawyer Blogs 12/03/2007

    The tarnished U.S. human rights image faces a major test this week as the Supreme Court considers whether terrorism suspects held for years without charges at Guantanamo Bay are wrongly detained.The court's nine justices on Wednesday are to hear the ...

  • Guilty Plea in Navy Bid Rigging Case

    Guilty Plea in Navy Bid Rigging Case

    Lawyer Blogs 12/01/2007

    A metal sling manufacturing company has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rig bids on U.S. Navy contracts, the federal officials said.Authorities said Certified Slings Inc. rigged bids for manufacturing metal sling hoist assemblies, which are used to t...

  • Archdiocese in Boston Finds New Representation

    Archdiocese in Boston Finds New Representation

    Lawyer Blogs 11/30/2007

    Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, in a step long sought by critics of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, said yesterday that he is hiring a new general counsel who will largely replace the controversial law firm that for years defended the archdioces...

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