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Court hears appeal over Michigan primary election
Lawyer Blogs 11/16/2007A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals expressed skepticism about the legal standing of Michigan's imperiled Jan. 15 presidential primary at a hearing Thursday afternoon. But the judges also indicated they need more time to decide wheth...
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Doc Once Banned From Executions Hired
Lawyer Blogs 11/15/2007A surgeon once barred from participating in state executions because of a federal judge's concerns about his dyslexia and lack of expertise has been hired for a federal government execution team, according to court records.The federal ruling keeping ...
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Supreme Court May Target Second Amendment
Lawyer Blogs 11/15/2007The Supreme Court took no action Tuesday in the case involving the District of Columbia's ban on handguns.The justices discussed the case at their private conference on Friday, but reached no resolution.Four justices must vote to grant an appeal. The...
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Supreme Court takes no action in handgun ban case
Lawyer Blogs 11/13/2007[##_1L|1182206153.jpg|width="104" height="138" alt=""|_##]Both sides in a closely watched legal battle over the District of Columbia's strict gun-control law are urging the Supreme Court to hear the case. If the justices agree — a step they may annou...
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Google sued over patent by Northeastern University
Lawyer Blogs 11/12/2007Google Inc faces a federal patent infringement lawsuit by Northeastern University over technology used in its core Web search system, according to legal papers filed last week. The complaint was filed on Nov. 6 in Marshall, in the Eastern District of...
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Court Reviews exxonmobil Damages Case
Lawyer Blogs 11/12/2007[##_1L|1244752632.jpg|width="130" height="98" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court on Oct. 29 agreed to review an award of $2.5 billion in punitive damages against ExxonMobil, stemming from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska: --The case is the final m...
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Rules for plaintiffs with Vioxx claims
Lawyer Blogs 11/09/2007Former users of withdrawn painkiller Vioxx will be eligible for a piece of manufacturer Merck & Co.'s $4.85 billion nationwide settlement if they meet strict criteria meant to weed out people with bogus claims. They must:-- Have had a claim filed...
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Supreme Court Takes Up Arbitration Case
Lawyer Blogs 11/08/2007[##_1L|1219782649.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]A seemingly divided Supreme Court on Wednesday debated whether the judiciary should play a role in arbitration cases, the process used by businesses to sort out tens of thousands of disputes as...
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Some Question Preacher Investigation
Lawyer Blogs 11/07/2007For some, a Senate committee's investigation into six well-known evangelical ministries is long overdue, a needed check on preachers living lavish lifestyles built with their donors' generosity.But even among those who welcome the scrutiny, there was...
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Supreme Court hears age discrimination case
Lawyer Blogs 11/07/2007[##_1L|1319908742.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]This week the Supreme Court took up a case that could have far-reaching effects on workplace discrimination lawsuits nationwide. The case, Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki, turns on paperwork...
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Yahoo CEO Defends Company in China Case
Lawyer Blogs 11/06/2007Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang testified to lawmakers on Tuesday that the company has been "open and forthcoming" about its role in a Chinese government investigation that led in 2005 to a journalist's imprisonment."We have answered every ques...
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Appeals court rejects "Roe vs. Wade for Men" case
Lawyer Blogs 11/06/2007[##_1L|1249338525.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a men's rights group on behalf of a man who said he shouldn't have to pay child support for his ex-girl...