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Judge Extends Microsoft Timeframe
Lawyer Blogs 10/31/2007federal judge in Washington, D.C., has extended the timeframe for considering several states' arguments for five additional years of oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s competitive practices, and the software maker's arguments against that extension...
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Penn Hills woman pleads guilty in Duquesne shooting
Lawyer Blogs 10/31/2007[##_1L|1246400235.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]A former Duquesne University student pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that she helped her armed friends get into a school dance the night five basketball players were shot and wounded. Britta...
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Hexcel Pays US $15M for Defective Bullet-Proof Vests
Lawyer Blogs 10/30/2007[##_1L|1352335228.jpg|width="150" height="119" alt=""|_##]Hexcel Corporation of Stamford, Conn., has agreed to pay the United States $15 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act in connection with its role in the manufacture an...
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AT&T to Pay Divestitures to Justice Department
Lawyer Blogs 10/30/2007[##_1L|1263144612.jpg|width="321" height="90" alt=""|_##]The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement requiring AT&T Inc. (AT&T) to divest assets to address competition concerns in seven markets in Kentucky, Okla...
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Judge Refuses To Block Moment Of Silence, For Now
Lawyer Blogs 10/29/2007[##_1L|1393034875.jpg|width="180" height="128" alt=""|_##]An atheist who's challenging a new state law that mandates a moment of silence in Illinois schools before the start of each school day has lost his first battle but,is still waging his war. Th...
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Supreme Court to review Exxon Valdez award
Lawyer Blogs 10/29/2007[##_1L|1021682221.jpg|width="130" height="93" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court will decide whether a $2.5 billion punitive damages award against Exxon Corp. -- now Exxon Mobil -- for its role in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was excessive. Th...
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NHPD narcotics cop pleads guilty
Lawyer Blogs 10/29/2007[##_1L|1245082673.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]Former New Haven Police Department Lt. William “Billy” White, who headed the department’s narcotics unit for more than a decade, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit bribery and theft...
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Judge Orders T.I. Released on Bond
Lawyer Blogs 10/27/2007[##_1L|1002259963.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]A federal judge ordered rapper T.I. released on $3 million bond Friday, but he must remain in home confinement while he awaits trial on weapons charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Baverman sai...
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US court lets Liz Taylor keep van Gogh painting
Lawyer Blogs 10/27/2007The U.S. Supreme Court allowed actress Elizabeth Taylor to keep a Vincent van Gogh painting on Monday, rejecting an appeal by descendants of a Jewish woman who said she was forced to sell it before fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939.The justices refused to...
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Nominee: 'You Need Me in Traffic Court'
Lawyer Blogs 10/27/2007A pastor running for judge told potential donors they should give him $20 because "you're all going to need me in Traffic Court." Willie Singletary, who made headlines earlier this year for having his license suspended and owing more than $11,000 in ...
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SEC sees "rampant" insider trading on Wall Street
Lawyer Blogs 10/26/2007[##_1L|1339069825.jpg|width="130" height="128" alt=""|_##]A senior Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Thursday insider trading appeared to be "rampant" among Wall Street professionals and the agency has formed a working group to focu...
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Ex-City Worker Plea in 9/11 Funds Theft
Lawyer Blogs 10/26/2007[##_1L|1169992608.jpg|width="142" height="117" alt=""|_##]A former employee at the city medical examiner's office pleaded guilty to helping embezzle millions of dollars, some of which was intended to help identify victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist at...