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Phila. law firm hit with discrimination suit
Legal News Center 09/21/2007[##_1L|1190582725.jpg|width="120" height="93" alt=""|_##]Philadelphia law firm Cozen O'Connor has been sued by a former partner who alleges that she was not given the same leeway regarding political activities as male employees. Patricia Biswanger cl...
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Court upholds Md. gay marriage ban
Legal News Center 09/20/2007[##_1L|1152861877.jpg|width="157" height="111" alt=""|_##]Maryland's highest court Tuesday rejected same-sex marriage and upheld the state's 34-year-old statute defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. In a case watched closely around ...
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Measures To Curb Emissions Backed
Legal News Center 09/14/2007[##_1L|1353512727.jpg|width="120" height="93" alt=""|_##]In a crucial ruling on the global warming issue, a federal judge said Wednesday that regulations adopted by Connecticut and 12 other states to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light ...
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Court upholds tough Vermont auto emissions law
Legal News Center 09/13/2007[##_1L|1290249162.jpg|width="130" height="93" alt=""|_##]District Court in Vermont on Wednesday upheld a state law that calls for a 30 percent reduction in the amount of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, emitted by cars and certain light trucks. In h...
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Hearing on Craig’s Guilty Plea Is Set for Sept. 26
Legal News Center 09/11/2007[##_1L|1193342890.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]Senator Larry E. Craig’s request to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting will be heard on Sept. 26, four days before he has said he will leave the Senate. A spokesman for Mr. Craig...
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High court takes up death penalty for retarded
Legal News Center 09/10/2007[##_1L|1305640653.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]A man who has been on Georgia’s death row for most of his life should not be executed because he is mentally retarded, the defendant’s lawyer told the state Supreme Court Monday. But a Floyd C...
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Court allows Morrison to intervene in abortion case
Legal News Center 09/05/2007[##_1L|1136919502.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]Attorney General Paul Morrison is now a party to a lawsuit filed against his predecessor by an abortion clinic's operator. The Kansas Supreme Court has allowed Morrison to intervene in the case...
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New attorney general has rebuilding ahead
Legal News Center 09/04/2007[##_1L|1320945985.jpg|width="150" height="153" alt=""|_##]Whoever replaces Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will face a daunting challenge. Charges of cronyism and partisan politicking have sunk the Justice Department's reputation to levels not seen...
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Integrated Electrical says reaches settlement with SEC
Legal News Center 08/31/2007Integrated Electrical Services on Friday said it reached a settlement with the U.S. regulators related to an investigation alleging violation of certain accounting laws by the company and six former officers.The settlement does not require Integrated...
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Judge Blocks Hawaii Superferry Sailings to Maui
Legal News Center 08/28/2007[##_1L|1379818423.jpg|width="130" height="92" alt=""|_##]A Maui judge today granted a temporary restraining order halting Hawaii Superferry service from Honolulu to the island of Maui until the court can hear evidence Wednesday to determine whether t...
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Illinois court won't reopen Philip Morris case
Legal News Center 08/24/2007[##_1L|1331906087.jpg|width="130" height="132" alt=""|_##]The Illinois Supreme Court denied requests that would have reopened a case filed by the state's smokers of "light" cigarettes against Philip Morris USA, according to a court document. The 4-2 ...
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Ex-Gov. Ryan will remain free during second appeal
Legal News Center 08/22/2007[##_1L|1366027468.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]Former Gov. George Ryan will remain free while he pursues a second appeal of his sweeping fraud and corruption convictions, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled late this afternoon. In ...