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  • NY top court clears probe of inflated appraisals

    NY top court clears probe of inflated appraisals

    Recent Cases 11/23/2011

    New York's top court has cleared the state attorney general to pursue allegations that First American Corp. and subsidiary eAppraiseIT inflated property appraisals under pressure from client Washington Mutual. The Court of Appeals says federal regula...

  • Guilty plea planned in Palin lawyer harassment

    Guilty plea planned in Palin lawyer harassment

    Recent Cases 11/22/2011

    A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of making harassing phone calls in a case involving Sarah Palin's lawyers. Shawn Christy filed notice Monday in U.S. District Court that he intends to plead guilty in an ex...

  • NYC sues roll-your-own cigarette shops over taxes

    NYC sues roll-your-own cigarette shops over taxes

    Financial 11/21/2011

    There is no place in the U.S. more expensive to smoke than New York City, where the taxes alone will set you back $5.85 per pack. Yet, addicts who visit Island Smokes, a "roll-your-own" cigarette shop in Chinatown, can walk out with an entire 10-pack...

  • Texas AG blasts court's redistricting maps

    Texas AG blasts court's redistricting maps

    Recent Cases 11/21/2011

    Texas' attorney general sharply criticized a federal court Friday over its proposed maps for state House and Senate districts in the 2012 election, saying the judges overstepped their bounds. The San Antonio-based federal court released the proposed ...

  • Courts weighs scrapping huge California water pact

    Courts weighs scrapping huge California water pact

    Recent Cases 11/21/2011

    A vanishing lake figures large in a court battle over how Southern California gets it water, a high-stakes dispute with consequences that could ripple throughout the western United States. A California appeals court is considering whether to overturn...

  • NY federal appeals court reverses Bruno conviction

    NY federal appeals court reverses Bruno conviction

    U.S. Court News 11/16/2011

    A federal appeals court has tossed out the conviction of a former Republican leader of the New York Senate. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the conviction of Joseph Bruno. He was convicted in 2009 of denying taxpayers honest services b...

  • Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit

    Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit

    Legal Marketing 11/16/2011

    The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Distri...

  • Justices unlikely to have last word on health care

    Justices unlikely to have last word on health care

    Recent Cases 11/15/2011

    President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul divided the nation from the day he signed it into law, and that seems unlikely to change no matter how the Supreme Court rules on its constitutionality. Some legal disputes, like the 2008 preside...

  • Russia court rejects $16 billion claim against BP

    Russia court rejects $16 billion claim against BP

    U.S. Court News 11/14/2011

    A Russian court on Friday rejected a $16 billion claim against BP PLC filed by an obscure minority shareholder in BP's Russian venture, TNK-BP. The court victory may have softened the blow that BP sustained when Rosneft dropped it as a partner in dev...

  • Norway killer claims mantle of resistance leader

    Norway killer claims mantle of resistance leader

    Recent Cases 11/14/2011

    The anti-Muslim extremist who confessed to a bombing and shooting massacre that killed 77 people in Norway tried to declare himself a resistance leader Monday at his first public court hearing but was quickly cut off by the judge. Anders Behring Brei...

  • Govt asks justices to stay out of immigration case

    Govt asks justices to stay out of immigration case

    U.S. Court News 11/11/2011

    The Justice Department on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to stay out of a lawsuit involving Arizona's immigration law, saying lower courts properly blocked tough provisions targeting illegal immigrants. The state law is a challenge to federal polic...

  • SearchMedia Announces Settlement on Securities Class Action

    SearchMedia Announces Settlement on Securities Class Action

    Legal Marketing 11/11/2011

    SearchMedia Holdings Limited, one of China's leading nationwide multi-platform media companies, today announced that it reached a tentative partial settlement agreement for a securities class action lawsuit pending against the Company and a number of...

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