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Italian court convicts 2 in asbestos-linked deaths
Recent Cases 02/13/2012An Italian court Monday convicted two men of negligence in some 2,000 asbestos-related deaths blamed on contamination from a construction company, sentencing each of them to 16 years in prison and ordering them to pay millions in what officials calle...
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Student bra search case goes to NC Supreme Court
U.S. Court News 02/13/2012The North Carolina Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether school officials should be allowed to search students' bras for drugs. A student at an alternative school sued after students had to untuck their shirts and pull out their bras with t...
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Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial
Recent Cases 02/09/2012Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops. A nonprofit legal...
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BofA investor lawsuit wins class-action status
U.S. Court News 02/08/2012Investors suing Bank of America Corp won class-action status for their lawsuit accusing the bank of fraudulently misleading them about the 2008 takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co and the size of Merrill's losses and bonus payouts. U.S. District Judge...
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Eugene, Oregon Stalking Order Attorneys
Law Firm News 02/07/2012Our lawyers here in Oregon have seen real world example of clients' lives being extremely affected by erroneous stalking order petitions. And in our experience working in the field, most stalking order cases usually do not have a trial and are dismis...
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Las Vegas Product Liability Attorney - Luis A. Ayon
Notable Attorneys 02/06/2012Las Vegas Product Liability Attorney - Luis A. Ayon Luis has significant litigation experience in Nevada's state and federal courts. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and contested and adversarial matters in bankruptcy court, r...
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Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions
U.S. Court News 02/06/2012Georgia's top court struck down a state law that restricted assisted suicides, siding on Monday with four members of a suicide group who said the law violated their free speech rights. The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling found that the law v...
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Class Action Lawsuits Now Target Law Schools
Legal Marketing 02/05/2012A threatened wave of class actions against American law schools became a reality last week after plaintiffs' lawyers sued a dozen more schools over their allegedly misleading use of salary and employment data. But this trend in "consumer protection" ...
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Miss. high court takes ex-gov pardons case
Recent Cases 02/03/2012The Mississippi Supreme Court said Wednesday it will take up the legal challenge to the pardons ex-Gov. Haley Barbour gave out in his last days in office. State Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat, wants to invalidate dozens of the 198 pardons that...
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Securities Litigation Attorney - Robert L. Herskovits
Notable Attorneys 02/01/2012Robert L. Herskovits Robert concentrates his practice in the areas of securities litigation and regulatory enforcement matters. Robert routinely advises broker/dealers, industry professionals and investors in varied litigation, arbitration and regula...
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Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Class Action
Legal Events 01/31/2012Bernstein Liebhard LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Veolia Environnement S.A. American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) dur...
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Conviction and sentence upheld in Palin email case
Recent Cases 01/30/2012A federal appeals court panel has upheld the conviction and sentence of a University of Tennessee student in the hacking of Sarah Palin's email in 2008. The three judge panel in a Monday decision affirmed the conviction of 24-year-old David Kernell. ...