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  • High court to hear appeal in case of jilted woman

    High court to hear appeal in case of jilted woman

    Headline Legal News 01/19/2013

    The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a jilted woman who was convicted under an anti-terrorism law for spreading deadly chemicals around the home of her husband's mistress.The justices said in an order Friday that they will revisit the case of C...

  • Lawyer questions memory of Philadelphia accuser

    Lawyer questions memory of Philadelphia accuser

    Legal Events 01/18/2013

    A longtime heroin addict whose complaint helped imprison a Philadelphia archdiocese official came under attack Wednesday, as jurors in a priest-abuse trial learned that he had given three different locations for one alleged rape.Defense lawyers quest...

  • Djokovic back on his favorite court in Australia

    Djokovic back on his favorite court in Australia

    National News 01/16/2013

    Same Grand Slam, same court, same result. Only the year was different for Novak Djokovic — and the amount of time he needed on the bright blue hard surface at Rod Laver Arena. The Australian Open defending champion took his first step toward winning ...

  • Lohan lawyer in NYC courthouse in nightclub case

    Lohan lawyer in NYC courthouse in nightclub case

    Headline Legal News 01/11/2013

    Lindsay Lohan's attorney has gone to a New York City courthouse in connection with the actress's alleged fight at a Manhattan nightclub. Lohan was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor assault in the Nov. 29 incident at the club Avenue. Office of Court...

  • Court weighs warrantless blood tests in DUI cases

    Court weighs warrantless blood tests in DUI cases

    Legal Events 01/09/2013

    The Supreme Court is considering whether police must get a warrant before ordering a blood test on an unwilling drunken-driving suspect. The justices heard arguments Wednesday in a case involving a disputed blood test from Missouri. Police stopped a ...

  • Ohio schools officer to plead guilty to sex charge

    Ohio schools officer to plead guilty to sex charge

    Headline Legal News 12/27/2012

    A former Ohio school resource police officer is pleading guilty to a charge that he coerced sexual behavior from minors. A federal judge had called Todd Smith's alleged actions "violence of the worst sort" earlier this year after listening to a prose...

  • Appeals court sides with newspaper in labor fight

    Appeals court sides with newspaper in labor fight

    Headline Legal News 12/20/2012

    A federal appeals court on Tuesday sided with the publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press in a long-running labor dispute between the newspaper and reporters who were fired after they complained about its editorial practices. The U.S. Court of Appe...

  • RI court to hear arguments in pension case

    RI court to hear arguments in pension case

    Law Promo News 12/10/2012

    Attorneys for the state of Rhode Island will ask a judge to dismiss a legal challenge to the state's landmark pension overhaul filed by public-sector unions. The hearing in Judge Sarah Taft-Carter's Providence courtroom on Friday is the highest profi...

  • Firm settles with W.Va. AG over mortgage case

    Firm settles with W.Va. AG over mortgage case

    Headline Legal News 12/03/2012

    A Texas law firm has reached an agreement with West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw to resolve a case stemming from a national mortgage settlement. Officials said Wednesday that Murray LLP has agreed to stop offering services in West Virgini...

  • Lawyer accused of laundering money to request bail

    Lawyer accused of laundering money to request bail

    Headline Legal News 11/15/2012

    A U.S. lawyer who faces charges of laundering more than $600 million for a Mexican drug cartel is scheduled to ask to be released on bail. Marco Antonio Delgado will have his detention hearing Wednesday in federal court in El Paso, Texas. Prosecutors...

  • Lawyer for NY man suing Facebook wants out of case

    Lawyer for NY man suing Facebook wants out of case

    Headline Legal News 11/06/2012

    The latest lawyer to represent a New York man in what authorities now say is a fraudulent lawsuit against Facebook is seeking to withdraw from the case. Dean Boland, in a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, did not publicly say wh...

  • Fla. to execute mass killer after court lifts stay

    Fla. to execute mass killer after court lifts stay

    Legal Events 10/27/2012

    A convicted mass killer from the 1970s is again scheduled for execution Tuesday after an appeals court lifted a last-minute stay that was based on his mental illness. His attorneys sought a last-minute reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. The execut...

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