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Mavroudis & Guarino, LLC. - Essex County Real Estate Lawyers
Law Firm Marketing 09/23/2013Essex County Real Estate Lawyers makes up the team for The Mavroudis & Guarino, LLC. Our talented teams offers the highest quality counseling in the the area of Westchester County. While many law offices offer complex real estate services, the M&...
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Wenatchee lawyer picked for federal judgeship
Headline Legal News 09/23/2013The White House has nominated Wenatchee lawyer Stanley Bastian to become Eastern Washington's newest federal judge. If approved by the Senate, he would replace Judge Edward Shea on the bench in Richland. Bastian is a 1983 University of Washington Law...
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Appeals court upholds slugger Bonds' conviction
Continuing Education 09/18/2013A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former Giants slugger Barry Bonds' obstruction-of-justice conviction stemming from rambling testimony he gave during a 2003 appearance before a grand jury investigating elite athletes' use of performance-enhan...
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NM court to hear case over educator pension cuts
National News 09/09/2013New Mexico's highest court is mulling whether the state can cut cost-of-living increases for retired educators to help shore up the pension system's long-term finances. The state Supreme Court is to hear from lawyers on Wednesday in a case brought by...
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Custody dispute goes to Okla. Supreme Court
National News 09/03/2013An Oklahoma man who is seeking custody of his Cherokee daughter has appealed a lower court decision to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Dusten Brown filed a writ of prohibition Friday in Oklahoma Supreme Court. The filing is appealing a decision from Nowa...
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Ind. high court to hear eminent domain lawsuit
National News 08/29/2013The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear an eminent domain case involving land in southern Indiana that a local board claimed for a planned airport runway expansion. The state's high court recently vacated the Indiana Court of Appeals' ruling in ...
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Committee OKs school spending report for WA court
Headline Legal News 08/28/2013A committee overseeing progress on paying the full cost of basic education for kids in public school voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a draft of its latest progress report to the state Supreme Court. In its decision on a lawsuit brought by a coal...
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Italian court insists Berlusconi devised tax fraud
Recent Cases 08/27/2013Italy's supreme court is defending its decision earlier this month to uphold the tax fraud conviction of Silvio Berlusconi, saying the evidence was clear that the former premier devised a tax fraud scheme for the acquisition of film rights for his me...
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SC trial lawyer Ron Motley dies at age 68
Legal Events 08/26/2013Celebrated South Carolina lawyer Ron Motley has died at the age of 68, law partner Joe Rice confirmed Thursday. No cause of death was given for the trial lawyer, and funeral arrangements have not been announced. Motley served as lead counsel in lawsu...
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Virginia Military Divorce Attorney - Tenecia P. Reid
Notable Attorneys 08/21/2013The Law Office of Tenecia P. Reid will support you through your military divorce. These types of divorces are especially complicated and Ms. Reid is ready to guide you through this specialized issue such as determining jurisdiction and dividing dispo...
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Court: Right-to-work law applies to state workers
Recent Cases 08/19/2013Michigan's right-to-work law applies to 35,000 state employees, a divided state appeals court ruled Thursday in the first major legal decision on the much-debated measure eight months after it passed. Judges voted 2-1 to reject a lawsuit filed by uni...
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Court challenge fails to stop Calif. gay marriages
Recent Cases 08/15/2013The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to halt gay marriages in the state, leaving opponents of same-sex weddings few if any legal options to stop the unions. The brief, unanimous ruling tossed out a legal challenge by ban supporters without ...