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Class-action lawsuit filed against Mountain State
Daily Legal News 07/18/2012Three students are suing Mountain State University, former President Charles Polk and the Board of Trustees over the school's revoked accreditation, saying it renders their degrees worthless. Dale Burger and his two children, Amanda and Jeff Burger, ...
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Pa. high court denies Orie Melvin request
Daily Legal News 07/18/2012A Pennsylvania state Supreme Court justice who is fighting political corruption charges has lost a request for her fellow justices to intervene in her criminal court case and require that an out-of-county judge preside over it. The state Supreme Cour...
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Wash. Senate hopeful sought to seal court files
Politics 07/18/2012A couple months before Brad Toft emerged as the only Republican in a crucial state Senate race, he pressed officials to seal records from a past court case. In a signed letter, Toft seemed to suggest that he wasn't the same person cited in the court ...
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Wis. town barred from beefing up farm water rules
Politics 07/11/2012The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a rural town lacksthe authority to impose tougher water-quality standards on a livestockfarm than the state requires.Magnolia, a community about 30 miles south of Madison, granted LarsonAcres Inc. a pe...
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Japan whistleblower sidelined despite court ruling
Daily Legal News 07/11/2012An employee at Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus said Wednesdaythat his humiliating treatment has not changed despite a Supreme Courtruling that his demotion for whistleblowing was illegal.Masaharu Hamada said he is still isolated in the offic...
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FBI investigates missing $17M in trust funds
Daily Legal News 07/09/2012The FBI is investigating the apparent theft of $17 million from Northern California trust fund accounts.The San Jose Mercury News says the money has vanished from the trust funds of dozens of Santa Clara County residents who relied on a money manager...
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Texas Voter ID Law to be Tested in a Federal Court
Politics 07/09/2012The fate of Texas' controversial new voter ID law - which requires voters to show photo identification at the polls - is set to be decided this week in a federal court in Washington. The state, which claims the law will prevent voter fraud, is seekin...
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NY court: Gay marriage caucus didn't break rules
Politics 07/06/2012A state appeals court rejected a challenge to New York's year-old same-sex marriage law Friday, ruling closed-door negotiations among senators and gay marriage supporters including Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not violate any laws.The Appellate Division of ...
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Cal Supreme Court rules in child death case
Daily Legal News 07/06/2012Welfare officials can take children from parents who negligently cause the death of a son or daughter, such as failing to place them in a car seat, even if there was no criminal harm, the California Supreme Court ruled.The court ruled Thursday that a...
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Wis. court won't rehear union case without justice
Daily Legal News 07/03/2012The state Supreme Court won't reconsider a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining law without Justice Michael Gableman. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne had argued Republicans violated the state's open meetings law d...
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NYC officer pleads not guilty to manslaughter
Lawyer News 06/14/2012A police officer was indicted Wednesday in the death of an unarmed drug suspect, the first time a New York City officer has faced criminal charges in a fatal shooting since a groom was killed in a 50-shot police barrage on his wedding day in 2006.New...
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San Francisco Bankruptcy - The Law Offices of Dennis R. Wheeler
Lawyer News 04/10/2012The Law Offices of Dennis R. Wheeler specializes in bankruptcy & debt relief. Automatic stay and the discharge injunction are the two most important components of bankruptcy. These two powers work in conjunction to protect you from the actions of...