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Iowa court official accused of gay marriage fraud
Daily Legal News 10/19/2012An Iowa court official is accused of helping a same-sex couple from Florida to get a marriage certificate without stepping foot in the state. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says Grundy County Deputy Clerk of Court Brigitte Van Nice was a...
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Court upholds RI lawyer's corruption conviction
Daily Legal News 10/10/2012A federal appeals court has upheld the corruption conviction of a former North Providence town attorney who facilitated bribes to three town councilmen. Robert Ciresi was convicted in April 2011 of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges. The jury ...
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Justices step back from Pa. court funding dispute
Daily Legal News 09/27/2012The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is declining a request by county governments that the justices force the General Assembly to provide more money for state courts and bring more uniformity to the court system.The court ruled unanimously on Wednesday aga...
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High court won't stop Texas voting map
Daily Legal News 09/21/2012The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to use congressional districts that were drawn by a lower federal court for the November election. The court declined without comment Wednesday a request from a Latino rights group to block use of those districts. ...
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MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case
Daily Legal News 09/21/2012Jeffrey MacDonald, a clean-cut Green Beret and doctor convicted of killing of his pregnant wife and their two daughters, is getting another chance to try proving his innocence — more than four decades after the nation was gripped by his tales of Char...
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Case dropped against NY lawyer in alleged attack
Daily Legal News 09/13/2012Charges have been dropped against a prominent New York lawyer who was accused of attacking a woman in a Connecticut restaurant. The Advocate of Stamford reports that Albert J. Pirro's lawyer said the state indicated it would not prosecute. Charges we...
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Outgoing NC Sen. Stevens resigns, joins law firm
Daily Legal News 09/13/2012A state senator has resigned from the North Carolina General Assembly and is joining a Raleigh law firm to help clients on economic development, regulatory and other government policy issues. Five-term Republican Sen. Richard Stevens of Cary resigned...
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Pa. high court revisits juvenile life sentences
Daily Legal News 09/13/2012Pennsylvania's highest court is weighing how to resentence prisoners who were given automatic life sentences as juveniles. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlaws mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles. There are nearly 500 juvenile...
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NY court protects French shoemaker's red soles
Daily Legal News 09/05/2012A federal appeals court in Manhattan says the distinctive red soles of Christian Louboutin shoes are entitled to trademark protection. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled in favor of the French maker of luxury shoes worn by stars...
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Ohio man pleads guilty to scamming storm victims
Daily Legal News 08/29/2012A man accused of ripping off storm victims in Ohio and Kentucky has pleaded guilty to nine counts of theft. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Joshua Salyers entered the guilty pleas in Hamilton County court in southern Ohio Tuesday. He admitted ...
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Appeals court removes key civil service protection
Daily Legal News 08/22/2012A federal appeals court ruling that has taken key civil service protection away from government employees involved in national security work will have far-reaching implications, advocates for federal workers say.Tom Devine, legal director of the Gove...
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NC regulators hire law firm to probe Duke Energy
Daily Legal News 08/15/2012North Carolina utilities regulators said Wednesday they have hired a former federal prosecutor with experience digging into corporate affairs to reveal whether regulators were misled ahead of a takeover that created America's largest electric company...