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  • Steven L. Herrick is a “Super Lawyer”

    Steven L. Herrick is a “Super Lawyer”

    Legal Review 11/02/2010

    Tully Rinckey PLLC is pleased to announce that partner Steven L. Herrick has been selected as a 2010 New York Super Lawyer.  Herrick, who also serves as the firm’s Director of Legal Services in Washington, D.C., was recognized for his work in the are...

  • Houston Criminal Attorney - Shahin Zamir

    Houston Criminal Attorney - Shahin Zamir

    Practice Legal News 11/02/2010

    Immediately after graduating summa cum laude from the University of Houston with membership in the Honor’s College, Shahin Zamir attended Texas Tech School of Law.  While there, Shahin earned the Henslee/American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts Research...

  • Court denies Burris request to stop election

    Court denies Burris request to stop election

    Politics 11/02/2010

    The Supreme Court says it won't stop a special election for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat that leaves out current Illinois Sen. Roland Burris. Burris earlier this month asked the high court to block plans for a special Senate election that...

  • Court asked to keep stem cell money flowing

    Court asked to keep stem cell money flowing

    Politics 11/02/2010

    The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court to lift an order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, a day after being turned down by the judge who issued the order. The administration told a federal appeals court in Wash...

  • Court denies Burris request to stop election

    Court denies Burris request to stop election

    Politics 11/02/2010

    The Supreme Court says it won't stop a special election for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat that leaves out current Illinois Sen. Roland Burris. Burris earlier this month asked the high court to block plans for a special Senate election that...

  • Lawyer in Whitman flap mum on details, party ties

    Lawyer in Whitman flap mum on details, party ties

    Politics 11/02/2010

    Republican Meg Whitman's former maid said Tuesday she's not a Democratic pawn in California's race for governor, but her attorney refused again to provide key details about her claims that Whitman employed her for nearly a decade despite knowing she ...

  • Obama and Democrats count on Senate wins out West

    Obama and Democrats count on Senate wins out West

    Politics 11/02/2010

    President Barack Obama heads to California and Washington state this week to drum up support for endangered incumbents Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray in the last days of a campaign that finds his Democrats playing defense around the country. Wins in ...

  • Court sends back Buddhist temple killing case

    Court sends back Buddhist temple killing case

    11/02/2010

    A man accused of killing nine people at a Buddhist temple near Phoenix as a juvenile will have the federal courts reconsider his overturned conviction. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the lower courts to re-examine the thrown-out murder convicti...

  • Lawsuit filed in Utah tour bus crash

    Lawsuit filed in Utah tour bus crash

    11/02/2010

    The driver of a van and a tour operator have been sued over a crash in Utah that killed three Japanese tourists and injured 11 others. The Salt Lake Tribune says the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court claims passenger Kei Maeda has suffered incomp...

  • Man guilty of stealing $340K in copper

    Man guilty of stealing $340K in copper

    11/02/2010

    An Annapolis man admitted yesterday that he stole more than $340,000 of copper cable intended for use in the construction of unmanned drones destined for U.S. foreign military operations - possibly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Levon Smith, 54, faces up t...

  • 3 plead not guilty to Calif. can recycling fraud

    3 plead not guilty to Calif. can recycling fraud

    11/02/2010

    Three people charged with bilking the state's recycling program out of $7 million by importing cans from Arizona pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Howard Leveson, 68, the owner of Perris Valley Recycling, and two of his employees entered their pleas to a...

  • Supreme Court strikes down NO cameras

    Supreme Court strikes down NO cameras

    11/02/2010

    The Louisiana Supreme Court has upheld a judge's order invalidating traffic tickets issued through New Orleans' red-light and speed-enforcement camera system The court's 6-0 vote on Wednesday could create a budget problem for the city, which collecte...