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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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Federal court rejects GOP-drawn Texas voting maps
Politics 08/29/2012Stadiums and hospitals removed from the districts of black congressional members and country clubs newly drawn into those of white incumbents. A lawyer emailing "No bueno" to a Republican staffer about plans that risked leaving a paper trail and jeop...
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Court upholds summary for St. Louis police measure
Politics 08/22/2012A Missouri appellate court has upheld the proposed ballot summary for an initiative that would end state control of the St. Louis Police Department.The Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District ruled Tuesday that the summary is fair and sufficient....
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Pomerantz Law Firm Has Filed a Class Action
Lawyer News 08/22/2012Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP has filed a securities class action lawsuit against Monster Beverage Corporation and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court, Central District of Califo...
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Court: Texas can cut off Planned Parenthood funds
08/22/2012A federal appeals court ruled late Tuesday that Texas can cut off funding for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health services to low-income women before a trial over a new law that bans state money from going to organizations tied to abortion...
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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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Man who killed wife, baby loses appeal in Mass.
08/15/2012The highest court in Massachusetts rejected the appeal of a British man convicted of killing his wife and baby daughter in their rented home, saying in its decision released Tuesday that warrantless searches of the home were justified because those i...
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3M Co. sues former law firm for switching sides
Lawyer News 08/15/2012The 3M Co. has filed a lawsuit against one of its former law firms, claiming its attorneys were motivated by "greed" when they switched sides in an environmental case against the conglomerate.3M is suing Covington & Burling which is helping the s...
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Judge won't halt Pa. voter identification law
Politics 08/15/2012A Pennsylvania judge isn't stopping a tough new voter identification law from going into effect.Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson on Wednesday refused to grant an injunction that would have halted the law requiring each voter to show a valid ph...
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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...
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Pa. city's immigration rules back in US court
08/15/2012The dispute over a northeast Pennsylvania city's attempt to crack down on illegal immigrants is back before a federal appeals court Wednesday.The six-year case involving Hazleton returns to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because of a recent Su...
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Fed. appeals court denies ex-Ill. governor appeal
Politics 08/08/2012A federal appellate court in Chicago has denied an appeal filed by imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released a 16-page ruling on Monday denying the 78-year-old Republican's appeal.A ruling in his favor...