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Obama plans fourth tour of Gulf oil spill

Posted on June 14, 2010
Struggling to show leadership in a crisis, President Barack Obama is embarking on a three-state tour of Gulf Coast states tainted by oil before speaking to the nation about the country's worst environmental disaster and what to expect in the weeks ahead...

NY appeals court tosses ruling on RNC surveillance

Posted on June 09, 2010
An appeals court has thrown out a ruling that ordered the release of documents related to NYPD surveillance of protesters at the 2004 Republican National Convention.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan found Wednesday that the district court overstepped its authority by trying to force the department to make the material public...

Woman pleads not guilty to shaking baby in '95

Posted on June 08, 2010
A west suburban Addison woman accused of violently shaking a 3-month-old baby pleaded not guilty nearly 15 years after she fled to avoid prosecution. Rosa Tellez, 43, was arrested last week in DuPage County. Police had stopped her for a traffic violation when they found she was wanted on a 1995 warrant...

Detroit hit man pleads guilty to 8 murders

Posted on June 08, 2010
A self-described hit man who once told police "I kill people for money" pleaded guilty Monday to eight murders, including the contract killing of a Detroit police officer's wife.Vincent Smothers pleaded guilty to eight counts of second-degree murder and a gun charge in exchange for a minimum sentence of 52 years in prison...

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Police put pharmacists in criminal dilemma

Posted on June 08, 2010
Pharmacy Criminal Defense State and federal laws prohibit pharmacists from filling prescriptions they know to be fraudulent, yet local police conducting sting operations are instructing pharmacists to break those laws. Instead of arresting a suspect for passing a bogus prescription, detectives are telling pharmacists to fill the prescription while officers wait outside, ready to arrest the person carrying the pills...

Teen pleads guilty in Pa. officer's traffic death

Posted on June 07, 2010
A Philadelphia teenager has pleaded guilty in the death of a police officer whose cruiser he struck with a stolen SUV in 2008.Eighteen-year-old Andre Butler pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges on Monday, the day his trial was scheduled to begin...

Bradley S. Wallace, Attorney at Law

Posted on June 04, 2010
Bradley S. Wallace is a trial attorney and a litigation specialist.  He focuses his practice exclusively to representing injured people.  His objective, in every case, is to protect the interests of his clients, fight to obtain the most fair and reasonable result on their behalf, and aggresively pursue every legal avenue to achieve that goal...

IMMIGRATION DEPORTATION DEFENSE

Posted on May 29, 2010
SAN DIEGO IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM If you are not a U.S. citizen, you may be ordered to appear in Immigration Court for deportation proceedings (also known as removal proceedings) if you have:  overstayed your visabeen deemed ?inadmissible? by the USCISbeen convicted of a crimeentered the U...

Medical Malpractice Case: The Emma Mejias Story

Posted on May 29, 2010
Medmal story Emma Mejias died a horrible and painful death, on her very first Christmas Eve in 2004, at the hands of 25 doctors and nurses, another victim of medical malpractice. All 25 of them systematically and willfully ordered and administered the wrong drugs for her life-threatening condition called SLOS (Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome)...

Mathew B. Tully Awarded Air Force Space Badge

Posted on May 25, 2010
Founding Partner Mathew B. Tully has been awarded the impressive Air Force Space Badge due to his completion of space training. Tully is among one of the few Army Officers awarded this prestigious badge, and among an even smaller number of National Guardsmen authorized to wear it...

Lindsay Lohan due in court after skipping hearing

Posted on May 24, 2010
Lindsay Lohan faces admonishment from a judge at a hearing Monday in Beverly Hills.Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel issued a warrant for Lohan's arrest after the 23-year-old actress skipped a mandatory court appearance last week.Revel also ordered that the star abstain from alcohol, wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet and submit to random weekly drug testing...

McHenry & Associates, LLP - San Diego Immigration Law Firm

Posted on May 24, 2010
At the Law Offices of McHenry & Associates, we are committed to providing exceptional legal representation to individuals, families and businesses that require immigration assistance.  Our law firm is experienced in all aspects of U.S. Immigration law and is committed to helping people live and work in the United States legally...

The Rosen Law Firm Files Securities Class Action

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Rosen Law Firm today announced it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all purchasers of TierOne Corporation stock between August 8, 2010 and May 14, 2010, inclusive (the "Class Period"). To join the TierOne class action, go to the website at http://www...

San Diego Immigration Law Firm

Posted on May 24, 2010
We provide exceptional legal services to all those who wish to live and work in the United States legally. The Law Offices of McHenry & Associates limits its practice exclusively to U.S. Immigration Law. Whether you are an individual, family or business, if you are in need of an immigration lawyer in San Diego, call the Law Offices of McHenry & Associates to discuss your immigration options...

Chilean court returns Pakistani suspect to jail

Posted on May 22, 2010
A Chilean appeals court says a Pakistani man detained at the U.S. Embassy must go back to prison.It's preventive detention for Mohammad Saif Ur Rehman Khan, who according to U.S. authorities and Chilean police was found with traces of explosives.Khan says it all must be a misunderstanding, that he's a peaceful man and that he wants America to be safe and secure...

LimeWire loses copyright case in fight with labels

Posted on May 17, 2010
File-sharing software company LimeWire has lost a long-running court battle to the major recording companies. A judge with the U.S. District Court in New York ruled this week that the company and its chairman, Mark Gorton, were liable for inducing copyright infringement...

Starbucks Sued over "Unreasonably" Hot Tea

Posted on May 17, 2010
Starbucks Corp has been sued by a customer who allegedly suffered second-degree burns after being served tea that was too hot.According to the complaint, the plaintiff Zeynep Inanli was served tea that was "unreasonably hot, in containers which were not safe," at a Starbucks store at 685 Third Avenue in Manhattan...

Justice questions way court nominees are grilled

Posted on May 17, 2010
The man considered the Supreme Court's swing vote is questioning the way some senators may grill the woman nominated to share the bench with him.In a speech in West Palm Beach on Friday, Justice Anthony Kennedy said lawmakers should not try to figure out how high court nominee Elena Kagan would rule on specific questions...

P&G being sued over Pampers Dry Max diapers

Posted on May 14, 2010
Procter & Gamble Co is being sued by parents claiming new Pampers diapers have caused severe rashes and other skin conditions on their children, court documents showed, assertions the company has called "completely false."The action, filed by the law firm of Keller Rohrback, comes on the heels of parents' complaints that updated Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers diapers with P&G's new Dry Max technology appear to have caused rashes and burns on their children...

Still no mystery man ID in Ore. court appearance

Posted on May 14, 2010
An Oregon man accused of assuming the identity of a slain Ohio boy has refused to reveal his true name in his latest court appearance. Federal prosecutors say the man claiming to be Jason Robert Evers ? the name of the dead boy ? must be hiding something but he will not say what it is...

NY court axes suit vs. label over Remy Ma shooting

Posted on May 13, 2010
A New York appeals court has rebuffed an attempt to hold Remy Ma's former record label accountable for the rapper's shooting of an acquaintance in 2007.Tuesday's ruling notes that a Universal Music Group Inc. affiliate ended its contract with Remy Ma nine months before she shot Makeda Barnes-Joseph outside a Manhattan nightclub...

Manchester law firm advises on Midlands care home deals

Posted on May 10, 2010
JMW Solicitors has advised a care operator on its recent acquisition of two homes. A team from the Manchester law firm, led by corporate partner Scott Sands and solicitor Vicky Protano, advised Central England Healthcare Ltd on its acquisition of The Old Vicarage in Stoke-on-Trent from private owners Mr and Mrs Kilby...

Bowie & Jensen, LLC Opens New York Office

Posted on May 10, 2010
Bowie & Jensen is pleased to announce the opening of its New York office located in Midtown Manhattan."The firm's operations have grown significantly over the past few years, and a New York office will be a tremendous asset as we continue our growth," said Bowie & Jensen Founder Robert R...

Record £105m legal cost claim in toxic waste case

Posted on May 10, 2010
The London-based law firm which pursued the action against oil trading giant Trafigura over the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast has claimed a record £105 million in costs.The unprecedented figure, which Leigh Day & Co confirmed was correct, dwarfed the only known comparator - the BCCI litigation, Trafigura's QC Sean Wilken told the High Court...

San Francisco law firm seeks dismissal of Thornburg lawsuit

Posted on May 05, 2010
A San Francisco law firm, which was sued by the bankruptcy trustee in charge of liquidating Thornburg Mortgage, has asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, calling it "long on rhetoric but short on facts."The trustee's lawsuit filed in March named attorney Karen Dempsey of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and the firm itself as part of an alleged conspiracy that involved four top Thornburg executives improperly paying themselves handsome bonuses just before the mortgage lender filed for bankruptcy last year...

Cody Fowler Davis driven to open new firm

Posted on May 05, 2010
Lawyer and author Cody Fowler Davis has struck out on his own ? again.He left Davis & Harmon PA, which he formed in 2001, and opened another Tampa law firm this week appropriately named Cody Fowler Davis Trial Attorneys PA. His previous firm is now Harmon Woods Parker Hendricks & Abrunzo...

High Court Rejects Pfizer Appeal in Investor Suit

Posted on May 03, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Pfizer Inc. that sought to thwart a securities lawsuit alleging the drugmaker misrepresented the safety profile of the blockbuster pain drug Celebrex. The plaintiffs alleged that Pfizer's Pharmacia unit deliberately withheld the full results of a medical study that showed no safety advantage to using Celebrex over less expensive anti-inflammatory drugs...

Popcorn Lung Disease - The Jerry Blaylock Story

Posted on May 03, 2010
Popcorn Lung Disease, or Popcorn Workers Lung, appears mostly among factory workers in microwave popcorn plants. The illness is thought to be caused by the inhaled vapors of the butter flavoring (Diacetyl) used in microwave popcorn.The most likely victims of this illness are workers who mix the paste or powder forms of Diacetyl with oil to prepare it for use in the popcorn packets...

Court says feds not liable for immigrant death

Posted on May 03, 2010
The Supreme Court says the family of a now-deceased immigrant who was denied medical care for cancer while in custody cannot sue federal medical officials for damages.Salvadoran immigrant Francisco Castaneda was denied a biopsy for a painful penis lesion while in prison in California, despite outside specialists' recommendations...

Dugas to stay in BR, head law practice

Posted on April 28, 2010
Former U.S. Attorney David R. Dugas will remain in Baton Rouge to head a New Orleans-based law firm?s nationwide energy practice, officials announced Tuesday.Dugas, who resigned his federal post last week, will join McGlinchey Stafford on May 1, the law firm said in a press release...

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