Recent Updates
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Firm settles with W.Va. AG over mortgage case
Headline Legal News 12/03/2012A Texas law firm has reached an agreement with West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw to resolve a case stemming from a national mortgage settlement. Officials said Wednesday that Murray LLP has agreed to stop offering services in West Virgini...
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Lawyer accused of laundering money to request bail
Headline Legal News 11/15/2012A U.S. lawyer who faces charges of laundering more than $600 million for a Mexican drug cartel is scheduled to ask to be released on bail. Marco Antonio Delgado will have his detention hearing Wednesday in federal court in El Paso, Texas. Prosecutors...
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Lawyer for NY man suing Facebook wants out of case
Headline Legal News 11/06/2012The latest lawyer to represent a New York man in what authorities now say is a fraudulent lawsuit against Facebook is seeking to withdraw from the case. Dean Boland, in a motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Buffalo, did not publicly say wh...
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Ohio appeals to Supreme Court on early voting
Headline Legal News 10/12/2012Ohio's election chief on Tuesday appealed a ruling that reinstates the final three early voting days in the battleground state, calling a decision last week by a federal appeals court "an unprecedented intrusion" into how states run elections. Secret...
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Justices step back from Pa. court funding dispute
Headline 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 ag...
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KC law firm owner faces murder, forgery charges
Headline Legal News 09/12/2012The owner of a Kansas City law firm was indicted Friday on first-degree murder and forgery charges, but authorities would not confirm whether it's related to the 2010 shooting death of the attorney's father. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said i...
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Ga. county must $4 million to billboard firm
Headline Legal News 09/07/2012A Georgia county has been ordered to pay more than more than $4 million in damages and attorney fees to a billboard company as part of its ongoing fight to keep billboards out of Atlanta's northern suburbs. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports th...
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3M Co. sues former law firm for switching sides
Headline Legal News 08/17/2012The 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 ...
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3M Co. sues former law firm for switching sides
Headline Legal News 08/17/2012The 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 ...
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Fed. appeals court denies ex-Ill. governor appeal
Headline Legal News 08/10/2012A 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 fav...
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Court orders Chevron to stop drilling for oil
Headline Legal News 08/04/2012A federal court has given Chevron Corp. and driller Transocean Ltd. 30 days to suspend all petroleum drilling and transportation operations in Brazil until the conclusion of investigations into two oil spills off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The cour...
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Court sides with NJ judges in pension dispute
Headline Legal News 07/27/2012New Jersey's Supreme Court dealt a partial defeat to one of Gov. Chris Christie's signature legislative accomplishments Tuesday when it ruled that the state's judges don't have to contribute more to their pensions and health benefits. A leading state...