Recent Updates
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Court cites racial profiling in tossing gun charge
Legal Marketing 09/23/2016The highest court in Massachusetts on Tuesday threw out a gun conviction against a Boston man in a ruling that says black men who flee when approached by police may be reacting to racial profiling rather than trying to hide criminal activity. In its ...
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Swedish court upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange
Legal Marketing 05/28/2016A Swedish court on Wednesday rejected a request to overturn the arrest warrant of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because there were no new circumstances to consider. The Stockholm District Court said it made the decision because Assange is still wa...
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Court rejects AG Kane's request to reinstate law license
Legal Marketing 02/05/2016Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's law license will remain suspended after the state's highest court on Friday denied her request to have it reinstated while she fights criminal charges of leaking secret grand jury material and lying about...
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ACLU to appeal court ruling in Missouri drug testing case
Legal Marketing 12/22/2015The American Civil Liberties Union said it plans to appeal a federal court ruling that upheld a technical college’s plan to force every incoming student to be tested for drugs. Tony Rothert, legal director for the ACLU’s Missouri chapter, told the Je...
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German court: former SS Auschwitz guard fit for trial
Legal Marketing 11/01/2015A German court says a 93-year-old former SS sergeant charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard has been declared fit for trial. The Detmold state court said Monday a doctor det...
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Appeals court refuses to halt power plant rules
Legal Marketing 09/09/2015A federal appeals court has refused to halt the Obama administration's new clean air standards for power plants while opponents wage a legal challenge. The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday rejected an emergency request from 15 ...
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Retail group against revised card settlement
Legal Marketing 10/25/2012A proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by retailers and trade groups against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. fails to protect merchants from abuse by credit card companies, a national retail group says. The lawsuit, which dates to 2005...
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Rosen Law Firm Files First Federal Securities Class Action
Legal Marketing 07/05/2012The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. announces today that it has filed the first federal class action against Lone Pine Resources, Inc. (LPR) alleging that Lone Pine made false statements of material facts in its prospectus issued in connection with the Company'...
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Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Class Action
Legal Marketing 07/05/2012Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District Court of the Virgin Islands on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the common s...
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Houston Auto Accident & Insurance Claims Law Firm
Legal Marketing 03/01/2012If you've been involved in an auto accident caused by speeding, drunk driving (DWI), unsafe lane changes, following too closely, running red lights & stop signs, reckless truck drivers, or any other cause, we ask you to keep the following in mind...
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Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP Announces a Proposed Class Action Settlement
Legal Marketing 02/20/2012To: All persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation from May 5, 2008 to October 28, 2008, inclusive, including all those who purchased the common stock of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation pursua...
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Indiana Litigation Law Firm - Riley Bennett & Egloff, LLP
Legal Marketing 02/17/2012Indianapolis Business & Corporate Law Firm Entity Selection & Formation There are many important decisions to be made by an emerging business, each of which come with potential pitfalls that be damaging to the business and its owners in the a...