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While the United States’ 100 highest-grossing firms rebounded from a disastrous 2009 by posting healthy gains in 2010, the Second Hundred firms saw less robust gains. So why aren’t they worried? View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Deseret News Compromise needed to fix immigrationJournal and CourierThe court's 5 to 3 ruling upheld an Arizona law that makes it illegal for employers to knowingly hire illegal immigrants or to recruit illegal immigrants. Arizona's law requires employers to use the federal E-Verify system to screen for illegal …High Court Upholds Arizona Legal Worker LawHuman [...]

Prison guard found guilty of killing wife, mother-in-law in Ft. BendHouston ChronicleRICHMOND — A former prison guard from Rosenberg was convicted of capital murder this afternoon in the deaths of his wife and mother-in-law. Jurors deliberated for about three hours today before deciding Albert James Turner killed his …and more » View full post on law [...]

Obama Health-Care Law Goes Before Appeals Court in CincinnatiBloombergPresident Barack Obama's health-care law, including its mandate that most Americans obtain insurance, goes before a US appeals court, the second of at least three such panels that will consider the act's …and more » View full post on law – Google News

Legal haze clouds SUV-pickup crash that killed 2 childrenHouston ChronicleThe legal loophole could be used as a defense for the driver in the case, said Beth Warren of the Texas Department of Public Safety's Safety Programs Division. "Unfortunately that's true," Warren said. "If a citation is given, they (drivers) can take …and more » View full [...]

Columbus Dispatch Ohio Senate budget plan strips new union law wordingNews-Herald.comSenators also want to remove provisions from the bill that would base teachers' salaries on their performance — language that's similar to certain wording in the state's contentious new collective bargaining law. Niehaus said his chamber wanted to …Senate GOP strips union law language from [...]

Los Angeles Times Brash new legal comedy seems anything butSouthCoastToday.comLayering one cliche on top of another, the new legal comedy "Franklin & Bash" 9 pm, TNT, TV-14) kicks off with a scene of a scantily clad woman beckoning viewers to join her atop a mattress. A slick and tacky TV commercial? No. …TNT's 'Franklin And [...]

Civil union law takes effectChicago Sun-TimesBernas and Leon and scores of other same-sex couples across Illinois are expected to apply for civil union licenses as a new state law takes effect, bestowing on them rights already granted to married couples. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the historic civil …and more » View full post on law – [...]

FAA Steps Up Legal Fight Against Lasers Shined Into CockpitsWall Street JournalUS aviation regulators, devising a new legal strategy to protect pilots from lasers, on Wednesday are expected to announce they will start levying civil fines against anyone on the ground caught using such portable devices to target …and more » View full post on legal [...]

Chicago Tribune New law requires stricter guidelines for nursing homesChicago TribuneThe proposed new laws, sparked by a Tribune investigation, require nursing facilities caring for the developmentally disabled to report all deaths to state regulators as well as to local coroners or medical examiners. Other reforms include stiffer …and more » View full post on law – [...]