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The Shuman Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Lawsuit Against ...MarketWatch (press release)BOULDER, Colo., Sep 07, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Shuman Law Firm today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District ...and more » […]

Kendall Law Group Investigates Res-Care, Inc. Acquisition for ShareholdersMarketWatch (press release)If you are a Res-Care shareholder and would like additional information about your rights, contact the Kendall Law Group at 877-744-3728 or by email at ...and more » […]

Electronic Brokerage Veteran Joseph C. Lombard Joins Murphy & McGonigle Law FirmMarketWatch (press release)WASHINGTON, Sept 07, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, the Murphy & McGonigle law firm announced that Joseph C. Lombard, a former Archipelago Holdings ...and more » […]

Law Office of Jonathan M. Stein, P.L. Investigates Possible Breach of ...MarketWatch (press release)The Law Office of Jonathan M. Stein, PL represents shareholders and consumers in complex litigation, including class action and derivative litigation. ...and more » […]

New York Daily NewsParents Of Asthma Victim Want CPR Law For CopsGothamistCarmen and Michael Ojeda will rally today on the steps of the Brooklyn Supreme Court for "Briana's Law," which would require yearly training in CPR and ...Parents of Briana Ojeda want law forcing cops to help in an emergencyNew York Daily Newsall 4 news articles » […]

On Google and the Law: The Scrutiny ContinuesWall Street Journal (blog)Sting sang those lines back in 1983, but the sentiment could well apply to the current relationship between Google and regulators all over ...and more » […]

Daemon's TV (blog)LAW & ORDER: SVU Goes Hollywood to Help Law & Order: LADaemon's TV (blog)NBC is looking to give new Law & Order: LA a boost by staging a crossover with LAW & ORDER: SVU. TV Guide reports that Det. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) ...Keck's Exclusives: Law & Order: SVU Invades LO:LASeattle Post Intelligence […]

The Rosen Law Firm Files Securities Fraud Class Action Against American ...MarketWatch (press release)NEW YORK, Sep 7, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The Rosen Law Firm, PA today announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers ...and more » […]

MyFox AtlantaTop Ga. court considers voter ID lawAtlanta Journal ConstitutionAP Writer Georgia's top court is considering the legality of the state's oft-challenged law that requires voters to show photo ...Top Ga. Court Considers Voter ID LawWXIA-TVState Voter ID Law Challenged In CourtGPBall 20 news articles » […]

Stanford team's law books help Afghan studentsSan Francisco ChronicleIn fall 2007, Afghanistan had a new Constitution and eager students lining up to learn its laws. What it didn't have was law books. ...Stanford students write textbooks for AfghanistanSan Jose Mercury Newsall 24 news articles » […]

New Report Finds Nearly 75 Percent of Lawyers Increased Their Fees During the ...MarketWatch (press release)The report is produced jointly by CEB's Legal and Compliance Practice and CT TyMetrix and helps general counsel make better-informed business decisions by ...CT TyMetrix and The Corporate Executive Board Provide the Industry's First ...Market […]

ABC News'How to Molest Kids' Manual is Legal - Police Still Search for AuthorGather.comAnd, it's perfectly legal. But that isn't stopping police from searching for the author, who only goes by the name, "the mule." Police believe that the ...Manual on How to Molest Children Is Legal, Cops SayABC NewsCops: 'How to Molest Kid […]

FOXNewsRunaway Christian Convert From Ohio Gains Legal US ResidencyFOXNews... whom she alleged threatened her with harm for converting. Bary also sought legal residency to achieve health coverage as she battles uterine cancer.and more » […]

Peace FM OnlineUniversal Loses Legal Battle Over Eminem's MusicCDInsightUniversal Music has lost a legal battle with publishing company FBT Productions over Eminem's music, NME reports. The two entities were fighting over the ...Eminem's label loses legal battle with rapper's ex-publisherMusicrooms.netEminem Legal BreakthroughClashMusic.c […]

ReutersGoogle Legal Update: Who Painted That Target On Our Back?Marketing Pilgrim (blog)What better way to get back from your Labor Day weekend break than to hear about more Google legal concerns. This time there is a mix of the old and the new ...Abbott investigating GoogleLegal News LineLegal Briefing: Texas Investigating Google for Antitrust ViolationsDai […]

Trevali and Glencore Finalize Legal Agreement for Development of Santander ...MarketWatch (press release)"We are extremely pleased to finalize the legal agreement with our valued-partners Glencore, which represents another major milestone in the development of ...Trevali Resources Signs Deal With Glencore To Develop Its Peruvian Zinc-Lead ...RTT Newsall […]

Autonomy iManage Cements Position as De Facto Leader for Legal Information ...MarketWatch (press release)Legal professionals worldwide are facing an ever-growing onslaught of information that they must understand and manage. Additionally, lawyers now work with ...and more » […]

Los Angeles TimesLegal showdown over Asian carp invasionLos Angeles TimesThe anticipated three-day legal showdown begins Tuesday in federal court as attorneys from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota will try to ...Legal Battle Over Asian Carp To Continue TodayChicago Public RadioThe Asian Carp legal battle resumes in a Chicago courtroom to […]

Legal immigrants show they respect citizenshipUSA TodayAs a legal immigrant, I was very interested to read the debate about birthright citizenship — whether babies born to parents who are illegal immigrants ...and more » […]

Washington PostEmbattled Rep. Charles Rangel's legal tab is $1.8 million and risingNew York Daily NewsCharles Rangel may be reaching into pockets for some extra cash to use for legal defense. The party's over for Charlie Rangel, but not the legal bills. ...Rangel spends $111000 on legal fees in 2 monthsThe Associated PressRep. Charlie Rangel Dumps […]

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s new power to take over and liquidate nonbank companies whose failure would jeopardize the financial system is intended as a "third way" between bankruptcy and bailout. But the prospect of a new regime for dissolving megacompanies -- one with almost no judicial oversight and in which creditors' rights […]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly employment report for August was released Friday and the news was still a bit glum overall -- the U.S. economy lost a total of 54,000 jobs. But the news for lawyers and legal industry employees was a bit brighter. The legal sector handed out 1,000 jobs last month, marking the second straight month of improved numb […]

Claiming breach of contract and other charges, five former partners from the defunct Boca Raton, Fla., office of Hodgson Russ are suing top partners of the Buffalo, N.Y.-based law firm. The former Boca Raton partners insist they were blindsided by the firm's decision last year to close the office, which they claim violated their rights under the firm […]

In a recession, should firms reduce tech investments to conserve cash or increase them to win a competitive advantage when the economy turns around? If your firm's goal is to boost tech-savvy associate morale, the results of the 2010 Associate Tech Survey say ramp it up. […]

The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently surprised the sports world with unusually harsh sanctions against the University of Southern California. The University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina are two of the other Division I schools being investigated. In 2009, NCAA enforcement staff processed 29 of the most serious type of rule […]

Since the U.S. Supreme Court established the "nerve center" test as the definitive test for determining corporate citizenship, two Eastern District of Pennsylvania federal judges have issued conflicting rulings on whether GlaxoSmithKline is a corporate citizen of Pennsylvania or Delaware. One judge ruled two Brooklyn plaintiffs should not have thei […]

A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his first term 40 years ago. Despite the Democrats' substantial Senate majority, fewer than half of Oba […]

In a ruling that could have a significant impact on proceedings involving failed banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has been rebuffed in its attempt to assert a $905 million priority claim against the holding company of the failed Colonial Bank. A federal bankruptcy judge in Alabama has ruled that the bank's bankrupt holding company, Colonial Ba […]

When she was up for confirmation, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan provided the Senate with a list of 11 pending cases in which she would recuse because of her participation as solicitor general. In a routine order list issued Friday, Kagan indicated she was not participating in an additional case -- the vaccine liability case of Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, set fo […]

An Arizona attorney may face disciplinary action after an investigation found that she told a client she was channeling his dead wife, then lied about it during an unrelated disciplinary proceeding. The client testified that Charna Johnson pressured him to have a sexual relationship, although she told the investigator that the references to sex were coming f […]