Law Advice

AFP Official: Iraq will take legal action over US raidThe Associated PressBAGHDAD (AP) — A government spokesman says Iraq will take legal action to ensure justice for the families of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians killed in a US raid in Haditha seven years ago. Thursday's comments reflect the anger in Haditha after the lone US [...]

House GOP to draft bill replacing Obama health lawThe Associated PressThe House voted to repeal the health care law last year, but the Democratic-led Senate refused and replacement legislation languished. Pitts told reporters Wednesday his personal opinion is that some parts of Obama's law will survive.House GOP to offer health reform 'replace' plan after SCOTUS [...]

The Associated Press Nation's oldest federal judge dies at age 104The Associated PressBrown died Monday night at the Wichita assisted living center where he lived, his law clerk, Nanette Turner Kalcik, said Tuesday. During his long tenure, the senior judge in Wichita repeatedly tried to explain why he had not yet fully retired from the [...]

ATLANTA – The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Jan. 19 unpublished opinion upheld a district court’s dismissal of a suit contending that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (Chase) was not entitled to collect on loans it acquired because of fraudulent inducement (Gary C. Arms, et al. v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., [...]

Moroccan law graduate who burned himself diesThe Associated PressZaydoun, who had a master's degree in law, was from the southern coastal town of Essaouira but moved to near Rabat to take part in the protests, his wife said. After the activists had occupied the ministry building for two weeks, security surrounded …and more » View full [...]

Judge: Federal law trumps Mont.'s medical pot lawThe Associated Press(AP) — A judge has ruled that Montana's medical marijuana law doesn't shield providers of the drug from federal prosecution, delivering a new blow to an industry reeling from a state and federal crackdown. US District Judge Donald Molloy on Friday …and more » View full post [...]

Court overturns Calif. slaughterhouse lawThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has blocked a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep the meat out of the nation's food system. The high court on Monday agreed that the state's …and more » View full post on law – Google [...]

The Associated Press Obama's health overhaul lags in many statesThe Associated PressThis is the year that will make or break the health care law. States were supposed to be partners in carrying out the biggest safety net expansion since Medicare and Medicaid, and the White House claims they're making steady progress. …and more » View full [...]

BBC News Yemeni parliament limits sweeping immunity lawThe Associated PressSANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's parliament says it has approved amendments to a sweeping immunity law so that those working under President Ali Abdullah Saleh could be tried on corruption charges. The amendments announced in a statement released by the …Yemen immunity law partially protects Saleh [...]

Mortgage foreclosure law revisions advisedThe Associated PressAccording to a recent RealtyTrac report cited by task force member Jeff Gilbreath, the law has already made an impact. "(The report) showed a 53 percent decrease in foreclosures in the state of Hawaii that I think we can attribute to Act 48," he said, …and more » View full [...]