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ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Politics and the Supreme CourtNew York TimesThe Supreme Court underscored its power to shape American life when it took major cases about the health care reform law, Arizona's anti-immigrant law and the Voting Rights Act in an election year. But this is not simply a case of the court thrusting …Arizona Immigration Law's [...]

CINCINNATI – An Ohio federal judge on Jan. 31 filed a decision to stay a petition to confirm an arbitration award issued by a tribunal in a dispute over the licensing of patents related to electric discharge machining wire used in precision cutting, until a challenge to the award can be heard by a German [...]

ROCHESTER, NY – The Fourth Department New York Supreme Court Appellate Division on Jan. 31 affirmed a trial court decision ordering the New York State Department of Health and its commissioner, Richard F. Daines, to reimburse Niagara County for Medicaid expenditures known as “overburden expenditures” (In the Matter of County of Niagara v. Richard F. [...]

Wendy's takes legal beef to court over franchisee in Montana, Oregon and …Chicago TribuneHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Wendy's International has a beef with a franchisee that owns 11 fast-food restaurants in Montana, Oregon and Washington. The Dublin, Ohio-based corporation last month asked a federal judge for an injunction to keep BZB Enterprises …and more » View [...]

REFILE-FEATURE-Law grads go to court for bankruptcy protectionReuters(refiles because of technical error related to the use of brackets) * Default rates doubled from 2008 to 2010-Access Group * Major law firms slash 5% of jobs since 2008 * Legal median salary not enough to cover median debt * New ABA rule calls for …Law grads [...]

MyFox Phoenix Arizona Immigration Law's Supreme Court Oral Argument Set For AprilHuffington PostThe Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear oral arguments over Arizona's controversial immigration law on April 25, the Court's final day of hearings for the term. The case, Arizona vs. United States, tests states' abilities to pass their own …Supreme Court [...]

NEW YORK – An investment firm being sued by shareholders said in a New York federal court on Jan. 31 that the shareholders’ derivative suit should be dismissed because they have failed to show that the directors and officers of the firm are not independent of their decisions (Brautigam v. Blankfein, et al., No. 11-cv-04544, [...]

Law grads go to court for bankruptcy protectionChicago Tribune(Reuters) – When Diana Valle decided to intern at a bankruptcy firm during law school, she had no idea how useful the experience would prove – in her own case. Shortly before graduating from the University of Maryland School of Law, the 26-year-old …and more » View full [...]

Wendy's takes legal beef to court over franchisee in Montana, Oregon and …Washington PostHELENA, Mont. — Wendy's International has a beef with a franchisee that owns 11 fast-food restaurants in Montana, Oregon and Washington. The Dublin, Ohio-based corporation last month asked a federal judge for an injunction to keep BZB Enterprises from …and more » View [...]

LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida’s tobacco excise tax is applicable against only the actual wholesale price of the product and not against any intervening costs that increase the price, a Florida appeals court ruled Feb. 1 in what it called a case of first impression (Micjo Inc. v. Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of [...]