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New York Daily News Former Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis target of federal probe over his …New York Daily NewsFormer Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis is the target of a federal grand jury investigation exploring potentially fraudulent activities related to a legal defense fund he set up after testing positive for synthetic testosterone [...]

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday filed the first criminal charges flowing from the deadly explosion and leak that became the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP, was charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly intentionally destroying evidence that the authorities wanted to review. He faces a maximum penalty of [...]

Legal briefs: Venable hires former Homeland Security attorney for its …Washington PostIn-house Thales lawyer heads to Fried Frank John Pisa-Relli has left his post as in-house legal adviser at aerospace and defense company Thales to join Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in the District. Pisa-Relli will be corporate special … View full post on [...]

CHT- P&W Software, Inc. Files Legal Complaint Against Evolution1 and Former …MarketWatch (press release)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Apr 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — CHT-P&W Software, Inc., a Florida-based healthcare software company, filed a legal complaint today in California State Superior Court in Los Angeles against Evolution1, Inc., a Delaware corporation …and more » View full post on [...]

Jennifer Hudson Could Testify at Former Brother-in-Law's Murder TrialPeople MagazineThe singer and actress, 30, is on the witness list and, once testimony begins, is expected to appear regularly at the trial of William Balfour, her former brother-in-law, which begins Monday in Chicago with jury selection, CNN reports.and more » View full post on law – Google [...]

A former high-level lawyer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is claiming in federal court that he was forced to resign in the face of retaliation for refusing to go along with discrimination against older, female attorneys employed by the agency. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

A group of former clients has filed a breach of fiduciary duty and professional negligence/legal malpractice suit against Andrews Kurth and two Dallas partners, alleging the defendants mishandled litigation that ended with a multimillion-dollar judgment against the plaintiffs in 2004. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Puerto Rico warns Occupy Movement to clean up mess at former camp in park or …Washington PostSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico officials threatened the island's Occupy Movement with legal action Thursday if its supporters do not clean up a public park they occupied for five months and abandoned suddenly this week.Puerto Rico Warns [...]

A former Cozen O’Connor associate who worked in the litigation department of the firm’s Philadelphia headquarters for more than seven years has been hit with a 30-month suspension for billing hundreds of thousands of dollars in sham charges to firm clients and at one point practicing law without holding an active license. View full post [...]

Are a state attorney general’s poor judgment in hiring and failure to prepare for public office good reasons to let him off easy? That’s a question before the Ohio Supreme Court as a former AG fights a proposed six-month suspension of his law license. It is a case without precedent in Ohio. View full post [...]