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Rocket Lawyer Survey Reveals Top Issues for Small Businesses Are Legal and …MarketWatch (press release)A new Rocket Lawyer survey shows that, along with a bright outlook for 2012, small business owners are mindful of the additional legal risks they will encounter as their businesses grow. An overwhelming 85 percent of small business owners believe that [...]

DENVER – A federal judge in Colorado on Jan. 20 issued an opinion and order nunc pro tunc making two corrections to a 2011 ruling that although lead plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation have failed to plead their claim under Section 13(a) of the Investment Company Act, they have properly pleaded all other federal securities [...]

After rejecting a plea deal that would have kept him behind bars for nearly four years, a man charged in an undercover online sex crime sting in Washington was found not guilty this week and ordered released from custody. The case marks a rare win for the criminal defense bar as the number of federal [...]

Jeremy Mayfield gets another day in court, says he's working through legal issuesScene DailyMayfield, who has been suspended since a May 2009 drug test that NASCAR says was positive for methamphetamines, and his legal team sat on one side of a federal courtroom, and NASCAR Chairman Brian France sat on the other as Mayfield's attorneys [...]

Two years ago, President Obama made headlines at his State of the Union address by calling out the high court for its Citizens United decision, with six justices watching as he spoke. Tuesday, with jobs and the economy taking center stage, Obama and the cameras largely ignored the five justices in attendance. View full post [...]

La Verne Law Symposium Addresses Civil Rights Issues Under the LawMarketWatch (press release)ONTARIO, Calif., Jan 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Southern California's leading law enforcement officials, attorneys and judges discussed and debated the changing face of civil rights issues and litigation in a two-day symposium hosted Jan.and more » View full post on law – Google [...]

Cinema Blend Could CBS' Elementary Pilot Lead To Legal Issues Due To Similarities With …Cinema BlendThe situation sounds a bit tricky from a legal standpoint, considering Sherlock is also borrowing the character from classic literature. From what the Independent reports, it's the concept of relocating the character to a modern setting, …Legal thriller looms as [...]

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Fourth District California Court of Appeal on Jan. 17 affirmed a trial court decision to deny class certification to a group of mobile home owners who claim to have suffered water damage to their properties, concluding that the trial court did not err by finding that “common issues did not [...]

MyFox Memphis Cloudy legal issues cast shadows over school propertyMemphis Commercial AppealBut the question of who has the rights to school buildings in the suburbs is a muddy legal issue, and it will remain that way "unless the legislature does something specific to make it clear," said Valerie Speakman, attorney for the Shelby County …Bartlett [...]

HOUSTON – The Texas federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of alleged Ponzi scheme mastermind R. Allan Stanford on Jan. 13 issued a number of orders in the proceeding, including two denying Stanford’s motion to dismiss the indictment against him and a motion filed by his legal counsel seeking to withdraw as counsel, respectively (United [...]