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Access Hollywood Judge: Shannon Price is not Gary Coleman's common-law wifeSalt Lake TribuneBy Donald W. Meyers Shannon Price failed to prove that she and Gary Coleman had a common-law marriage after their 2009 divorce. Fourth District Judge James R. Taylor ruled Monday that while Price had lived in the former "Diff'rent Strokes" star's home …Judge: [...]

U.S. District Judge James Gwin in Cleveland finally issued a big decision over the weekend in an Ohio county prosecutor’s case against the Mortgage Electronic Registry System and a gaggle of big banks. But it wasn’t the ruling the defendants had been waiting for. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Judge denies Pa. Insurance Dept. bid to liquidate insurersPittsburgh Post GazetteBy Gina Passarella / The Legal Intelligencer For what appears to be the first time in the state's history, a Commonwealth Court judge has denied the Pennsylvania Insurance Department's request to liquidate two insurers and offered some strong language …and more » View full post on [...]

New York Times Louis H. Pollak, Civil Rights Advocate and Federal Judge, Dies at 89New York TimesLouis H. Pollak, a federal judge and former dean of two prestigious law schools who played a significant role in major civil rights cases before the Supreme Court, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case, died [...]

Judge tells insurer: Pay insider trading legal fees – for nowChicago TribuneNEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge said during a court hearing in New York on Thursday he is prepared to order an insurance company to keep paying the legal fees of several former hedge fund managers and traders caught up in an insider [...]

ABC News Pollak, US judge in Philadelphia whose work included key civil rights cases, diesWashington PostBoard of Education, and later served as dean of two Ivy League law schools, has died. He was 89. Pollak, a US district judge, died Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia's West Mount Airy neighborhood, Michael Kunz, clerk of federal [...]

The Associated Press Pollak, US judge who helped in civil rights, diesThe Associated PressBoard of Education, and later served as dean of two Ivy League law schools, has died. He was 89. Pollak, a US district judge, died Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia's West Mount Airy neighborhood, Michael Kunz, clerk of federal district court, [...]

Judge tells insurer: Pay insider trading legal fees-for nowReutersXL suit claims Level Global's legal fees aren't covered * Judge says XL must pay claims while suit is pending * Discovery documents in hundreds of millions for Chiasson trial By Emily Flitter NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) – A federal judge said during a …and more » [...]

A New York state judge has thrown out American Express’ breach of contract action against a cardholder, saying it failed to show the existence of a contract offer and faulting what he called its “robo-testimony.” View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Adaby is due more than $414,000 in fees from a disgruntled client who contended the law firm mishandled the accounting of a stock transfer transaction and other matters in what became an acrimonious attorney-client relationship, a New York judge has ruled. View full post on Law.com – Newswire