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Two weeks before pivotal appellate arguments over the fate of the $8.5 billion settlement she negotiated with Bank of America, Kathy Patrick of Gibbs & Bruns is showing no signs of backing down from pursuing demands that major U.S. banks repurchase mortgage-backed securities. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

With former federal judge and FBI director Louis Freeh and Hughes Hubbard & Reed corporate reorganization co-chair James Giddens set in their roles as trustees for bankrupt MF Global Holdings, several Am Law 100 and international firms are angling to help unwind the defunct derivatives broker. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Draw the line between legal pot and bogus medicineTheNewsTribune.comJeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, purports to clarify the legal status of the marijuana stores. Actually, their legal status is already clear: They are illegal. But many of their operators have proved that they will ignore the law so long as there's fast …and more » View full post on [...]

Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) The 2012ers take a hard line against immigration—illegal or legal—in SC primaryYahoo! News Blogs (blog)In response to a question from an audience member about "amnesty," Gingrich said he thinks local community leaders should have the power to decide whether some illegal immigrants who have deep ties to the community can stay [...]

Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) The 2012ers take a hard line against immigration—illegal or legal—in South …Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)In response to a question from an audience member about "amnesty," Gingrich said he thinks local community leaders should have the power to decide whether some illegal immigrants who have deep ties to the community can stay [...]

Legal News Line Wash. lawmakers take aim at AG's office in billLegal News Line(Legal Newsline) – A bill introduced this week in the Washington Legislature takes aim at the state attorney general's powers. In particular, Senate Bill 6286 would preclude current Attorney General Rob McKenna from taking legal action against the …Some question power of [...]

Where is the legal line drawn in animal rights activism?Kansas City StarBoth can feel the weight of the law and the sting of being called a terrorist. At the giant Harris Ranch, in western Fresno County, investigators are trying to solve the Jan. 8 arson that damaged 14 tractors and several cattle-hauling trailers. …and more » [...]

Where's legal line on animal rights?The TennesseanWASHINGTON — A federal courthouse in Boston and a ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley present competing faces of the animal rights movement. One side is peaceful. The other, decidedly, is not. Both can feel the weight of the law and the sting of …and more » View full post [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A federal judge in California on Jan. 5 certified a class and subclass but denied certification of another class and two subclasses in a case in which homeowners allege that Washington Mutual Bank (WaMu) improperly suspended their home equity lines of credit (Jeffrey Schulken, et al. v. Washington Mutual Bank, Henderson, [...]

Law enforcement agencies team up across state lineChicago TribuneSome law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Michigan-Indiana state line are teaming up to fight crime. The Berrien County sheriff's department in southwestern Michigan said in a statement Thursday the effort also involves the St. Joseph County …and more » View full post on law – [...]