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Nike Creator's Daughter-in-Law Axed Over Prom DateABC NewsThe daughter-in-law of Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman has been dismissed as a volunteer track coach at a small Eastern Oregon high school because she escorted a 17-year-old boy to last month's prom. Melissa Bowerman, 41, who had been coaching the …Nike co-founder's daughter-in-law dismissed from volunteer job because [...]

msnbc.com Snooki's Legal Battle Over Brand Deal Heats UpFox News"Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi faces further headaches in her legal battle with licensing company SRG Ventures over an email sent by her dad describing her as "the hottest thing on the market." The pregnant power gnome partnered with SRG …Snooki's Legal Trouble: Lawsuit Claims [...]

Patriot-News Largest compilation of exonerations ever finds over 2000 falsely convicted …Washington PostThe new national registry, or database, painstakingly assembled by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, is the most complete list of exonerations ever compiled.University of Michigan Law School and the Center [...]

NEWS.com.au Law tears family apart over a single gunshotNEWS.com.auAlexander, a 31-year-old mother of a toddler and 11-year-old twins, had claimed self-defence, tried to invoke Florida's "stand your ground" law and rejected plea deals that could have won her a much shorter sentence. But a jury found her guilty as …Woman gets 20 years for firing [...]

Legal fight over gambling in Ohio still being wagedToledo BladeBY JIM PROVANCE COLUMBUS — The second of Ohio's Las Vegas-style casinos could open on the Toledo riverfront next week with a major legal question still unsettled. A Franklin County Common Pleas judge is expected to decide soon whether to dismiss a …and more » View full [...]

TIME (blog) Standoff over blind legal activist ends as China's Chen flies to U.S.Kansas City StarWhile Chen, a self-taught legal crusader, has said repeatedly that he did not intend to seek asylum in America, it was far from obvious when he might return or whether the Chinese government will allow him to do so. Chinese [...]

TIME (blog) Standoff over blind legal activist ends as China's Chen flies to USMiamiHerald.comWhile Chen, a self-taught legal crusader, has said repeatedly that he did not intend to seek asylum in America, it was far from obvious when he might return or whether the Chinese government will allow him to do so. Chinese dissidents who've [...]

ABC News Steve Powell's Legal Troubles May Not Be OverABC NewsThe voyeurism conviction of a missing Utah woman's father-in-law may not be the last of his legal troubles, as an attorney said Thursday she is working on a lawsuit that could keep pressure on Steve Powell. Lawyer Anne Bremner represents the family of …and more » [...]

A woman who was prescribed medications for off-label uses doesn’t have standing to sue the drug company that marketed them, the Third Circuit has ruled. Angela Montgomery failed to show that her doctor prescribed the medicine, Rebetol, because of Schering-Plough’s marketing strategy, the circuit held. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

A federal judge has dismissed a potential subclass of plaintiffs from a suit that charges that West Publishing and LexisNexis’ digital collection and sale of publicly filed legal briefs and memoranda violate U.S. copyright law. The judge dismissed a class of attorneys who have not obtained copyright registration for their briefs. View full post on [...]