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MyFox Houston Legal Analyst Says Girlfriend Adoption Makes No SenseMyFox HoustonHOUSTON – It's a legal move that's raising a lot of eyebrows and making headlines across the country. A 48-year-old Houston billionaire has adopted his 42-year old girlfriend. It's a pretty bizarre story — the founder of the International Polo Club …Fla. Heir Legally Adopts [...]

BATON ROUGE, La. – An insurer has a duty to defend its insured in a pollution liability suit brought by the United States because the insurer failed to prove that coverage is excluded under the policy, a Louisiana federal judge said Jan. 30 (Louisiana Generating, L.L.C., et al. v. Illinois Union Insurance Company, No. 10-cv-0516, [...]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee federal judge on Jan. 27 said the state’s discovery rule tolls a plaintiff’s shoulder pain pump case against Stryker Corp. and that the plaintiff’s complaint adequately pleaded elements of fraud (Jacob Cates, et al. v. Stryker Corp., et al., No. 3:10-546, E.D. Tenn., Knoxville Div.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9825). [...]

Iraq's Energy Law May Be Delayed for Rest of Year, Ghadhban SaysBloombergIraq's proposed energy law, intended to spur foreign investment in the world's fifth-largest oil producer, will be delayed for the rest of this year due to political divisions, the prime minister's top adviser said. The draft law, held up since 2005, …and more » View [...]

Bloomberg Italy to Revamp Labor Laws Even Without Unions, Fornero SaysBusinessWeekChanging labor laws to make them it easier for companies to shed workers can't be “taboo,” Monti said last night in an interview on Canale 5's “Matrix” show. The code in the labor law known as Article 18 that bans firing without just cause and [...]

Bloomberg Italy to Overhaul Labor Law Even Without Unions, Fornero SaysBusinessWeekChanging labor laws to make them it easier for companies to shed workers can't be “taboo,” Monti said last night in an interview on Canale 5's “Matrix” show. The code in the labor law known as Article 18 that bans firing without just cause and [...]

Monti Says Overhauling Italy's Labor Law to Ease Firings Can't Be 'Taboo'BloombergItaly's rigid firing rules can hurt economic growth and changing the laws to make it easier for companies to shed workers can't be “taboo,” Prime Minister Mario Monti said. The code in the labor law known as Article 18, which bans firing without just [...]

CINCINNATI – A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 30 reversed and remanded a district court ruling and held that the U.S. government, which sued a group of Chapter 13 trustees alleging that they violated the government’s sovereign immunity, lacked standing to bring its claim because it sued the wrong [...]

CBS Local Legal Expert Says Bevilacqua's Death Won't Affect Philadelphia Priest Child …CBS LocalNot much, says one legal expert who is very familiar with the case. There is now a gag order imposed on all parties in the case (related story), so neither the prosecution nor defense can make statements in reaction to Bevilacqua's death.Cardinal [...]

Politico Alabama's Immigration Law to Cost State Millions in Lost Taxes, Study SaysFox NewsAlabama employers say Latinos — including legal immigrants — are not showing up at their jobs because of the hostile environment they feel since an immigration law took effect.AP Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories New Immig.Alabama immigration law costs [...]