Lawyer's Alleged Fraud a Case of 'Greed Run Amok,' Says Prosecutor
Disbarred lawyer Scott Rothstein appeared in a packed Florida federal courtroom Tuesday and was accused by prosecutors of using forged judicial signatures to defraud investors as part of a ...
Law.com,
Tue Dec 01 19:27:47 PST 2009
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New gun, porn laws have ties to Kane County
Come Jan. 1, Illinois will no longer have a statute of limitations on the manufacturing of child pornography, and judges will be able to confiscate weapons in criminal emergency orders of p...
Daily Herald,
Tue Dec 01 13:48:56 PST 2009
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High Court Seems Unconvinced by Merck in Vioxx Arguments
U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed reluctant Monday to give the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. a "statute of limitations" way out of defending against a securities fraud class action in...
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Tue Dec 01 00:02:41 PST 2009
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Panel on honest services fraud
Tomorrow at 9 a.m., the Washington Legal Foundation and the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers will co-host a panel discussion on prosecutors
SCOTUSblog,
Tue Dec 01 12:22:20 PST 2009
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Ada County P&Z Changes
There are two openings on the Ada County Planning and Zoning Commission , and a new commissioner was appointed recently. Judy Aitken is leaving the board next year, after her second full te...
Boise Weekly,
Tue Dec 01 11:20:03 PST 2009
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High Court Seems Unconvinced by Merck in Vioxx Arguments
U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed reluctant Monday to give the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. a "statute of limitations" way out of defending against a securities fraud class action in...
Law.com,
Mon Nov 30 20:12:19 PST 2009
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IRS Must Surrender Informant Documents
Federal judge's ruling in California Monex case undercuts IRS Whistleblower Office.
Forbes,
Tue Dec 01 17:07:41 PST 2009
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Woman who killed peacock seeks dismissal of charge
A woman accused of killing a peacock with a baseball bat last year in Mäkaha appeared in court yesterday to ask for dismissal of the animal-cruelty charge against her. Sandra Maloney's atto...
Honolulu Advertiser,
Tue Dec 01 04:10:49 PST 2009
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Cleveland mass murder suspect indicted on 85 counts
A registered sex offender has been indicted on 85 counts -- including aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping -- in the deaths of 11 women whose bodies were found at his home, authorities sa...
CNN,
Tue Dec 01 14:27:26 PST 2009
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'House of horrors' suspect indicted
Prosecutors in Ohio are seeking the death penalty for a registered sex offender charged with 11 counts of aggravated murder.
CNN,
Tue Dec 01 14:27:26 PST 2009
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Ex-lawyer charged in $1.2 billion Florida Ponzi scheme
A disbarred Florida lawyer surrendered to the FBI on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to charges he bilked investors out of $1.2 billion in a Ponzi scheme that funded his luxury lifestyle and...
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Tue Dec 01 14:23:01 PST 2009
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Former lawyer charged in $1 billion Florida Ponzi scheme
A disbarred Florida lawyer surrendered to the FBI on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to charges he ran a complex Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of more than $1 billion.
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Tue Dec 01 09:50:57 PST 2009
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Ukraine's leading English-language newspaper since 1995
Alan Elsner writes: The opening of the trial of the 89-year-old John Demjanjuk in Germany on Monday has evoked mixed responses. As the son of a Holocaust survivor and author of "The Nazi Hu...
KYIV Post,
Mon Nov 30 23:59:18 PST 2009
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Sumner Redstone beats nephew in court
A Massachusetts judge says Michael Redstone didn't prove his claim that his grandfather meant for him to receive more shares of National Amusements. The ruling saves Sumner Redstone million...
Los Angeles Times,
Tue Dec 01 19:05:37 PST 2009
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Education Companies Drop on Draft Recruitment Rules (Update1)
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Education companies including Apollo Group Inc., which operates the largest U.S. for-profit university, fell after the government released draft rules that would restr...
Bloomberg,
Tue Dec 01 17:11:31 PST 2009
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High Court Considers Restrictions on Attorneys Giving Bankruptcy Advice
In a constitutional challenge involving a Minnesota law firm, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed troubled by a federal restriction on legal advice to potential bankruptcy clients, but...
Law.com,
Tue Dec 01 19:27:51 PST 2009
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Vaccine Cases Spark Interest -- and an Unusual Move by Plaintiffs
As attention to vaccine liability heats up, the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to hear a Georgia case in which the state high court has said vaccine makers could be held liable for ...
Law.com,
Tue Dec 01 19:27:00 PST 2009
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Federal Judge Releases Written Opinion on 'Red Flags Rule'
The judge who ruled that lawyers can't be forced to comply with new federal rules meant to prevent identity theft released his written opinion Tuesday. The 40-page document is pretty much i...
Law.com,
Tue Dec 01 19:26:00 PST 2009
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Gotti's previous trials
John "Junior" Gotti beat the feds in three previous mistrials before yesterday
New York Post,
Tue Dec 01 18:39:53 PST 2009
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