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Wildfires force California to postpone EPA lawsuit
Lawyer Blogs 09/24/2007[##_1L|1236020928.jpg|width="130" height="93" alt=""|_##]California's attorney general said Tuesday he will postpone a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency because of the massive wildfires in Southern California. Attorney General Jerry...
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Houston Family Sues Over Crib Death
Lawyer Blogs 09/22/2007[##_1L|1191833460.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]A Houston-area couple sued a crib-maker after their daughter died while sleeping in one of their products, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday. "She was just precious, my princess," said Tami Arcenea...
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God responds to Nebraska lawmaker's lawsuit
Lawyer Blogs 09/21/2007[##_1L|1126762111.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]God has apparently responded to a lawsuit filed by a Nebraska lawmaker, and one of the filings seems to have dropped in from the heavens. "This one miraculously appeared on the counter. It jus...
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Court Allows Boys’ Protest via Buttons
Lawyer Blogs 09/21/2007[##_1L|1409304334.jpg|width="180" height="128" alt=""|_##]A federal district judge ruled on Thursday that two grade-school students here can wear buttons depicting Hitler Youth to protest having to wear school uniforms. The judge, Joseph A. Greenaway...
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David Hicks to obey US gag order, says lawyer
Lawyer Blogs 09/20/2007[##_1L|1349971076.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]David Hicks has told his lawyer he will abide by the US-ordered ban on speaking to the media when he is released from jail in December. This is despite an acknowledgement by federal Attorney-Ge...
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Senate rejects bid to let detainees protest in court
Lawyer Blogs 09/20/2007The Senate rejected legislation Wednesday that would have allowed military detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the right to protest their detention in federal court.The 56-43 vote fell four shy of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate on the bill...
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Court Upholds Md. Gay Marriage Ban
Lawyer Blogs 09/19/2007[##_1L|1394621724.jpg|width="120" height="80" alt=""|_##]Plaintiffs vowed to take the fight over gay marriage in Maryland to the Legislature after the state's highest court threw out a suit challenging a law that defines marriage as a union between a...
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Maryland High Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
Lawyer Blogs 09/18/2007[##_1L|1046825530.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]Maryland's Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision on Tuesday and upheld the state law barring gay and lesbian couples from marrying. Attorney's for nine same-sex couples had argued th...
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European Court Rejects Microsoft Antitrust Appeal
Lawyer Blogs 09/17/2007[##_1L|1150852101.jpg|width="90" height="119" alt=""|_##]In a stinging rebuke to the world’s largest software maker, the second-highest European court rejected today a request by Microsoft to overturn a 2004 European Commission antitrust ruling that ...
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Microsoft Faces New Antitrust Class Action In Arizona
Lawyer Blogs 09/16/2007[##_1L|1360585945.jpg|width="130" height="93" alt=""|_##]A local governing body near Phoenix, Arizona has slapped Microsoft (MSFT) with a class action lawsuit, citing antitrust claims similar to those that resulted in a series of multi-million dollar...
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Suspects in W.Va. Torture Set for Court
Lawyer Blogs 09/16/2007[##_1L|1154244621.jpg|width="120" height="80" alt=""|_##]Six white people accused of holding a black woman captive while they tortured and sexually assaulted her are scheduled to make their initial court appearances this week. But the proceedings may...
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State high court to review ruling on churches
Lawyer Blogs 09/13/2007[##_1L|1358712279.jpg|width="180" height="128" alt=""|_##]The California Supreme Court has voted unanimously to review a recent appeals court ruling that the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is the owner of the buildings, prayer books and other prope...