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  • Federal court upholds Texas open meetings law

    Federal court upholds Texas open meetings law

    Legal Events 09/29/2012

    A federal appeals court has upheld Texas' open meetings law as constitutional, rejecting a lawsuit that argued it stifled free speech for government officials. The 1967 Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits a quorum of members of a governmental body from...

  • MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case

    MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case

    Legal Events 09/20/2012

    Jeffrey MacDonald, a clean-cut Green Beret and doctor convicted of killing of his pregnant wife and their two daughters, is getting another chance to try proving his innocence — more than four decades after the nation was gripped by his tales of Char...

  • W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments

    W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments

    Legal Events 09/05/2012

    Whether West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry receives additional public funds for his campaign hinges on whether the U.S. Supreme Court sees a difference between elections for the judiciary and races for other political posts, the stat...

  • Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges

    Ohio man pleads not guilty to Pitt threat charges

    Legal Events 08/29/2012

    An Ohio man charged with conspiracy for allegedly claiming to be part of the computer hacking group "Anonymous" and posting a YouTube threat to release confidential computer information belonging to the University of Pittsburgh pleaded not guilty on ...

  • Appeals court affirms oil company polar bear rules

    Appeals court affirms oil company polar bear rules

    Legal Events 08/22/2012

    Oil companies operating in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast will have a negligible effect on polar bears and walrus, according to a federal Appeals Court ruling Tuesday that backed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules on harassment of the...

  • Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport

    Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport

    Legal Events 08/08/2012

    A federal appeals court has ruled that colleges cannot count competitive cheerleading as a sport when trying to comply with gender-equity requirements, upholding a U.S. District Court decision against Quinnipiac University. In a decision released Tue...

  • Court spurns religious claim to name change

    Court spurns religious claim to name change

    Legal Events 08/02/2012

    An appeals court has rejected a Kansas man's claim that the federal justice system's refusal to recognize his new Muslim name violates his constitutional religious rights. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Michael White failed...

  • Goldman agrees to settle mortgage debt class action

    Goldman agrees to settle mortgage debt class action

    Legal Events 07/20/2012

    Goldman Sachs Group Inc has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit with investors who claimed losses on $698 million of securities backed by risky mortgage loans issued by defunct subprime lender New Century Financial Corp. Lawyers for the investors...

  • Fed court reverses order for VA system overhaul

    Fed court reverses order for VA system overhaul

    Legal Events 05/07/2012

    A federal appeals court on Monday reversed its demand that the Veterans Affairs Department dramatically overhaul its mental health care system. A special 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that any such changes need to be or...

  • Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Class Action

    Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Class Action

    Legal Events 01/31/2012

    Bernstein Liebhard LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Veolia Environnement S.A.  American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) dur...

  • Law Firm To Collect $35M In Forfeited Bonds

    Law Firm To Collect $35M In Forfeited Bonds

    Legal Events 07/11/2011

    A law firm will be appointed to collect about $35 million in forfeited bonds owed to Dallas County. District Attorney Craig Watkins said Wednesday that a law firm, to be selected later, will get to keep 25 percent of the amount collected. A recent lo...

  • Nevada Supreme Court hosting Law Day Live program

    Nevada Supreme Court hosting Law Day Live program

    Legal Events 05/05/2011

    The Nevada Supreme Court is hosting an interactive Law Day Live forum linking courtrooms in Las Vegas, Carson City, and Winnemucca around an American Bar Association theme honoring the legacy of the nation's second president, John Adams. Court spokes...

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