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  • SEC Won't Challenge Stimulus

    SEC Won't Challenge Stimulus

    Recent Cases 04/19/2009

    South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster says a lawsuit broughtagainst the state over federal stimulus money is flawed and premature. But McMaster said in a filing with the Supreme Court on Monday that hewon't oppose the state Supreme Court tak...

  • Texas Supreme Court Justice Sues over Ruling

    Texas Supreme Court Justice Sues over Ruling

    Recent Cases 01/29/2009

    Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht sued the Texas Ethics Commission over its ruling that reduced legal fees constitute a political donation. Hecht says the Jackson Walker law firm represented him in a 2006 proceeding "that affected the free spe...

  • EU court: Ryanair won't have to pay back subsidy

    EU court: Ryanair won't have to pay back subsidy

    Recent Cases 12/16/2008

    Budget airline Ryanair may no longer have to pay back a euro4.5 million ($6.16 million) subsidy to the Belgian state after a court ruled Thursday against an EU order to refund the sum.The European Union's appeals court said antitrust regulators made ...

  • Lawyers: US to release 3 Gitmo detainees to Bosnia

    Lawyers: US to release 3 Gitmo detainees to Bosnia

    Recent Cases 12/15/2008

    The U.S. is preparing to send three Guantanamo prisoners to Bosnia in the first detainee transfer ordered by a federal judge, attorneys for the men said Tuesday.A judge in Washington ruled last month that the government's case was not strong enough t...

  • Minn. panel rules on more disputed Senate votes

    Minn. panel rules on more disputed Senate votes

    Recent Cases 12/15/2008

    The Canvassing Board in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount is off to a fast start in its second day of awarding challenged ballots to the candidates.The board got off to a halting start Tuesday, but in less than an hour Wednesday it dispatched almost 50...

  • Ambulance attendants accused of molesting patients

    Ambulance attendants accused of molesting patients

    Recent Cases 12/11/2008

    They answer the call 24-7, often risking their own safety to rescue the sick and injured and rush them to the hospital. But some paramedics have been more predator than hero.Over the past 18 months, at least 129 ambulance attendants across the U.S. h...

  • Plea deal offered to 8-year-old murder suspect

    Plea deal offered to 8-year-old murder suspect

    Recent Cases 12/01/2008

    Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their eastern Arizona home, court records show.Complete details of the offer weren't spelled out in a court filing p...

  • Wisconsin court says 1985 killer should be freed

    Wisconsin court says 1985 killer should be freed

    Recent Cases 11/13/2008

    A Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday that a man who killed a Catholic priest and two others in a church 23 years ago should be released from a mental hospital.Bryan Stanley had claimed to be a prophet sent to cleanse St. Patrick's Catholic Church...

  • Appeals court clears way for Rep. Jefferson trial

    Appeals court clears way for Rep. Jefferson trial

    Recent Cases 11/12/2008

    A federal appeals court upheld bribery and other charges against Louisiana Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson on Wednesday, clearing the way for a trial.Jefferson, who cruised to victory in a primary last week and is expected to easily win re-ele...

  • Court leaves NC campaign finance law untouched

    Court leaves NC campaign finance law untouched

    Recent Cases 11/05/2008

    North Carolina's system of publicly financed judicial campaigns remained intact Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge over a provision for additional funds in expensive races.The justices declined, without comment, to consid...

  • Typhoon Restaurant sued by Immigrant Workers

    Typhoon Restaurant sued by Immigrant Workers

    Recent Cases 10/10/2008

    A worker claims managers of the Typhoon! restaurant chain abusedimmigrant workers, confiscated their passports, denied them overtimeand medical care, threatened to deport them if they complained, openedtheir mail, stole their tax returns, forced them...

  • Bag Man Says FBI Told Him to Ask for $2M Hush Money

    Bag Man Says FBI Told Him to Ask for $2M Hush Money

    Recent Cases 09/29/2008

    A bag man testified on Friday that he was following FBI instructions when he asked the government of Venezuela for $2 million in hush money, after he was caught carrying $800,000 in a briefcase intended, according to prosecutors, for Cristina Fernand...

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