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Nye -- Gateway to Nevada's Rurals (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Early voting starts Saturday. The Nevada Supreme Court still hasn't made a decision about whether some candidates are ineligible to run for election because of term limits. Those candidates are on Saturday's ballot. Voters will be voting for candidates that may be declared ineligible to run. [ PolitickerNV ] Get with it Supremes! Don't cause any of us to waste our votes. http://nyenevada.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'alt=rss...
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The Wall of Separation (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Thanks to a federal appeals court decision yesterday, taxpayers funds in Colorado may soon subsidize colleges that preach during class time, expect attendance at religious services and require students to sign agreements promising to emulate “the example of Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Bible.” Prior to this decision, students who attended these “pervasively [...]
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
The owner of the Ambassador Bridge does not have the power to take a half-acre of private land for its plaza to the bridge, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday that upholds a lower court decision.
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Docuticker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Court Upholds Public Access to Crash Data — Decision Says ‘Early Warning Data’ Submitted by Auto and Tire Manufacturers Is Subject to Freedom of Information Act Source: Public Citizen Information that automobile and tire manufacturers submit to the government about crashes resulting in death, injury and property damage is subject to release to the public under [...]
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ACLU (Free subscription) | yesterday
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida today claimed victory in its federal lawsuit, Cameron Frazier v. Cynthia Alexandre et al, as the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier District Court decision preventing a Palm Beach County school from requiring a student from standing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The court left the decision...
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PointOfLaw Forum (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The New York Law Journal (via Law.com) reports on a very interesting New York appellate court decision, Fabiano v. Philip Morris Inc., in which the Appellate Division, 1st Department, holds that the $248 billion settlement with tobacco companies in which...
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Privacy (Free subscription) | yesterday
The long-pending court trial between Nokia and Qualcomm was suddenly postponed Wednesday just as the proceedings were about to get underway. But in that place was hushed plenty of action for the firms as a German court ruled that an important Qualcomm patent was invalid and as Qualcomm said its earnings and revenues rose in the side with quarter. The German Federal Patent Court...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the trial of a former Christian Brother on ten charges of indecently assulting five young boys at an industrial school on dates from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
By Randall MikkelsenGUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, July 24 (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's driver was not told of any rights against self-incrimination under years of interrogation, FBI agents told the Guantanamo war crimes court on Thursday."Our policy at the time was not to read Miranda rights," FBI special agent Robert Fuller said in testimony at the U.S. military commission terrorism...
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Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON -- It's getting more difficult for ordinary people to use lawsuits to hold big corporations accountable for gross misconduct, one of the plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez lawsuit told the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee on Wednesday looked at the fairness of several recent Supreme Court decisions, including the outcome of the lawsuit filed by 32,000 fishermen...
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adn.com: Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON -- It's getting more difficult for ordinary people to use lawsuits to hold big corporations accountable for gross misconduct, one of the plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez lawsuit told the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee on Wednesday looked at the fairness of several recent Supreme Court decisions, including the outcome of the lawsuit filed by 32,000 fishermen...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN RAMON, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent California Supreme Court decision to allow gay couples to marry strengthens the commitment of the Reproductive Science Center of the Bay Area (RSC), one of the state's leading fertility practices, to servi...
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Information Week (Free subscription) | yesterday
The long-pending court trial between Nokia and Qualcomm was suddenly postponed Wednesday just as the proceedings were about to get underway. But there was still plenty of action for the firms as a German court ruled that an important Qualcomm patent was invalid and as Qualcomm said its earnings and revenues rose in the second quarter. The German Federal Patent Court said that the...
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Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
WASHINGTON - It's getting more difficult for ordinary people to use lawsuits to hold big corporations accountable for gross misconduct, one of the plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez lawsuit told the Senate Judiciary Committee. Story tools Font size : | | The committee today looked at the fairness of several recent Supreme Court decisions, including the outcome of the lawsuit filed...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Decision Affirms KV's Intellectual Property Rights at Early Stage of
Infringement Case
ST. LOUIS, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KV Pharmaceutical Company
(NYSE: KVa/KVb), today announced a favorable court decision related to
litigation brought by KV against Lannett Company, Inc. for infringement of
KV's PrimaCare ONE(R) trademark and for patent infringement.
On July 17, 2008, the United States...
