Legal News

Attorney: Judge should fine governor on English funding
Yuma Sun - 13 hours ago
And Cardenas said Napoli- tano is powerless to do anything until the Legislature approves a new law, something they have yet to do.

Court rules state failed duty to aid injured tot
Honolulu Advertiser - 7 hours ago
That law has since been changed, and the state Attorney General's office unsuccessfully argued in the Kaho'ohanohano case that the new law should be applied retroactively. Dasia will need to undergo additional surgery in the future, according to Devens ...

3rd Circuit: Final Judgment No Prerequisite for Attorney Fees
Law.com (subscription) - Mar 24, 2008
In 2006, a new law was passed that satisfied the plaintiffs and the court. But when Conti awarded attorney fees to the plaintiffs for all the hours they had logged at every step of the litigation, the city appealed, arguing that Conti had erred in ...

New Law Lets Tenants Sue Over Harassment
New York Times - Mar 13, 2008
Mr. Bloomberg said the law also provided some protections for owners, including allowing a judge to award attorney fees to owners if tenants’ harassment claims are found to be frivolous. Tenant leaders and City Council members, including the speaker, ...

Transcript: We the People Wisconsin State Supreme Court Candidate ...
WISC - Mar 29, 2008
I apply that legal analysis to the facts of the given case. I do not take sides in advance. I think it is inappropriate for a judge or a justice to tell you that I'm a conservative or a liberal, or I'm a candidate of big business, or law enforcement, ...

Internet ban follows Underbelly storm
Melbourne Herald Sun - Mar 26, 2008
It has been highlighted by the court ban forbidding the screening of the Underbelly TV series about Melbourne's underworld wars.

Blood in the streets A wave of pedestrian-maiming crashes in ...
The Register-Guard - Mar 29, 2008
1, a new law took effect that sets higher penalties for drivers who kill or injure “vulnerable” people such as pedestrians, wheelchair users and bicyclists while driving carelessly.

Tenant Harassment Bill To Become Law
Village Voice - Mar 13, 2008
The new law will make harassment itself an offense over which tenants can take their landlords to housing court. She'll be in the Blue Room when Bloomberg signs the bill into law at 1 pm Santana twice testified in favor of the legislation, ...

Court rejects funeral law
Kansas.com - Mar 12, 2008
A new law could also face legal challenges. The US Court of Appeals prevented Missouri from enforcing its funeral protest law until the Phelps family could resolve a lawsuit over freedom of speech. A US district judge in Kentucky struck down that ...

Atherton: John Johns loses legal round
The Almanac Online - Mar 6, 2008
A Superior Court judge disagreed with Mr. Johns' argument, clearing the way for Atherton attorneys to take his deposition.

Anticipation Builds for New Law School
Memphis Daily News - Mar 3, 2008
Donelson, an attorney, former Memphis City Council member and state finance commissioner, clerked in the building in 1942 for US District Court Judge John Martin. "I think it's going to be absolutely wonderful. It's a magnificent building," he said as ...

A sudden switch
GoErie.com - Mar 19, 2008
"Formal charges were filed by the Pennsylvania State Police, as we reported, based on the Crawford County district attorney's analysis that the new law could be applied retroactively. "The situation changed the next day, and we're reporting the new ...

Harassment Becomes a Cause of Action in Housing Court
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Mar 14, 2008
by Ryan Thompson (court@brooklyneagle.net), published online 03-14-2008 By Ryan Thompson LIVINGSTON STREET - Beware, Brooklyn landlords: A new law will give tenants in the city a new weapon with which to sue. Effective immediately, the Civil Court of ...

Judge gives iMEGA case mixed results
PokerListings.com - Mar 7, 2008
US District Judge Mary Cooper dismissed the organization's challenge of the ban in her ruling, but she did give the group legal standing to challenge the law in an appellate court. The UIGEA is designed to stop online gambling by preventing the ...