Recent Updates
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Judge strikes down NYC's gruesome tobacco ads
Recent Cases 01/05/2011The city's campaign to scare smokers with grotesque images of decaying teeth or a diseased lung wherever tobacco products are sold was struck down Wednesday by a federal judge who concluded that only the federal government can dictate warnings that m...
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Iowa Supreme Court upholds taxation of KFC
Recent Cases 01/04/2011The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a decision to levy corporate income taxes against fried chicken giant KFC.At question is whether the state can impose income tax on revenue received by a company that doesn't have a presence in Iowa. KFC doesn't own ...
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Florida AG urges spill victims to get lawyers
Recent Cases 12/19/2010Attorneys general in four Gulf Coast states are urging oil spill victims to check with lawyers before settling claims against BP PLC.They issued consumer advisories Friday in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. Earlier this week Claims Administrat...
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SD attorney on trial on child porn charges
Recent Cases 12/16/2010The lawyer for a Sioux Falls defense attorney being tried on child pornography charges told a federal court jury that Leo Flynn sought out the material so he could give legal advice to clients.The 62-year-old Flynn is facing charges including possess...
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Lawsuit seeks to keep 3 Iowa justices on bench
Recent Cases 12/16/2010The retention vote in which three Iowa Supreme Court justices were ousted was illegal, according to a lawsuit seeking to keep the three justices from being tossed from the bench. The lawsuit claims the vote violated the Iowa Constitution, which requi...
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Class action lawsuit against United Water could cost millions
Recent Cases 11/26/2010Several Union City residents have filed a class action lawsuit against United Water on allegations that the company cheated customers by selling them useless warranties that do not cover repairs.The warranties, which cost about $150 a year, are suppo...
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Court won't hear appeal from Adelphia founders
Recent Cases 10/04/2010The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a father and son who built Adelphia Communications into a cable television powerhouse and were convicted of fraud after it collapsed into bankruptcy.The high court refused on Monday to hear an appeal from J...
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Court asked to keep stem cell money flowing
Recent Cases 09/09/2010The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court to lift an order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, a day after being turned down by the judge who issued the order. The administration told a federal appeals court in Wash...
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Appeals court OKs warrantless GPS tracking by feds
Recent Cases 08/30/2010The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit earlier this month declined to schedule an en banc hearing, or a hearing before all judges in the ninth circuit, as requested by the defendant in a drug-related case. The defendant was seeking to suppre...
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Toyota Recalls Corolla Sedans and Matrix Hatchbacks
Recent Cases 08/30/2010The popularity of Toyota took another blow last week as the company announced another in what seems to be a regular series of recalls. Apparently there have been issues with stalling engines in the 2005 through 2008 Matrix Hatchbacks and Corolla Seda...
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Charlie Sheen pleads guilty in Aspen wife assault
Recent Cases 08/03/2010Charlie Sheen's plea deal with prosecutors allowed him to avoid jail time for a Christmas Day assault on his wife and also won't require him to do public service around the tony resort town of Aspen.The "Two and a Half Men" actor pleaded guilty Monda...
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Neb. town may halt immigration law to save money
Recent Cases 07/27/2010Faced with expensive legal challenges, officials in the eastern Nebraska town of Fremont are considering suspending a voter-approved ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants until the lawsuits are resolved.The City Council narrowly rej...