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More transparency needed in Atlanta airport bidding
This is simply unacceptable for a city that just had to settle a $3.9 million lawsuit stemming from airport contracting procedures that a federal jury determined to have been illegal and discriminatory. From David Pendered at Saporta Report: Atlanta
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:09A
US sues oil traders for manipulation
“Defendants conducted a manipulative cycle, driving the price of WTI (crude) to artificial highs and then back down, to make unlawful profits,” the lawsuit filed in New York said. “This is a very big deal in that we seldom allege that the defendants
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:09A
Sandoval appoints lawyer to 5th Judicial District Court
During that time, she focused on civil litigation and misdemeanor criminal practice. She opened a private practice in the mid-1990s, handling business, employment and administrative litigation. Wanker has practiced in state district and justice courts.
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:09A
Helping the less fortunate gives meaning to life
Fruitless because there has been confusion about whether the writers are talking about God or religion. Do they mean an all-knowing, all-good, all-powerful God or some other God? It seems the wrong issue is being discussed.
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:08A
Poll: Netanyahu, US congress & AIPAC stand to the right of Israeli public
By being more pro-Israeli than the Knesset, the US Congress indicates that the road to peace and justice in the region cannot pass through Washington House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) speaks at the AIPAC Policy Conference 2011.
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:08A
Pepper Hamilton > Brenner, Frey and Stio of Pepper Hamilton Named to 2011 New
He concentrates on corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation and has been involved in a broad range of federal, state and administrative proceedings. Mr. Frey received a BA degree from Oberlin College in 1976
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:07A
Pepper Hamilton > Hordell and Razzano of Pepper Hamilton Named to 2011
Mr. Razzano has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Law School for the past 15 years, where he has taught white collar crime, international criminal law, securities litigation, broker-dealer litigation and evidence.
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:07A
A wakeup call on prison populations
"As a consequence of their own actions, prisoners may be deprived of rights that are fundamental to liberty," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court, which was split 5-4. But Kennedy made clear that inmates do not forfeit all rights: "Prisoners
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:07A
High court's California prison ruling could lead to nationwide legal overhaul
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, said the state had little choice but to reduce its inmate population because of the squalid conditions of the prison system, which violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:07A
Defence challenges Crown money claims in Mulligan trial
Dean Richard Mulligan is on trial in the High Court at Wanganui for murdering Ms McGregor on April 19 last year after meeting her online and starting an affair a year earlier. It is alleged he drove Ms McGregor, 45, to a remote spot off State Highway 1
Updated: 05/25/2011 05:06A
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