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Front and Center:Vallejo's bankruptcy serves as lesson to other troubled cities
Vallejo's name has been co-opted as a verb, an event, and even a historical happening, all following its municipal bankruptcy filing three years ago. In fact, Vallejo has become something of a cautionary
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:55P
Front and Center:Vallejo's bankruptcy serves as lesson to other troubled cities
Vallejo's name has been co-opted as a verb, an event, and even a historical happening, all following its municipal bankruptcy filing three years ago. In fact, Vallejo has become something of a cautionary
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:55P
Should Israel Still Support The United States?
The alliance should not violate the principles of justice. The alliance should not be permanent. Treaties should be honored once they're made. In some ways the history of foreign affairs thinking in the US is the history of various distortions of
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:55P
Taxpayer loss on auto bailout narrows
Obama is making the most out of Chrysler's announcement last week that it is repaying $5.9 billion in US loans and a $1.7 billion loan from the Canadian government ahead of schedule. Those payments cover most of the federal bailout money that saved the
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:55P
Accuser of New York police "devastated" by rape acquittals
"I know that in a criminal trial a verdict of not guilty does not necessarily mean the defendants were found innocent," the 29-year-old accuser said in a statement released late on Tuesday, "but I am devastated and disappointed by the jury's decision.
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:54P
Accuser of New York police "devastated" by rape acquittals
"I know that in a criminal trial a verdict of not guilty does not necessarily mean the defendants were found innocent," the 29-year-old accuser said in a statement released late on Tuesday, "but I am devastated and disappointed by the jury's decision.
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:54P
Countrywide's Mozilo Asks to Dismiss Allstate Lawsuit
s lawsuit seeking to hold him responsible for losses on toxic mortgage debt it bought. The largest publicly traded US home and auto insurer alleged in a December lawsuit that it had suffered “significant losses” on more than $700 million of mortgage
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:54P
Google a peeping Tom? Local court to decide
BERRYVILLE -- A class action lawsuit against Google, the giant Internet and computer software company, was dismissed in Carroll County Circuit Court Thursday, but Judge Kent Crow allowed the plaintiffs 14 days to revise the complaint to allege facts of
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:54P
This Analyst Was Punished For Blowing The Whistle On Wall Street
In recent years, Biovail retreated from virtually every allegation it made in its lawsuit [1]. It dropped its claims against Mr. Maris and Bank of America in 2007. As part of a settlement, Mr. Maris agreed not to countersue. The company also paid $10
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:53P
Advocate Capital, Inc. Sponsors the 2011 AAJ Paralegal of the Year Award
We hope that this award will help to bring well deserved attention to the crucial role that paralegals play in our Nation's civil justice system." All award candidates were nominated by an AAJ Attorney Member in good standing or by another AAJ
Updated: 06/01/2011 04:53P