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American Airlines GDS row heats up
The row between American Airlines and the travel technology industry has entered a new phase after AA added Sabre to the anti-trust lawsuit originally filed against Travelport. The amended lawsuit, filed in Texas two months ago, claims that Sabre is
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:05A
Ohio to alter execution rules for cancer-stricken inmate
COLUMBUS -- Ohio will make it easier for a condemned inmate who lost his larynx to cancer to make a final statement at his execution, a gesture of flexibility the state argues is one more reason a federal judge should dismiss a lawsuit challenging
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:04A
Bucyrus funeral home wins wrongful embalming lawsuit
BUCYRUS -- Jurors decided Wednesday that a local funeral home did not wrongfully embalm a Galion man's mother. After deliberating for less than hour, eight jurors found in favor of the defendant in a civil suit in Crawford County Common Pleas Court.
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:04A
Billy Bob Thornton's daughter convicted of manslaughter
The Orange County State Attorney's Office says the verdict against 32-year-old Amanda Brumfield was returned Friday. She faced a murder charge in the 2008 death of her best friend's 1-year-old daughter, Olivia Madison Garcia.
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:04A
Parliament refuses even to put jury trials issue on agenda
The authors of the instrument insisted that Ukraine yet in 1996 proclaimed in the Constitution the principle of direct popular participation in justice through the establishment of jury trials, but this provision of the Constitution has not been
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:04A
City Grill Shooter To Be Sentenced This Morning
Four people were killed and another four were wounded in the shooting outside the Main Street restaurant. During the week-long trial, jurors heard from nearly 50 witnesses. They deliberated for almost eight hours before reaching their verdict.
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:04A
Let's hear it for Arizona's role in enforcement
The professionally outraged announced boycotts. Arizona stood condemned before the world, a byword for hatred and defiance of federal law. And yet the Supreme Court last week implicitly ratified Arizona's leadership role on immigration enforcement.
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:03A
Supreme Court upholds "Legal Arizona Workers Act," state law not preempted by
Under the Arizona law, sanctions for non-compliance include the suspension and revocation of business licenses of employers. The Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, rejected the argument that had been advanced by employers - that federal immigration law
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:03A
Rapping Lawyer's Reality TV Misstep Replayed on YouTube
A rapping lawyer who was booed off the stage of America's Got Talent remains a celebrity on YouTube. Tallahassee personal injury lawyer Jimmy Fasig accidentally stepped off the stage on Tuesday, landing in front of the judges
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:01A
The European Law Institute is an important contributor to the goal of building
It will also help analyse the difficulties faced by legal professionals, identify possible solutions to help improve the application of EU law, and develop suggestions for reforms of EU legislation in all areas and being a forum for exchange and
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:01A