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Supreme Court to hear case on re-copyrighting public domain works
The case originated a decade ago, when University of Denver music professor Lawrence Golan and others filed a lawsuit against the US government in reaction to a 1994 amendment to the Copyright Act, known as the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA),
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:03A
Property owners sue Poughkeepsie over end to garbage pickup
A group of property owners, some with large residential complexes, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Poughkeepsie, claiming its new garbage-pickup policy is unconstitutional. Mayor John Tkazyik said the lawsuit "appears to lack merit.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:03A
Laid-off worker sues Beekman, officials
Fox recently filed a lawsuit in federal court in White Plains claiming her constitutional rights of free speech, due process and equal representation were violated by town officials in eliminating her job, which included duties as secretary to the town
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:02A
Fallen Marine's dad won't pay church
WASHINGTON — The father of a Marine killed in Iraq says he won't pay the nearly $100000 in court costs charged by Westboro Baptist Church, which picketed his son's 2006 funeral, in the wake of his unsuccessful lawsuit against the group, his lawyer said
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:02A
Confusion reigns over Bank's rate hike plan
Economics experts in Northern Ireland are united in doubt over whether the Bank of England will raise interest rates as the Monetary Policy Committee meet to decide their verdict this week. The Bank is coming under mounting pressure to raise rates as a
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:01A
Okorie Okorocha, California's Most Aggressive and Most Successful Criminal and
California DUI lawyer Lawrence Taylor, who represents clients in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside and San Diego, said that requiring continuous appearances during the 10-day assignment period places a significant burden on a defense attorney with
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:00A
Okorie Okorocha, California's Most Aggressive and Most Successful Criminal and
California DUI lawyer Lawrence Taylor, who represents clients in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside and San Diego, said that requiring continuous appearances during the 10-day assignment period places a significant burden on a defense attorney with
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:00A
Protesters urge Croatian government to quit
Former female workers of the Kamensko textile factory led the march on the International Women's Day, placing roses in front of the factory that has been in bankruptcy proceedings following privatisation, Croatian media reported.
Updated: 03/09/2011 03:56A
Former payday loan company settles lawsuit
PHOENIX — A former payday loan operation has agreed to pay up to $170000 to customers who the Attorney General's Office say were the victims of consumer fraud. In legal papers filed Tuesday in Pima County Superior, Quik Cash did not
Updated: 03/09/2011 03:55A
I was exec's slave
American Apparel founder Dov Charney forced a teen worker in Chelsea to become his sex slave -- and celebrated her 18th birthday by sodomizing her, an explosive new lawsuit charges. Irene Morales was only 17 and working as a
Updated: 03/09/2011 03:53A
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