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LIVE: Mel Gibson Expected To Plead 'No Contest' To Misdemeanor Battery - Watch
According to Gibson's attorney Blair Berk, the father-of-eight has decided to take this route out of respect to his kids. "I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:26P
MIRAL Movie Poster with Freida Pinto
Miral Synopsis: From Julian Schnabel, Academy Awardc nominated director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls and Basquiat, comes Miral, the story of four women whose lives intertwine in the starkly human search for justice,
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:26P
Negligence hearing put over
Nicholas Bailey will remain in custody until the case returns before Justice Stephen Hunter on March 24. Friday's date was originally set to hear a decision on committal, but Hunter opted to adjourn the matter to allow lawyers and prosecution more time
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:26P
Judge rules against parents seeking local tax hikes to fund schools
A lawsuit filed by parents in Kansas' Shawnee Mission school district claims that state school funding is inadequate. They sought a temporary injunction that would allow the district to ask voters for a local tax hike. But US District Judge John W.
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:26P
Legal Marketing: Stateside and Worldwide
Attorneys and co-hosts Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams welcome Nick Jervis, Director and Founder of Samson Consulting in Bristol, England, to discuss the best ways to market to clients and the importance of a legal marketing strategy.
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:25P
Borders may close more stores as it moves quickly on restructuring plan
Borders decided to close 200 of its 485 superstores when it filed for bankruptcy — including four in Metro Detroit. Edwards said the company has no plans for a major closing program for its remaining 148 smaller and airport stores because of prior
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:25P
Quentin Tarantino Sues Screenwriter Neighbor Alan Ball Over Screaming Birds
As an Academy Award winner himself, his neighbor Alan Ball should know that, which is why Tarantino has filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court demanding that Ball keep quiet his exotic birds which "emit blood-curdling screams at random intervals for
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:25P
Honeywell fined $11.8M for illegal hazardous waste
The US Department of Justice says the Morris Township, NJ-based technology and manufacturing company entered the plea Friday in federal district court in Benton in southern Illinois. Federal officials say EPA agents searched a Honeywell facility in
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:24P
The Next US Ambassador To China Should Be Shuffling Back To Seattle
One of the more disappointing characteristics of the Obama Administration is its supposedly shrewd practice of identity politics. Presented last year with an opening on the US Supreme Court, the Administration, rather than searching for the two or
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:24P
Resentencing delayed for Minor, 2 former judges
Swan told The Associated Press that Minor was her attorney in a personal injury case in which Whitfield was the judge. She said the men conspired to hurt her case. She also claimed to be the "informant" who first contacted the FBI about alleged
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:24P
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