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'Major stakeholders' in Harrisburg's debt think Act 47 a waste of time
Isn't the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore due on March 31 to give its report to the Harrisburg City Council regarding its options under Act 47 and Chapter 9 bankruptcy? With all these questions swirling, it's probably wise to take a step back
Updated: 03/13/2011 11:53P
Judge dismisses attorneys' lawsuit against DA
The February 2010 lawsuit alleging the Cameron County District Attorney and others in his office violated the civil rights of several local defense attorneys was dismissed Thursday. US Federal District Judge
Updated: 03/13/2011 11:27P
Anderson physician-attorney honored
His legal practice emphasizes health-related civil litigation and medical malpractice, white-collar crime and health fraud, workers compensation, Social Security disability and serious personal injury. Hinnant, also a board-certified urologist,
Updated: 03/13/2011 11:25P
A trail-blazing judge remembered: Don Brenner
“As a lawyer and judge he was a superb mediator with astute business and financial judgment, talents which allowed him to resolve many of the most difficult business law cases brought before our court.” Brenner was responsible for pushing through the
Updated: 03/13/2011 11:04P
Pressure grows for revising policies on towing unlicensed drivers' cars
Those affected, he said, were most often migrant workers, not "individuals who were DUI, who had suspended licenses or individuals that were being sought out by the law." In February, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department's Indio Station,
Updated: 03/13/2011 09:45P
Program lures top grads into education careers
After graduating from Ohio State University in 2007 with a 3.9 grade point average and degrees in Spanish and political science, Brynn Myers planned to go into politics to help shape policy about immigration and education reform.
Updated: 03/13/2011 09:28P
Bankrupt woman's state tax debt nondischargeable
The state contended that Ciotti's tax debt was nondischargeable under §523(a)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code. The statute prohibits discharge of a tax debt “with respect to which a return, or equivalent report or notice, if required … was not filed or
Updated: 03/13/2011 09:26P
Former chief justice of BC Supreme Court, Donald Brenner, has died
As a lawyer and judge he was a superb mediator with astute business and financial judgment, talents which allowed him to resolve many of the most difficult business law cases brought before our Court.” Mr. Brenner served on the Supreme Court for 17
Updated: 03/13/2011 09:25P
Report: US needs to do more for tribal courts
The GAO interviewed officials at 12 tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Arizona, focusing on criminal law. Tribal officials expressed concern about limited sentencing authority, jail space, encroachment on judicial independence and the
Updated: 03/13/2011 08:32P
US Attorney General Eric Holder
Before that, he worked for about 16 years in the court system of Madison County, Ill., serving as probation officer to adults and DUI defendants, and as a surveillance officer. … Read more » (AP Photo/US Marshal's Office, Shane T. McCoy)
Updated: 03/13/2011 08:21P
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