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AG files brief against grad student's dismissal
Attorney General Bill Schuette says on his state website that he's supporting Julea Ward's civil rights lawsuit against the Ypsilanti school. Julea Ward says she was removed in 2009 from Eastern's counseling program for refusing to counsel gay clients,
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:34P
Minnesota AG Sues California Company, Alleging Fake Refi Deals
Meredian Financial Corp. targeted homeowners struggling with adjustable interest-rate mortgages and offered them lower rates through fake refinance deals, while pocketing the service fees, according to a Minnesota state court lawsuit filed today.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:34P
Fasano pill mill bill passes Senate Health Regulation Committee
The bill will move to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee next. # Fasano, a long-time proponent of a state Prescription Drug Monitoring database, created the bill in an effort to strengthen that program, which would track pill mills and
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:34P
Lawyer Challenging How Tenn. Sets Bail Amounts
According to the suit, an analysis of nearly 4400 domestic assault arrests in 2010 found that more than 60 percent of suspects were given the same specific bail amounts: $1000, $2000 or $5000. The suit claims similar patterns exist for DUI arrests.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:34P
Lawyer Challenging How Tenn. Sets Bail Amounts
According to the suit, an analysis of nearly 4400 domestic assault arrests in 2010 found that more than 60 percent of suspects were given the same specific bail amounts: $1000, $2000 or $5000. The suit claims similar patterns exist for DUI arrests.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:34P
WKBT News 8 - La Crosse, WIWisconsin union fight could carry over to court race
But Democrats and unions are vowing to strike back, and they plan to start by ousting state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser. The conservative-leaning Prosser faces Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg in an election April 5 for a 10-year
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:34P
Half-Century Wall Blocks Tribe's Territory Claim
The federal appeals panel in San Francisco affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, who claimed that the United States illegally took their land in 1937 in an
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:33P
Robb & Stucky now saying it will lay off 380
A bankruptcy judge ordered the going-out-of-business sale, which the company said includes an estimated $90 million worth of inventory at significant discount, the company said. When the sale is completed, all stores will be closed.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:33P
Judge not biased when questioning Kamloops gangster about tattoos
During Russell's two-day trial in January 2009, Justice Robert Powers asked Russell if he had noticed that his co-accused in the drug and gun case, Thomas Crawford, had matching Independent Soldier tattoos on his forearms.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:32P
HC relief for 250 stranded pilgrims
A division bench of justice PB Majmudar and justice Amjad Sayed was hearing petitions filed by the bus owners, Vijay Dubey, Shiv Govind Pal, Phoolchand Jaiswal and Tribhovanath Pandey, seeking release of their buses. The court directed them not to
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:31P
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