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Replacing Judge Cione would be setback to jurisprudence
I am writing to you for the purpose of endorsing Thomas Cione for village justice in the upcoming March elections in the Village of Goshen. I have known Judge Cione for 17 years. He has always exhibited the qualities of a fine lawyer and since his
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:12P
Woman killed in Sunday crash identified
A 28-year-old Utah woman who died early Sunday morning after a crash on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was identified Monday by the Clark County coroner's office as Viridiana Sofia Larson. The coroner's office said
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:12P
Madoff Trustee Amends Confidentiality Proposal After Protest
Confidential information supplied by parties being sued wouldn't be -- and was never meant to be -- disclosed to all defendants, and prior agreements to keep information private would be honored, Picard said in the filing today in US Bankruptcy Court
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:11P
UBS Client in San Diego Gets Probation for Hiding Accounts
Jeffrey Chatfield, a consultant who advised private companies that sought to go public, was also ordered to pay $96000 to resolve his civil liability with the IRS, the US Justice Department said today in a statement. Chatfield filed false tax returns
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:11P
Kevin Mawae: 'Eighteen games isn't going to happen'
The union has decertified, filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court in Minnesota and the NFL has locked out the players. "Eighteen games is not going to happen through NFL player negotiations," Mawae said today during a players' union conference
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:11P
Rival's judicial activism balm
Supreme Court Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly had last month expressed “shock” that Deshmukh was allowed to continue in the cabinet despite allegedly obstructing a police probe against a Congress MLA whose money-lender family was accused of harassing
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:11P
Melsheimer and Smith: Hybrid bill offers best blueprint for Texas judicial
Justice may not be for sale, but you'd have a hard time convincing many Texas voters of that, given the way we elect judges in this state. It's no secret that we have a flawed system for selecting the judges we trust to mete out punishment and rule
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:11P
Fort Bend investment group sued over Third Ward apartment renovations
A Kingwood company is suing a Fort Bend investment group after paying $80000 to have apartments in the Third Ward renovated. Morgan Entities of Kingwood filed a lawsuit on March 10 in the Harris County
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:11P
Cuccinelli's One-Man Fight against Uncle Sam
Fifteen minutes after President Obama signed his controversial health care bill into law, Cuccinelli went to court, filing a lawsuit just blocks from Richmond's St. John's Church -- the same place where Patrick Henry delivered his famous "give me
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:10P
Texas man charged in $100 million fraud case goes on trial in federal court in
The two had been scheduled for joint trial, but the case was severed because the defendants will offer “antagonistic defenses,” according to court papers. In all, five people have pleaded guilty to roles in the scheme. The case was brought in Richmond
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:10P
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