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Anti-SLAPP Stature in the Real Estate Litigation Mix
Given that the longstanding rule of American jurisprudence is that each party to the lawsuit pays its own attorney's fees (absent a contractual or statutory provision to the contrary), defendants can find themselves at the mercy of aggressive
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:28P
Times publisher testifies on Tribune reorganization plan
LA Times Publisher Eddy Hartenstein says it's important for Tribune Co. to emerge from bankruptcy protection as soon as possible. Associated Press The publisher and chief executive of the Los Angeles Times says it's important that its parent company,
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:28P
Angle land dispute trial starts
Malcolm Gross, attorney for Dr. Palmer Cotturo, laid out a breach-of-contract case against Angle as the nonjury trial in Cotturo's civil lawsuit got under way. Gross presented evidence that three potential developers backed out of plans to develop land
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:27P
Allentown halts settlement talks in crash case
An attorney for Allentown halted efforts to resolve a lawsuit by the mother of a boy killed when two city police cars collided in 2007 and a man who was injured in the crash, saying their settlement demands were so
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:27P
Congo-Kinshasa: Amend Draft Specialized Chamber Legislation to Ensure
In particular, you noted that on February 25, the Council of Ministers had adopted a draft bill to create specialized chambers within the Congolese justice system with jurisdiction over grave violations of human rights.
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:26P
Summit Investor's Libel Suit Reveals Omar Amanat's Control
The press-shy investor filed a libel lawsuit last week against four British publications for calling him an “impostor.” But he's no impostor; Amanat controls 20 percent of Peak Group Holdings, the biggest shareholder in Summit Entertainment,
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:25P
City on hook $129K for sewer line failure
A former Winnipeg woman has won a $129000 lawsuit after a judge ruled the city was responsible for a devastating sewer flood at her Wellington Crescent home. Christine Smith was living in the UK when she returned to the
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:25P
Stiles escapee caught in Nebraska
HUNTSVILLE - From TDCJ - A Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate who escaped from prison last Wednesday was apprehended Monday night in Omaha, Nebraska. David Puckett, 27, was arrested in Omaha at about 8:45 pm at the apartment of a female friend
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:25P
Bill proposes ending Ohio's death penalty
The "Execute Justice Bill" is sponsored by Democratic state Reps. Ted Celeste of Grandview Heights and Nickie Antonio of Lakewood. "The costs associated with litigation and multiple appeals for Death Row inmates can run tens of millions of dollars a
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:22P
NEWS | SAN DIEGO Exec calls for OK of Tribune bankruptcy exit plan
A top executive with Tribune Co. wants a judge to approve the company's plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection as soon as possible. Comments are moderated by SDDT, in accordance with the SDDT Comment Policy, and may not appear on this commentary
Updated: 03/14/2011 11:22P
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