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City Attorney Highsmith threatens lawsuit against Alameda
Yesterday, as reported on The Island (and alerted on the Island's twitter feed), City Attorney Teresa "Terri" Highsmith filed a knee slapper of a claim against the City Of Alameda in preparation for what will obviously be a lawsuit.
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:01A
Urging Suicide is Unprotected “Lethal Speech”–Except in OR/WA
a former nurse who engaged in “lethal advocacy” when he encouraged an English man and Canadian woman to kill themselves after searching for depressed people over the Internet, a Minnesota judge said in delivering a guilty verdict against the man.
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:00A
Court hears appeal of San Francisco's ranked-choice voting system
The six voters, led by former Board of Supervisors candidate Ron Dudum, want the appeals court to overturn a federal trial judge's ruling dismissing their lawsuit. The three-judge panel took the case under submission and has no deadline for issuing a
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:00A
Lawsuit, Hawaiian style
McClatchy's Michael Doyle blogged last week that a federal judge in Washington dismissed a pro se lawsuit alleging the 1898 annexation of the Hawaiian island is unconstitutional. David Keanu Sai went so far as to set up a provisional government of the
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:00A
National and world briefs
Its creation was a marquee achievement of last year's financial markets overhaul law. SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert signed bills Tuesday that will increase immigration enforcement but also implement a guest worker program in Utah, as he challenged
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:59A
Judge rejects key document in Peek'n Peak bankruptcy
Peek'n Peak Resort & Spa's attempt to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy slowed on Tuesday when a judge dismissed a document critical to the Peak's reorganization plan. US Bankruptcy Judge Randolph Baxter,
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:59A
Lebanon city administrator resigns
The Springfield News-Leader reports that Luxem's resignation comes after Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit against the city this week for violating Missouri's open records law. Koster's office said the violation stemmed from an
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:58A
Obama Admin Tells Supreme Court to Wait to Hear Obamacare Lawsuit
In legal papers filed with the Supreme Court late Monday night, Obama administration officials told the Supreme Court it doesn't want it to take up yet the lawsuit one state filed
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:58A
'Remorseless' Sunday school teacher who murdered husband and ex-lover's wife
The 48-year-old mother of two had already been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of plotting with dentist Colin Howell to poison his wife and her husband on Northern Ireland's north coast in May, 1991. With 52-year-old Howell
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:58A
Tuca Zbarcea Asociatii > uca Zbrcea Asociaii Reveals Gross Revenues for 2010
With more than 9 years of expertise, Gabriela Anton mainly specialises in Banking and Finance (including Real Estate Finance), as well as Mergers & Acquisitions. She has been directly involved in major projects, such as the acquisition of HVB Banca
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:57A
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