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Georgia Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of “holder claim”
The case is important because by actually dismissing the claims it goes a step further than the Georgia Supreme Court did in Holmes v. Grubman, which addressed holder claims but was an advisory opinion. Plaintiffs make “holder claims” when they allege
Updated: 04/01/2012 09:37A
Prosecutors in Penn State case detail alleged perjury
Prosecutors in the Penn State child rape case detailed 15 responses to a grand jury by a former university official and 23 responses by another that authorities allege constitute perjury, according to court documents. Tim Curley, Penn State's former
Updated: 04/01/2012 09:31A
Copyright infringement in house plans: when will inferences be drawn about
This led the trial Court to comment that efforts to locate the documents regarding the development of the Enterprise house plans "…were not as successful as is normally regarded as ideal in contested commercial litigation." However, the Court did not
Updated: 04/01/2012 09:23A
Copyright infringement in house plans: when will inferences be drawn about
This led the trial Court to comment that efforts to locate the documents regarding the development of the Enterprise house plans "…were not as successful as is normally regarded as ideal in contested commercial litigation." However, the Court did not
Updated: 04/01/2012 09:23A
Merrill advisers win round in court
By Andrew Osterland The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request by Merrill Lynch to rehear arguments on a discrimination case originally filed by black financial advisers at Merrill in 2005. Earlier this year, the court granted class
Updated: 04/01/2012 09:12A
Supreme Court: Journalists in libel case guilty, may pay lower fine
By Marlon Ramos MANILA, Philippines—As journalists' groups push for the passage of a bill that would decriminalize libel, the Supreme Court has upheld its guilty verdict on the owner and former staffers of the defunct Manila Chronicle in a libel case
Updated: 04/01/2012 08:58A
Are all mandates equal? Other federal health care requirements raise questions
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | AP | 1 minute ago in The individual insurance requirement that the Supreme Court is reviewing isn't the first federal mandate involving health care. FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2011, file photo US Supreme Court Justice Anthony
Updated: 04/01/2012 08:33A
Gov. Perdue Appoints Parsons to Superior Court Bench in Duplin, Jones and
Bev Perdue has appointed W. Douglas Parsons to the Superior Court bench for the 4A Judicial District, which covers Duplin, Jones, and Sampson Counties. He will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Russell Lanier, Jr. (PressZoom)
Updated: 04/01/2012 08:32A
Jailed on drug charges
Curtis James Pollitt, 42, was arraigned in Berrien County Trial Court Thursday on four of counts delivery/manufacturing methamphetamine and one count each of the following charges: delivery/manufacturing cocaine under 50 grams, operating/maintaining a
Updated: 04/01/2012 08:27A
The Judiciary under scrutiny
8, 2012 which declared as null and void the Order dated June 1, 2011 of the Regional Trial Court of Balayan, Batangas. In the said order, the Balayan RTC held SCP's panel of insurers liable to SCP and directed them to pay SCP's insurance claims in the
Updated: 04/01/2012 08:20A
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