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  • Suspended Boston Cop Sues City

    Suspended Boston Cop Sues City

    Headline Legal News 08/06/2009

    Courthouse News reports that a Boston police officer who called Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in an email he sent to a Boston Globe columnist says the city and its police commissioner violated his rights by s...

  • 11-Word Press Snippets Might Violate Copyright

    11-Word Press Snippets Might Violate Copyright

    Headline Legal News 07/30/2009

    According to Courthouse News, a Danish press-clipping company could be violating copyright by printing out 11-word snippets of news articles, the European Court of Justice ruled. The Luxembourg-based court remanded the issue to Denmark for a determin...

  • Sotomayor Running Out Of Potential GOP Support

    Sotomayor Running Out Of Potential GOP Support

    Headline Legal News 07/28/2009

    According to The National Law Journal, the chances are dwindling that a substantial number of Republicans will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, after a key GOP senator announced his opposition Monday morning. Sen. Jeff Sessions,...

  • Lawyer Says LexisNexis Charges Sneaky Fees

    Lawyer Says LexisNexis Charges Sneaky Fees

    Headline Legal News 07/24/2009

    Courthouse News reports that Reed Elsevier, which owns and operates the LesixNexis legal research site, charges subscribers extra fees for searches without warning them, an attorney claims in a federal class action. Andrew Dieden claims subscribers a...

  • Student Athletes Sue NCAA For Profits From Their Images

    Student Athletes Sue NCAA For Profits From Their Images

    Headline Legal News 07/23/2009

    Courthouse News is reporting that the National Collegiate Athletic Association forced thousands of student athletes to sign away rights to their own images and cheated them of a share in the profits from DVD and video game sales, according to an anti...

  • Mexican TV Can't Be Shown On US Internet

    Mexican TV Can't Be Shown On US Internet

    Headline Legal News 07/22/2009

    According to Courthouse News, two major Spanish-language television networks battling over Internet broadcast rights in the United States ended their dispute when a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that the contract between Univision and Televisa p...

  • One More Week For Sotomayor Vote

    One More Week For Sotomayor Vote

    Headline Legal News 07/21/2009

    The National Law Journal reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed today's vote on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. The delay was expected as Republicans exercise their right for a one-week delay, commonly u...

  • Lawyers' Depresssion Soars During Recession

    Lawyers' Depresssion Soars During Recession

    Headline Legal News 07/20/2009

    According to the New York Law Journal, the economic climate is causing more lawyers to grow nervous about the job market. Even in good times, depression is a part of a career in law because of the high stress atmosphere. In bad times, it's much worse...

  • Hates Crimes May Cover Gender, Sexual Orientation

    Hates Crimes May Cover Gender, Sexual Orientation

    Headline Legal News 07/17/2009

    The Associated Press is reporting that on Thursday the Senate approved an expansion of federal hate crime laws. The legislation will allow the 1968 hate crimes law to cover those attacked because of their gender, sexual orientation, gender identity o...

  • New Immigration Bill In AZ

    New Immigration Bill In AZ

    Headline Legal News 07/01/2009

    AP is reporting that Arizona has inched closer to making all illegal immigrants in the state criminals. The Arizona Senate voted 16-11 early today to expand its trespassing laws, making the presence of illegal immigrants a crime. The House must appro...

  • John Hinckley Gets More Freedom

    John Hinckley Gets More Freedom

    Headline Legal News 06/17/2009

    The man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan is now allowed to visit his mother more, to get a driver's license and spend more time away from the mental hospital where he lives, a federal judge ruled. John Hinckley shot President Reagan and woun...

  • Conrad Black Asks for Release from Prison

    Conrad Black Asks for Release from Prison

    Headline Legal News 05/29/2009

    Former media executive Conrad Black is seeking his release from prison, at least until the Supreme Court decides whether to uphold his fraud conviction. Black has served nearly 15 months of a 6 1/2-year prison term following his conviction in July 20...

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