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[03/10]
Greek strike to shut down services Thursday
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Oligarch wins suit against Russian broadcaster
[03/10]
World stocks up modestly; pound takes another hit
[03/10]
Nationalized UK bank Northern Rock back in profit
[03/10]
Meatpackers say inspection cuts are shortsighted
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Real Estate
[03/09]
Attorney Richard D. Vetstein's The Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog Cracks Top 100 List
[03/09]
Origen Financial Announces Preliminary Unaudited Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results
[03/09]
Habitat for Humanity of Tennessee Hits 3,000 House Milestone
[03/09]
University of Illinois Private Residence Hall Locks in Housing Cost for Four Years
[03/09]
CRIC Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results
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Top Headlines
[03/10]
Ex-Edwards aide narrowly avoids jail over sex tape
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In rare case, Pa. woman accused of aiding terror
[03/10]
Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail
[03/10]
Calif. jury recommends death for serial killer
[03/10]
Letterman: Case against producer handled properly
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Supreme Court
[03/08]
Court won't disturb ban on death row interviews
[03/08]
Court to rule in military funeral protest case
[03/08]
Court will decide if NASA checks can continue
[03/08]
Court rejects Texas appeal in murder case
[03/08]
Court will hear case about vaccine side effects
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Litigation
[03/10]
Oligarch wins suit against Russian broadcaster
[03/09]
Prius driver's 911 call: 'My car can't slow down'
[03/09]
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
[03/08]
Tax season bringing out the fraud artists
[03/08]
GE: Limit PCB contamination during Hudson dredging
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Case Summaries
Contracts
[03/09]
Seltzer v. Barnes
Trial court's denial of defendant's anti-SLAPP motion, arising from an underlying suit involving claims against a property management company and homeowners' association, is reversed where: 1) the trial court erred in concluding plaintiff's two causes of action against defendant do not arise from speech or petitioning activity where his alleged conduct was the negotiation of a settlement in the prior case; and 2) because defendant may not be held liable for the alleged conduct under the litigation privilege, plaintiff has failed to show a probability of prevailing on her causes of action for fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Commercial Law
[03/04]
New York v. Golden Feather Smoke Shop, Inc.
In defendants' appeal from a preliminary injunction prohibiting the sale of untaxed cigarettes other than to members of the Unkechauge Nation for their personal use, the Second Circuit certifies the following questions to the New York Court of Appeals: 1) Does N.Y. Tax Law section 471-e, either by itself or in combination with the provisions of section 471, impose a tax on cigarettes sold on Native American reservations when some or all of those cigarettes may be sold to persons other than members of the reservation's nation or tribe?; 2) If the answer to Question 1 is "no," does N.Y. Tax Law section 471 alone impose a tax on cigarettes sold on Native American reservations when some or all of those cigarettes may be sold to persons other than members of the reservation's nation or tribe?
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Corporation & Enterprise Law
[03/09]
In re: Omnicom Group, Inc. Secs. Litig.
In a securities class action alleging that defendants fraudulently accounted for a transaction, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs failed to prove loss causation because their expert's testimony did not suffice to draw the requisite causal connection between the information in the article at issue and the fraud alleged in the complaint; and 2) the generalized investor reaction of concern causing a temporary share price decline was far too tenuously connected -- indeed, by a metaphoric thread -- to the transaction to support liability.
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Education
[03/09]
Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & Sch.
In an employment discrimination and retaliation action brought by a teacher at a religious school claiming violations of the ADA, the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant based on the "ministerial exception" is vacated and remanded as, given the factual findings relating to plaintiff's primary duties as a teacher, the district court erred in its legal conclusion classifying her as a ministerial employee.
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Government Law
[03/09]
McGuan v. Endovascular Techs., Inc.
In plaintiffs' products liability action against the makers of a device for use by surgeons to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms, for injuries suffered after they were implanted with the device, grant of defendants' motion for a summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs' fraud claims of FDA violations are preempted under Buckman; 2) the trial court did not err in denying plaintiffs' motions to amend their complaints; and 3) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting defendants' motion to seal documents.
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Wills & Trusts
[06/30]
MICHAEL J. v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY (ROGERS)
The conservator of the person and the estate of a mentally disabled person who is unable to communicate her wishes does not have the power to initiate and prosecute a petition for the dissolution of her marriage.
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