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  • HIV-positive man who sued Atlanta gets new hearing

    HIV-positive man who sued Atlanta gets new hearing

    Headline Legal News 02/02/2012

    A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a new hearing to a 40-year-old man who claimed the Atlanta Police Department rejected his job application because he has HIV. The ruling was a victory for gay rights advocates and the health groups who had...

  • Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action

    Headline Legal News 01/30/2012

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Walter Energy, Inc. between April 20, ...

  • US judge denies bid to block NV mustang roundups

    US judge denies bid to block NV mustang roundups

    Headline Legal News 01/27/2012

    A federal judge in Nevada who handed horse protection advocates a rare victory last fall has rejected their latest request to block government roundups of free-roaming mustangs in the West, saying they'll have to go to Congress if they think the anim...

  • NY court: Judge can't block $18B Ecuador judgment

    NY court: Judge can't block $18B Ecuador judgment

    Headline Legal News 01/26/2012

    A judge overstepped his authority when he tried to ban enforcement around the world of an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Inc. for environmental damage in Ecuador, a federal appeals court said Thursday as it explained why it lifted the ban last ...

  • US high court: warrant needed for GPS tracking

    US high court: warrant needed for GPS tracking

    Headline Legal News 01/23/2012

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects. The ruling represents a serious complication for law enforcement nationwide, which increasingly relies on hi...

  • Pacman Jones pleads guilty to disorderly conduct

    Pacman Jones pleads guilty to disorderly conduct

    Headline Legal News 01/18/2012

    Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. Jones entered the plea in Hamilton County Municipal Court just as his non-jury trial was scheduled to begin. A second misdemeano...

  • Court rejects appeals in student speech cases

    Court rejects appeals in student speech cases

    Headline Legal News 01/17/2012

    The U.S. Supreme Court has passed up a pair of cases for the online age — whether schools may censor students who are at home when they create online attacks against school officials and other students. The justices on Tuesday rejected appeals from P...

  • Del. court says ex-HP CEO can't keep letter secret

    Del. court says ex-HP CEO can't keep letter secret

    Headline Legal News 12/30/2011

    Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd will have to make public a letter detailing sexual-harassment allegations that led to his ouster. The Delaware Supreme Court, the state's highest, ruled on Wednesday that Hurd's lawyers didn't show that disclo...

  • Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit

    Headline Legal News 12/28/2011

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Veolia Environnement S.A. American Depositary Shares duri...

  • Court: Ark. can't stop desegregation funds

    Court: Ark. can't stop desegregation funds

    Headline Legal News 12/27/2011

    A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Arkansas can't cut off funding for desegregation programs in Little Rock-area school districts without a separate hearing and judge's order. The ruling from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes mont...

  • Supreme Court says Manchester property tax data private

    Supreme Court says Manchester property tax data private

    Headline Legal News 12/26/2011

    The Vermont Supreme Court says information used by towns to calculate adjustments to residents' property taxes should remain private. In an entry order published Friday, the court reversed a Bennington County Superior Court ruling that said the town ...

  • Suspect in immigration agent killing held in US

    Suspect in immigration agent killing held in US

    Headline Legal News 12/21/2011

    An alleged Mexican drug cartel member was arraigned in U.S. federal court Wednesday on murder charges from the roadside ambush of two U.S. immigration agents working south of the border. A spokesman for the U.S. District Court in Washington says Juli...

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