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NH lawyer fights ban on alleged cussing jogger

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:13:26 +0000

The attorney representing a jogger accused of yelling at police and citizens during his runs through Portsmouth, New Hampshire said an order barring his client from the city while he is free on bail is unconstitutional. New Hampshire - United States - Portsmouth New Hampshire - Lawyer - Police

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Charges in ferry sinking won’t affect class-action lawsuit, lawyer says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:03:00 +0000

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Charges against the navigating officer of a ferry that sank off the coast of British Columbia four years ago won't affect a class-action lawsuit by survivors, their lawyer said Wednesday.

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Lawyer: Man drunk during fire at 9/11 remains site

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:57:12 +0000

A defense lawyer says a Harvard Law School graduate accused of setting a fire at a New York City chapel that temporarily housed the remains of Sept. 11 victims was so drunk he barely remembers being there.

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Afghan detainees still at risk: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:53:49 +0000

Detainees handed over to Afghan authorities by Canadian soldiers still face a substantial risk of torture, a civil rights lawyer has told MPs.

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Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with planning terror attacks in Pakistan, says lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:07:00 +0000

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defence lawyer said.

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Mother of missing Arizona baby has to keep lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:27:58 +0000

A Phoenix judge on Wednesday refused to fire the lawyer defending the mother of an Arizona baby who has been missing for nearly three months.

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Sacto 9-1-1: West Sacramento lawyer indicted for tax evasion

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:27:28 +0000

A West Sacramento lawyer has been indicted on federal charges of tax evasion from 1994 through 2003, the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento says.

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Lawyer Says E-mails Prove Paterson Was Invited To World Series

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:31:07 +0000

In a letter obtained by the Daily News, the governor's lawyer says e-mails prove David Paterson was invited to the World Series three weeks before the game.

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Fine upheld for Obama birthplace lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:05:01 +0000

Laguna Niguel lawyer Orly Taitz has been dealt another legal loss in her battle to prove President Barack Obama is not qualified to be president, as a federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld a judge’s $20,000 sanction of Taitz.

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J&J Agrees to Settle Canadian LifeScan Lawsuit, Lawyer Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:20:25 +0000

March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson ’s LifeScan unit agreed to turn over profits it earned in Canada from sales of meters used to test blood-sugar levels to the Canadian Diabetes Association to settle a class-action lawsuit, a lawyer said.

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Rep. Conyers’ Wife Can’t Afford a Lawyer for Sentencing Appeal

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:15:31 +0000

When it comes to qualifying for a court-appointed lawyer, it doesn't necessarily matter to whom you're married. That's what Monica Conyers, wife of Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., demonstrated this week when a federal judge declared her indigent and assigned her a tax-funded public defender to appeal a three-year prison sentence for bribery conspiracy.

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A Lawyer Who Represents a Friend May Have an Unhappy Client

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:23:20 +0000

Efrain González Jr. accused his former lawyer of pressuring him into pleading guilty in a corruption case.

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WTO’s Boeing-Airbus ruling set for broad impact: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:25:13 +0000

A forthcoming WTO ruling on a US complaint against European Union subsidies to Airbus is likely to have a broader impact on aerospace markets, a lawyer acting for Airbus' US rival Boeing predicted Wednesday.

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West Chester lawyer loses license

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:56:21 +0000

The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended the law license of a West Chester lawyer as a result of his criminal convictions.

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Suspended Broward school board member Gallagher to plead guilty, lawyer says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:05:21 +0000

Suspended Broward school board member Gallagher to plead guilty, lawyer says

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Malaysian lawyer goes international

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:23:46 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR: Senior lawyer Datuk N. Sivananthan achieved another first for the legal profession in the country when he was elected vice-president for the Asia-Pacific region of the International Criminal Bar (ICB).

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Lawyer’s suit against Raja Petra set for case management on June 1

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:15:10 +0000

(Bernama) -- A lawyer's suit against Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin over alleged defamatory articles published against him in 2008, was set for further case management on June 1.

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Senior Lawyer Elected To International Criminal Bar

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:02:16 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Senior lawyer Datuk N. Sivananthan achieved another first for the legal profession in the country when he was elected vice-president responsible for the Asia-Pacific region of the International Criminal Bar (ICB).

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Body found in golf course pond is missing Mountain Brook lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:16:16 +0000

BIRMINGHAM -- A body pulled from a pond on a golf course has been identified as that of a missing Mountain Brook lawyer whose late father was the longtime head of Golden Flake Snack Foods Inc., authorities said.

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GOP Lawyer Martha Dean Announces Candidacy For Attorney General

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:17:50 +0000

Republican lawyer Martha Dean announced her candidacy for state attorney general Tuesday with a broadly conservative agenda that she said will restore Connecticut's competitive advantage by freeing individuals and businesses from government interference.

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Mumbai Terror Plot Suspect Headley to Plead Guilty, Lawyer Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:38:20 +0000

March 17 (Bloomberg) -- David Coleman Headley , a Chicago man accused of helping plot the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and a never-executed assault on a Danish newspaper, will enter a guilty plea before a U.S. judge, his lawyer said.

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Poole lawyer seeks dismissal

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:15:42 +0000

A lawyer representing Ruffin Poole, a onetime aide to former Gov.

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11th Circuit Affirms $20,000 Sanction Against ‘Birther’ Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:01:31 +0000

The 11th Circuit has affirmed a $20,000 sanction that a federal judge in Georgia levied against Orly Taitz, the California dentist-lawyer who has filed suits across the country challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency, claiming he was born in Kenya. The judge sanctioned Taitz for filing frivolous litigation with an "absolute absence of any legitimate legal argument" and for

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Temporary Lawyer Sues Wilmer for Defamation

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:00:40 +0000

A lawyer who was fired from a temporary legal staffing company has filed a defamation suit against Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. James Zhang was working at Wilmer's D.C. office as a lawyer with Special Counsel when one of Wilmer's attorneys asked him if he was downloading firm documents onto his flash drive. Zhang said he was not but alleges that he was let go by Special Counsel after

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Paterson’s Lawyer Aims at Yankees Probe

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:09 +0000

In a letter, Gov. David Paterson's lawyer fights back against accusations regarding Yankees World Series tickets. He says the accusations are half-baked, and he has the emails to prove the governor was invited to the World Series.

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Paterson’s lawyer shoots back in Yankees probe

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:10:43 +0000

Gov. David Paterson's lawyer says e-mails blow holes in a state ethics board's probe that accuses the Democrat of violating a gift ban by seeking and obtaining World Series tickets last year from the Yankees. Attorney Theodore V. Wells Jr. is dismissing the accusations by the state Public

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Hit-run lawyer avoids conspiracy charge

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:38:18 +0000

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN hit-run lawyer Eugene McGee and his brother Craig have been acquitted of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by a District Court judge.

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Lawyer says cops eyeing freed N.C. man

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:23:17 +0000

A lawyer for a North Carolina man exonerated of a prostitute's murder in a groundbreaking innocence hearing says police now want to test the clothing her client was wearing for the victim's DNA.

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Lawyer: Roethlisberger has yet to be interviewed by police on assault allegation

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:03:15 +0000

ATLANTA - A lawyer for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says the two-time Super Bowl winner has yet to meet with Georgia authorities who are investigating a sexual assault allegation made against him by a 20-year-old college student.

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Conyers gets court-appointed lawyer for appeal

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:58:46 +0000

Former Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers is relying on a court-appointed lawyer to pursue an appeal of her prison sentence for corruption.

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Terror Plot Suspect to Plead Guilty, His Lawyer Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:51:32 +0000

March 16 (Bloomberg) -- David Coleman Headley , a Chicago man accused of helping plot the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and a never-executed assault on a Danish newspaper, will enter a guilty plea before a U.S. judge, his lawyer said.

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AstraZeneca’s Seroquel Caused Diabetes, Lawyer Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:26:02 +0000

March 16 (Bloomberg) -- AstraZeneca Plc ’s antipsychotic drug Seroquel helped cause a Vietnam veteran to develop diabetes, a lawyer for the man argued in the first case to go to trial over the medicine.

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APNewsBreak: Lawyer says cops eyeing freed NC man

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:05:53 +0000

A lawyer for a North Carolina man exonerated of a prostitute's murder in a groundbreaking innocence hearing says police now want to test her client's clothing for the victim's DNA.

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Lehman whistle-blower ‘vindicated,’ lawyer says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:26:04 +0000

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The former Lehman Brothers executive who flagged a questionable accounting practice known as Repo 105 was "vindicated" by the bankruptcy examiner's scathing report on the collapse of the firm, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

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Salt Lake lawyer facing fraud charges ordered to remain in prison

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:24:14 +0000

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal magistrate judge ordered a Salt Lake lawyer Tuesday to remain in prison after he took an

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Kahui lawyer cites progress

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:43:17 +0000

Chris Kahui's lawyer is confident strict rules requiring the 25-year-old to be constantly supervised while around his young daughter will soon be lifted.

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Ponzi lawyer helped nab mafia man

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:54:00 +0000

MIAMI, March 16 (UPI) -- A Miami lawyer who orchestrated a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme helped federal agents nab a reputed Italian mafia figure living in Florida, authorities said.

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City pact with labor lawyer angers unions

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:19:50 +0000

The Monroe City Council approved a three-year contract with a prominent labor lawyer Monday night, much to the disapproval of city employee bargaining groups.

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Nimby factor leads quarry opposition, lawyer claims

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:10:33 +0000

Much of the opposition to a planned quarry at Seadown was a case of "not in my back yard" Rooney's lawyer says.

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China: Missing lawyer in prison

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:34:09 +0000

BEIJING, March 16 (UPI) -- A human rights lawyer who vanished more than a year ago has been sentenced for plotting against the Chinese government, China's foreign minister said.

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Judge lashes out at lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:23:45 +0000

A Barrie judge said he is considering laying contempt charges against a legal aid lawyer who has left a string of clients stranded over the past several months because he doesn't show up for court.[ ]

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Slaying suspect gets new lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:01:35 +0000

LINDEN, Texas—An Atlanta, Texas, man accused of bludgeoning his stepfather to death with a sledgehammer was appointed a new lawyer Monday because of communication issues with his first attorney.

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‘Lawyer asked for £350,000’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:42:00 +0000

A LAWYER asked one of his clients if he could borrow £350,000 to retrieve a stolen painting, a trial has been told.

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Missing Chinese lawyer charged for subversion

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:27:24 +0000

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has confirmed that missing lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced to prison on subversion charges.

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‘Bullied’ City lawyer seeking £19m settles for secret payout

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:25:12 +0000

A City lawyer who had claimed a record £19 million in compensation over workplace bullying has settled for an undisclosed multi-million-pound sum.

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Mystery of Chinese lawyer deepens

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:21:17 +0000

Comments by China's foreign minister shed no light on the location of missing human rights lawyer Gao Xhisheng.

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Chinese lawyer mystery deepens

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:20:27 +0000

Comments by China's foreign minister shed no light on the location of missing human rights lawyer Gao Xhisheng.

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Lawyer sentenced for subversion

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:49:42 +0000

Missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced to prison on subversion charges, the country's foreign minister has confirmed. Related Stories Toyota to cast doubt on Prius case Priest abuser removed from post Jackson estate agrees huge deal UN warns of rise in HIV infections Palestinians in clashes with police

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“DeeDee” Moore Gets a New Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:23:05 +0000

By JASON GEARY THE LEDGER Dorice "DeeDee" Moore got a new lawyer Monday to defend her against charges that she killed Lakeland lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare.

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Murder hunt after human rights lawyer found dead in ‘brutal attack’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:18:35 +0000

A murder hunt was under way today after a human rights lawyer was found stabbed in his home following a 'brutal attack'.

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Farm where Lawyer Ron born up for sale

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:17:35 +0000

UTICA, Ky. (AP) — A 244-acre farm where 2006 Kentucky Derby runner Lawyer Ron was born is up for auction. The farm, which belonged to the late James T.

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China says missing lawyer sentenced for subversion

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:05:02 +0000

China's foreign minister says missing lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced to prison on subversion charges.

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Lawyer urges probe before diaspora representation

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:04:21 +0000

CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER Dr Lloyd Barnett is advising the legislature to conduct detailed studies and carry out extensive consultations before altering constitutional provisions to facilitate parliamentary representation by members

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Probate lawyer accused of embezzling from clients

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:45:08 +0000

SAN DIMAS - Authorities arrested a 67-year-old probate lawyer on Monday on charges that he embezzled more than $500,000 from the estates of four clients.

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Springfield lawyer named to convention center board

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:40:14 +0000

A Springfield lawyer and recently appointed Republican precinct committeeman was named Monday to a seat on the board that oversees the Prairie Capital Convention Center.

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New lawyer for defendant in lotto murder

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:28:13 +0000

The woman accused of killing a man who won millions in the Florida Lottery has a new lawyer.

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Pasadena lawyer accused of embezzling from clients

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:18:00 +0000

Authorities arrested a 67-year-old probate lawyer Monday on charges he embezzled more than $500,000 from the estates of four clients.

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Ten Questions to Ask When Choosing a Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:15:01 +0000

It is important to ask questions before choosing a lawyer. They will not be the same questions for all people, but the following are some suggestions.

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Legal Aid lawyer a no-show … again

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:04:01 +0000

A Barrie man left marooned by his lawyer on the day of his trial says he wants to know why Legal Aid referred him to the same lawyer who has also abandoned a string of other clients the past several months.

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Lawyer says NOPD harrasses people who tape or photograph officers

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:22:48 +0000

New Orleans police officers have engaged in a pattern of unlawfully arresting or harassing journalists and bystanders who tape or photograph them in public, a lawyer for two men suing the city told a federal jury Monday. A lawsuit, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, claims police officers violated the constitutional rights of plaintiffs Greg Griffith and Noah Learned, who were

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Find the Resources You Need to Hire the Best Florida Personal Injury Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:07:36 +0000

When you find yourself in a legal bind, you have to make sure that your lawyer can defend you efficiently. You just cannot afford disappointment at your most vulnerable moment and a subpar lawyer can definitely give only headaches and more pain.

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Vietnam frees ailing dissident priest: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:22:27 +0000

Vietnam on Monday freed a Catholic priest who has been an outspoken democracy advocate after he suffered debilitating strokes in his nearly three years in prison, his lawyer said.

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Police investigate Sudan links in rights lawyer’s killing

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:01:11 +0000

Detectives investigating the murder of a respected human rights lawyer are looking into whether there are links between his work helping torture victims in Sudan and his killing.

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Defendant in lottery killing gets new lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:32:22 +0000

Associated Press - March 15, 2010 2:24 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The woman accused of killing a man who won millions in the Florida Lottery has a new lawyer.

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Lawyer: Developer accused of bribery won’t call Daley to stand

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:19:28 +0000

The lawyer for developer Calvin Boender, on trial for allegedly bribing former Ald. Isaac "Ike" Carothers, has told the judge that the defense won't call Mayor Richard Daley or any Chicago aldermen to the witness stand. Boender's lawyer, Robert Sanger, said the defense has decided instead to use transcripts of zoning meetings concerning the Galewood Yards project. Boender is accused of bribing

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Ex-McGuireWoods Lawyer Pleads Guilty in PIPEs Case

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:05:16 +0000

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- A former lawyer at McGuireWoods LLP pleaded guilty to securities fraud for trading unregistered private-placement shares of companies that were his clients.

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Lawyer looks to oust Senator Gillibrand

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:54:31 +0000

A Big Apple lawyer is looking to oust New York's Junior US Senator and become the first republican in that seat in a decade.

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Lawyer pleads guilty to grand theft

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:50:04 +0000

With her trial scheduled to begin Monday, former Port Richey lawyer Jessica K. Miller decided not to leave her fate up to a jury. She pleaded guilty Friday to four counts of grand theft.

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Cheryl Cole meets with Prince Charles’ former lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:23:34 +0000

'Fight for This Love' singer Cheryl Cole has reportedly met with Prince Charles' former divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton to discuss her separation from husband Ashley Cole.

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Charlie Sheen hires MJ’s former lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:09:46 +0000

Washington, Mar 15 : Charlie Sheen has reportedly recruited a new lawyer, who has worked for Michael Jackson in the past, to defend him in domestic violence case against his wife.

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Cheryl Cole gets royal lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000

'Fight for This Love' singer Cheryl Cole has reportedly met with Prince Charles' former divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton to discuss her separation from husband Ashley Cole.

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Prince Charles - Cheryl Cole Gets Royal Lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:59:59 +0000

Cheryl Cole has met with Prince Charles' former divorce lawyer to discuss her separation from her husband.The 'Fight for This Love' singer - who met with her

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Lawyer refutes doubts about runaway Toyota Prius driver

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:36:46 +0000

The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.

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Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:38:14 +0000

A lawyer representing a driver who said his Toyota Prius sped out of control is sticking by his client's story.

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Lawyer defends Prius driver’s story of stuck pedal

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:59:39 +0000

A lawyer representing a driver who reports his Toyota Prius sped out of control on a California freeway is sticking by his client's story despite a congressional memo that raises questions about what happened.

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Lawyer’s arguments for free prostate screening tests to be weighed by Canada’s highest court

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:04:22 +0000

Lawyer Laurence Armstrong whet his whistle for Human Rights cases when he took on the federal government pension policy. He’s now fighting to make prostate cancerscreening tests free for men.

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Lawyer: Congressional memo does nothing to diminish Prius driver’s report of stuck acclerator

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:18:17 +0000

SAN DIEGO - A lawyer representing a driver who reported his Toyota Prius sped out of control on a California freeway is sticking by his client's

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British kissing couple awaits jail verdict in Dubai lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:37:57 +0000

A British couple accused of kissing in public in the Muslim emirate of Dubai will find out next month if an appeals court will uphold their one-month prison sentence, their lawyer said on Sunday.

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Iranian-American scholar temporarily freed: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:45:52 +0000

Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, who is serving a five year jail term, has been freed temporarily to celebrate the Persian New Year, his lawyer told AFP on Sunday.

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Lawyer in Lakeland Man’s Steroids Case Asks to Withdraw

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:08:06 +0000

A lawyer for a Lakeland man facing federal charges of selling steroids has asked to withdraw from the case, court records show. Richard "Andy" Thomas pleaded guilty Nov. 10 to possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids, a charge that carries a maximum of 5 years in prison.

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Brace Godfrey Jr., BR lawyer, activist dies at 58

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:14:16 +0000

Brace Godfrey Jr., a Baton Rouge lawyer, developer and founding president of 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, died early Saturday, family members said.

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New intervention needed to tackle Indigenous problems: lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:15:36 +0000

A lawyer with the North Australia Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) has called for a new intervention to tackle alcohol abuse and crime in Indigenous communities.

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Monica Conyers gets new appeal lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:34:09 +0000

DETROIT, March 13 (UPI) -- Court records say former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers has been appointed a new lawyer to handle the appeal of her bribery conviction.

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Hit-and-run boy’s lawyer: Extent of injuries still unknown

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:36:47 +0000

The 15-year-old Darien boy who was injured in a hit-and-run accident late last month is still recovering from traumatic head and back injuries, his lawyer told The Darien Times Friday night.

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Lawyer from Avon eyes GOP AG nod

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:01:16 +0000

Potential candidates in the race for state attorney general are now up to six with the entry of Republican Martha Dean, a lawyer from Avon who last took a shot at the job in 2002.

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New lawyer appointed for Conyers’ appeal

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:29:36 +0000

Former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers has been appointed a lawyer to handle the appeal of her 37-month prison sentence for a bribery conviction. Ann Arbor attorney Douglas Mullkoff has been appointed to Conyers' case. He could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.

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Coronation Street brief for Yorkshire lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:08:45 +0000

A family lawyer from Yorkshire has swapped the courtroom for the cobbles of Coronation Street.

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Lawyer will run against District Attorney Scully

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:20:59 +0000

Sacramento lawyer Julius M. Engel will run for district attorney in the June 8 primary, county elect

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Rosa Mankos, lawyer crushed by subway train, ‘had a helping personality’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:57:00 +0000

A woman crushed by a subway train on the upper East Side was a lawyer and former state employee who lived with her three cats.

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Man tells lawyer he killed ex-girlfriend, professor, police say

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:38:04 +0000

ALBUQUERQUE -- It wasn't the kind of call police get very often -- a lawyer informing them that a man walked into her office and told her he had killed two people the previous day and was turning himself in. He also told where the bodies could be found.

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Police: Man Visits Lawyer To Say He Killed 2

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:04:43 +0000

It wasn't the kind of call police get very often -- a lawyer informing them a man walked into her office and told her he had killed two people.

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Reno lawyer for alleged Tahoe victim won’t comment about new Ben Roethlisberger incident

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:56:56 +0000

The lawyer for the former Harrah's Lake Tahoe employee who claimed Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger raped her in 2008 said he won't comment on claims by another woman that the Super Bowl star sexually assaulted her at a bar near Atlanta.

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Sacramento lawyer to run against DA Jan Scully

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:42:58 +0000

Sacramento lawyer Julius M. Engel will run for district attorney in the June primary, county election officials said today, giving Jan Scully her first opponent since she won the office 16 years ago.

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Ben Roethlisberger’s lawyer hires private investigator

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:23 +0000

An attorney for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has hired a private investigator to look into a sexual assault allegation made by a 20-year-old Georgia college student. The private investigator, Charles Mittelstadt, on Friday contacted a lawyer for the club where the woman says the assault took place.

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Lawyer says ex-East Chicago mayor can’t pay $108M

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:45:04 +0000

The lawyer for a former northwestern Indiana mayor says a federal court order that he and two ex-aides pay $108 million in civil damages is "uncollectable."

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Roomy Khan Had 2000 Trade Secrets Arrest, Defense Lawyer Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:22:44 +0000

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Roomy Khan, a key government witness in the insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam, was arrested for theft of trade secrets in 2000, a year before she was charged with insider trading, according to a court filing today by a defense lawyer.

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Miranda rights guaranteed when defense lawyer present, divided SJC says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:11:19 +0000

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff The state's high court said for the first time today that police do not have to give a Miranda warning to a suspect who has already consulted with a lawyer and has that

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County balking at paying Castor murder case defense lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:41 +0000

Syracuse, NY - County Judge Joseph Fahey reserved decision today on a request to order the county to pay lawyer Todd Smith for the work he did assisting lawyer Charles Keller in representing Stacey Castor in her murder case last year.

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Casey Anthony’s parents retain foreclosure lawyer

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:48:02 +0000

Cindy and George Anthony could lose their home on Hopespring Drive. Casey Anthony's parents have retained a new lawyer to help them save their home in foreclosure.

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Lawyer: Don’t expect ex-mayor to pay his share of $108M

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "lawyer" — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:33:28 +0000

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. -- The lawyer for a former northwestern Indiana mayor says a federal court order that he and two ex-aides pay $108 million in civil damages is "uncollectable." A judge issued the order Thursday in a racketeering lawsuit filed by the state claiming that former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick and others spent $24 million in public money on private driveways, patios and

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