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Drag-Racing Raid Revs Up Lawyers
The city of Houston is facing a litigation backlash over the arrest of nearly 300 people from the parking lot of a Kmart during police raids intended to curb illegal drag racing. All charges from the August arrests have been dropped, but dozens of angry plaintiffs are pushing ahead with lawsuits that could cost the city millions in legal damages, their lawyers assert.Court To Rule on What Factual Showing Is Necessary To Vacate a Guilty Plea
The state Supreme Court is considering whether a defendant who tried to withdraw his guilty plea to manslaughter had a colorable claim of self defense or just a case of cold feet.Ring,* plaintiff-appellant v. AXA Financial, Inc., defendants-appellees
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Christensen, Pellicano convicted on two counts of wiretapping charges
Terry Christensen, the lawyer who was accused of paying private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap the phones of an opponent in a high-stakes divorce trial, was convicted on two counts of wiretapping charges. Pellicano, who was convicted in a separate trial earlier this year on 76 counts, including wiretapping and racketeering, was convicted on two more wiretapping counts.High court will test 2005 tort law
THE STATE SUPREME COURT has agreed to hear a challenge to a part of last year's tort law changes that required medical-malpractice plaintiffs to waive the privacy in their medical records when they file claims.The high court said it would review one of two July decisions by the Court of Appeals of Georgia that struck down the provision as conflicting with a federal statute guarding the confidentiality of patient information.Judge Lifts Qualcomm Sanctions
The judge who'd lowered the boom on Day Casebeer lawyers for its failure to turn over documents now says there's insufficient evidence of bad faith.Judge enters $2.88 billion judgment against Scrushy over his role in HealthSouth fraud
A Birmingham, Ala., state court judge ended a seven-year long case by declaring that the corporate fraud committed by former HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Richard Scrushy entitles the health care services company to recover $2.88 billion from the now imprisoned Scrushy.D.C. Circuit Critical of Tobacco Ruling
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit seemed to be leaning in favor of tobacco company lawyers, who challenged a federal judge's "grotesque" expansion of RICO laws in a 2006 decision.Trending Stories
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