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Negotiator Says Several PSU Settlements Are in Top Tier
With the bulk of the claims against Penn State arising from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal nearing resolution, the university's lead negotiator said several fall into the highest valuation category, having alleged abuse after 2001, when former Penn State graduate assistant Mike McQueary reported to university officials that he had witnessed an incident in a locker room shower.Senator Says Doubts Over Legal Acumen Underlie His Block of Court Nominee
Responding to press reports that he has stymied a federal appeals court nominee due to a personal grudge, Sen. Robert Menendez on Friday voiced a different rationale: that he considers Patty Shwartz, a magistrate judge since 2003, unqualified for the higher office.Surgeon Who Left Device in Patient Cleared by Jury
A Montgomery County jury has found that a doctor who failed to remove a surgical apparatus from a patient following a colon operation did not cause the patient's death.Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski to Settle Tax Case for $21.2M
Former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski has agreed to pay $21.2 million to settle a New York state tax case related to his grand larceny conviction for looting the company. The amount covers $3.2 million in sales taxes that he owed on the purchase of $15 million worth of art, as well as $18 million he owes for state and city income taxes. The sales tax case preceded the investigation into thefts from Tyco which resulted in the grand larceny convictions last June of Kozlowski and former CFO Mark H. Swartz.10th Circuit blocks enforcement of Sharia ban
A federal appeals court on Jan. 10 upheld a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of an Oklahoma ballot initiative that banned the practice of Sharia law, the religious law of Islam.Input Sought for Judicial Ethics Panel
The California Supreme Court is seeking the public?s thoughts on how to run a proposed new statewide judicial ethics body.Trending Stories
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