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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Scruggs contempt case dismissed
Scruggs
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal judge on Friday dismissed criminal contempt charges against troubled trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who is still fighting federal charges that he attempted to bribe a state judge.
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No lawsuits over devices if FDA approved, says USSC
Justice Antonin Scalia
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Plaintiffs cannot sue the makers of a medical device that cause harm if the device has been approved by the federal regulator, the U.S. Supreme Court (USSC) ruled last week.
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Family claims Pfizer promoted ‘off-label’ use of epileptic drug Neurontin
SAN DIEGO — A family who lost a member to suicide is suing Pfizer for promoting epileptic seizure medication Neurontin as an “off-label” pain medicine.
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Public outweighs private in Iowa SC vacancy filings
Judge David Baker
DES MOINES — Seven judges and two assistant attorneys-general are among the seventeen applicants to replace retiring Iowa Supreme Court Justice Jerry L. Larson.
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Scruggs allegedly offered sum to influence Hood
Hood
JACKSON, Miss. – Worried a state-run criminal investigation might interfere with his payday, indicted trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs may have attempted to sway Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s decision to prosecute State Farm Insurance Cos.
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House GOP to decide if taxes fund Wisc. SC elections
Justice Louis B. Butler (R)
MADISON — Taxpayer-financing of Wisconsin Supreme Court election campaigns inched further forward last week just as an upcoming SC ballot battle became testy. Read More
News, State Supreme CourtsOhio SC’s GOP incumbents build big cash lead early
Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton
COLUMBUS — Democratic challengers to two incumbent Republican Justices on the Ohio Supreme Court have already found themselves financially behind the eight ball.
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Box tightens: Judge in Jones v. Scruggs will hold evidentiary hearing after bribery trial
Scruggs
OXFORD, Miss. – Special Judge William Coleman has granted himself authority to enter default judgment against attorney Dickie Scruggs for bribing a judge, but he wants proof before he will exercise his authority.
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