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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Judge: FDA’s new cigarette warnings violate First Amendment
Leon
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Graphic warning labels imposed by the federal government on tobacco products violate the First Amendment, a federal court in Washington, D.C., has ruled.
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Judicial group opposes Ninth Circuit nominee
Hurwitz
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A group aimed at “judicial renewal” is opposing U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit nominee Andrew David Hurwitz. Read More
News, U.S. District CourtU.S. SC rules against asbestos plaintiff in important case
Thomas
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a legal theory that would have given asbestos attorneys a new industry to attack with lawsuits.
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Federal appeals court hears challenges over EPA finding
Cuccinelli
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court heard challenges this week from more than a dozen states and a government watchdog group over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas “endangerment” finding. Read More
Federal Government, Hot Topics, NewsMinn. appeals court affirms Best Buy warranty
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge to a warranty contract in the case of Baker v. Best Buy Stores, LP and Chartis WarrantyGuard, Inc.
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Editorial: New York’s laws clogging courts
ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – New York’s laws encourage frivolous lawsuits, the executive director of a legal reform group wrote in a recent editorial. Thomas Stebbins of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York wrote Tuesday in The Palladium-Times of … Read More
Hot Topics, News, Tort ReformW.Va. SC hears arguments in candidacy case
Ketchum
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard arguments in a case in which a state lawmaker is asking the Court to remove an election opponent from the May primary ballot. Read More
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