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Report: N.Y. ends 'double-dipping' for older judges
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York's court system has ended the practice of "double-dipping" for older judges.
Cuccinelli blasts Obama's health care law in GOP address
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli earlier this week called President Barack Obama's health care law "downright dishonest."
Obama picks new chief judge for federal claims court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- President Barack Obama has named a new chief judge to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Key West lawyer appointed to Fla. appeals court
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Key West lawyer Edwin A. Scales III to Florida's Third District Court of Appeal.
Report: District attorney who brought suit over budget bill mulling run for Wis. AG
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) -- The race for Wisconsin attorney general is starting to get a little crowded.
Federal judge allows lawsuit over Obamacare IRS regulation to proceed
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit challenging a major IRS Obamacare regulation may proceed, denying the federal government's motion to dismiss.
Report: N.J. SC nominee clears Senate panel hurdle
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) -- One of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's state Supreme Court nominees passed a Senate panel last week.
Former U.S. DHHS official to run for Fla. AG
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) -- George Sheldon announced Monday he is running for Florida attorney general.
WLF urges Ninth Circuit to rehear propoxyphene case, remove to federal court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- A public interest law and policy center headquartered in Washington, D.C., is urging a federal appeals court to uphold the right of out-of-state defendants to remove lawsuits from state to federal court when the suit involves numerous plaintiffs.
Coakley's former top aide running for Mass. AG
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- Maura Healey, a former top aide to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, launched her campaign for Coakley's job Monday.
Coakley proposes flood insurance legislation
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- Last week, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley proposed legislation that would limit the amount of mandatory flood insurance for homeowners and would cap flood insurance rates resulting from FEMA's new flood zone maps.
Bankruptcy court rules Fuelstream able to collect on aircraft fuel liens
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) -- A federal bankruptcy court has ruled that Aviation Fuel International can collect against fuel liens that it filed against certain aircraft owned and/or operated by Ryan International Airlines Inc.
Ill. SC agrees to hear lawmaker pay case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) -- The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal filed by Gov. Pat Quinn over lawmaker pay.
Kansas SC suspends former AG's law license indefinitely
TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) -- The Kansas Supreme Court has suspended former state Attorney General Phill Kline's law license indefinitely.
Ill. SC says sales tax law is unconstitutional
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) -- The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a relatively new sales tax law is unconstitutional.
DOJ employees return to work
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder welcomed back those U.S. Department of Justice employees who were furloughed amid the government's 17-day shutdown.
Survey finds majority of corporate law departments have 'outsourced'
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- A growing number of the nation's corporate law departments are "outsourcing" their legal work, according to a new survey.
Judiciary: $51 million in additional funds inadequate
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The $51 million in additional funding the nation's federal courts will receive under a deal reached by Congress late Wednesday still isn't enough, some federal judges argue.
Report: Former Pa. SC justice refuses to write apology letters
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) -- Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, who was convicted of corruption, refuses to write letters of apology to members of her staff and family members.
Report: Federal courts to receive additional funding under budget deal
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The country's federal courts will receive $51 million in additional funding under a deal reached by Congress late Wednesday.