McConnell WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will discuss five judicial nominees Thursday, one of whom is a plaintiffs attorney who has donated to 13 current senators.
McConnell CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - The American Bar Association believes Rhode Island plaintiffs attorney Jack McConnell is qualified to be a federal judge, though at least one of the 12 voters felt differently.
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama has nominated a Rhode Island plaintiffs lawyer who gave him more than $4,000 in campaign contributions for a federal judgeship.
McConnell PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) - Since 2000, trial lawyer Jack McConnell has contributed to the campaigns of 13 current U.S. senators who may eventually help make him a federal judge.
MADISON, Wisc. (Legal Newsline) - After a setback in Mississippi, the paint industry earned another victory Tuesday when the Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with it in the case of a minor who claimed it was liable for his lead poisoning.
Rosenberg ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) - Maryland lawmakers are attempting to enact legislation that would make it easier to sue the former manufacturers of lead paint.
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) - The State of Rhode Island is calling on noted attorney Theodore Olson to express its stance on a land trust case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
Fitzpatrick PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) - Seven weeks after a devastating loss before the Rhode Island Supreme Court, prominent plaintiffs firm Motley Rice is criticizing the Court's decision to side with the former makers of lead paint.
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- First came the class-action lawsuit, followed by state attorneys general using the power of their office in connection with private plaintiff lawyers to pursue such lawsuits. Millions of dollars from ensuring settlements poured into state coffers. Now, many say it's time for reform.
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) - Victorious after a nine-year battle, he defendants in Rhode Island's landmark case against the former manufacturers of lead-based paint say they should not have to pay the court costs they incurred.
Ron Motley PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) - In Rhode Island, there's still the matter of the checks - a hypothetical one and a very real, probably very large one.
Nilan PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) - If a judge or jury ruled companies were not responsible for the effects of the lead paint they manufactured before it was outlawed, defense attorneys always had to restrain their celebrations - until Tuesday.
Williams PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) - The State of Rhode Island put nearly 10 years into suing the former manufacturers of lead-based paint and now, thanks to the state Supreme Court, has nothing to show for it.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) - After nine years of work, plaintiffs law firm Motley Rice is now wondering if it will be paid for its landmark lawsuit against the former manufacturers of lead paint, while others ponder if it should be.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) -The Rhode Island Supreme Court has ordered 39 asbestos cases that Canadian residents had filed in the state to be dismissed.
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. - When the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was signed in 1998, the attorneys general who signed it intended to use the money it provided to fund health initiatives related to tobacco use.
Lynch PROVIDENCE, R.I. - If Rhode Island's landlords were as good at housekeeping as the state's Supreme Court is, maybe there would be no lead paint squabble on the docket there.