Joseph Schwieterman CHICAGO (Legal Newsline)-Closing a pair of Chicago-area shipping locks to help prevent the invasive Asian carp from migrating further into the Great Lakes could cost the regional economy about $4.7 billion over two decades, a report said.
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline)-A jailed plaintiffs' attorney convicted of bilking a pharmaceutical company out of millions of dollars in bogus Fen-Phen medical claims is asking for his convictions to be tossed.
John Paul Stevens WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced Friday he will retire from the bench this summer, after serving 34 years on the nation's highest court.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The controversial insurance mandate outlined in the new national health care law marks the federal government's "greatest intrusion" into society, a former Bush administration Justice Department official said.
John Eastman (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California attorney general candidate John Eastman on Thursday lost his lawsuit to call himself an "assistant attorney general" in voter materials.
Steve Bullock (D) HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline)- PPL Montana owes the state $41 million for the utility's past use of public riverbeds to generate power, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, drawing praise from Attorney General Steve Bullock.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California Republican attorney general candidate John Eastman has filed a lawsuit asking that he be allowed put his occupation as "assistant attorney general" in voter materials.
Jerry Brown (D) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-California Attorney General Jerry Brown is being urged by some Republicans to probe the federal health care overhaul signed today by President Barack Obama.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court met today in closed session to discuss Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox's lawsuit to close Chicago-area shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.
John Eastman (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-If California Republican attorney general candidate John Eastman has his way, his job description on the June primary ballot will be "assistant attorney general," a designation that has sparked some controversy.
Rod Blagojevich (D) CHICAGO (Legal Newsline)-Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's federal corruption trial will begin as planned on June 3, a judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting the defense's request for postponement.
John Paul Stevens WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the high court's oldest member, says he is considering retirement.
Caperton CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court decided Thursday not to rehear the controversial $50 million case that sparked a nationwide debate about judicial recusal standards.
Benjamin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A recent poll shows that a majority of West Virginia voters support public financing of state Supreme Court elections.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether drugmakers can be sued over alleged harm from vaccines.
John Eastman (R) BUENA PARK, Calif. (Legal Newsline)- California attorney general candidate John Eastman on Sunday got conservatives' seal of approval, winning the endorsement of the California Republican Assembly.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U. S. Supreme Court this week ended the long-running lawsuit between the co-founders of Cisco Systems Inc., Leonard Bosack and his ex-wife Sandra Lerner.
Ed Murnane WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week could put a damper on the trial lawyer practice of filing lawsuits, particularly class actions, in vaguely related jurisdictions where judges are seen as plaintiff-friendly.
Lisa Madigan (D-Ill.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-In what is shaping up to be an epoch legal battle between Great Lakes states, the Illinois attorney general Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to change its mind and order the closure of Chicago-area shipping locks.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a company's principal place of business is where its top executives work, not where most of its business is transacted.