U.S. Supreme Court building NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Important Chapter 11 protections that secured creditors rely on in bankruptcy proceedings will be threatened if a 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals decision is not overturned, the Washington Legal Foundation said.
Patrick Leahy (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Legislation pending in Congress would override U.S. Supreme Court decisions relating to age discrimination and the Federal Arbitration Act.
DALLAS, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Environmentalists in Texas this week sued in an effort to force the state to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A $35 million judgement against Family Dollar Stores Inc. over not paying store managers overtime pay will be allowed to stand.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the federal government's appeal of a tax law that could cost taxpayers at least $19 billion in royalties on energy leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
Singer WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Former District of Columbia Attorney General Linda Singer is heading to Cohen Milstein, a plaintiffs firm known for its class action lawsuits.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline)-A Seattle civil rights attorney was disbarred Thursday for intimidating his clients into accepting settlements and charging excessive fees.
TRENTON, NJ. (Legal Newsline)-The New Jersey Supreme Court has denied an appeal by Merck and upheld the $4.5 million award to the widow of a man who had a heart attack and died as a result of using the drug Vioxx.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)--The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to determine if the name of the Washington Redskins football team is offensive, potentially opening up legal challenges for other controversial monikers.
Hodges ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Ken Hodges has received the support of former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears in his campaign to become the state's next attorney general.
Drew Edmondson (D) TULSA, Okla. (Legal Newsline)--The Cherokee Nation may not intervene in the Oklahoma attorney general's closely watched lawsuit against poultry producers, a federal judge has ruled.
Don Siegelman (D) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-- A bipartisan group of 91 former state attorneys general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal by former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Monday said tribal casinos are not immune from state laws pertaining to liquor sales.
Benjamin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court decided Sept. 3 that a tie vote that resulted from Chief Justice Brent Benjamin being told he should've recused himself in a case is not enough to affirm a $50 million verdict in a controversial case.
Blankenship CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Twice the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturned a $50 million verdict against Massey Coal, but both decisions fell through. Now, a new Court must decide the case once and for all.
John Paul Stevens WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)--U.S. Supreme Court watchers say it is telling that Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, who will turn 90 next year, has hired just one law clerk in advance of the high court's 2010 term.
Drew Edmondson (D) TULSA, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson has the right to a jury trial in his lawsuit against large-scale poultry producers he accuses of polluting the Illinois River watershed, a federal court judge has ruled.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The family of an Illinois boy who was fatally shot by his friend have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal law that protects gun companies from most civil lawsuits.