News from February 2012
Attorney indicted for hiding assets in Switzerland
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - Former San Diego attorney Christopher M. Rusch and two Phoenix-area clients have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.
Ark. SC rules clerk's signature on summons was valid
Corbin LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - The Arkansas Supreme Court last week affirmed a lower court's order upholding a default judgment and damages of more than $700,000 in a case hinging on the validity of a circuit clerk's signature.
Miss. SC reverses part of decision in underwriting case
King JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - The Mississippi Supreme Court last week reversed part of a lower court's decision in a case over a state underwriting association's request to assess its members to cover losses following Hurricane Katrina.
Coakley says insurance company should pay over bridge collapse
Coakley SUFFOLK, Mass. (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against an insurance company for allegedly failing to compensate the state after a bridge in Grafton collapsed due to shoddy construction work.