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Maryland appeals income tax case to Supreme Court
Tax Law 01/24/2014The Daily Record reports the justices on Monday asked for the Obama administration's views on the constitutionality of barring state residents from deducting income taxes paid to other states from their local city or county taxes owed in Maryland. La...
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Ind. Supreme Court to hear foul ball injury case
Personal Injury 01/23/2014The Indiana Supreme Court is taking up the case of a woman who wants to sue a minor-league baseball team over injuries she suffered when a foul ball struck her during a game. The court was scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday in Juanita DeJesus'...
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Once notable NJ lawyer given life sentence
Attorneys in the News 09/29/2013A defense attorney who once had a roster of celebrity clients and boasted of having tried hundreds of cases in federal court was sentenced there on Monday to life in prison without parole after his conviction on nearly two dozen counts including murd...
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Suit filed against Six Flags in Texas Giant death
Personal Injury 09/23/2013On the same day that Six Flags Over Texas announced the reopening of the Texas Giant, the family of a Dallas woman killed in July in a fall from the roller coaster sued the amusement park, saying park operators were negligent in not having an adequat...
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Ill. high court invalidates 'Amazon tax' for sales
Tax Law 09/09/2013The Illinois Supreme Court threw out a state law Friday that taxes certain Internet sales, saying the so-called "Amazon tax" violated federal rules against "discriminatory taxes" on digital transactions. The 6-1 ruling represented the first time a co...
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Shoots Down Income Tax Cut
Tax Law 09/09/2013The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a bill passed last session to cut the state's personal income tax and provide $120 million for repairs to the Capitol is unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision released Tuesday, the court ruled the bill vi...
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Iowa top court: Firing of attractive aide is legal
Employment Law 09/09/2013The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stood by its ruling that a dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant because he found her too attractive and worried he would try to start an affair. Coming to the same conclusion as it did in December, the all...
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'Octomom' bankruptcy case thrown out of court
Bankruptcy Law 09/09/2013A judge threw out "Octomom" Nadya Suleman's bankruptcy claim Tuesday after she failed to file the proper paperwork to show she can't pay as much as $1 million in debt. That means creditors can move to collect what they say they're owed, and a pending...
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Court rejects bid to put Blixseth into bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Law 09/09/2013For the second time, a federal judge has turned back an attempt by Montana authorities to force former billionaire Tim Blixseth into bankruptcy to recover $57 million in alleged back taxes. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Markell in Las Vegas dismissed t...
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Maine RR makes 1st court appearance in bankruptcy
News 09/09/2013A railroad company whose runaway oil train killed 47 people in Canada was granted permission Thursday to continue its business operations pending the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee. Montreal, Maine & Atlantic lawyers made their first appeara...
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Ohio lawyer group stirs anger wading into politics
Legal Careers News 08/24/2013The Ohio State Bar Association, the state's largest professional organization of lawyers, usually stays above the fray of election politics. The group, which represents more than 26,000 lawyers and judges, generally keeps to such political activities...
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SC trial lawyer Ron Motley dies at age 68
Attorneys in the News 08/24/2013Celebrated South Carolina lawyer Ron Motley has died at the age of 68, law partner Joe Rice confirmed Thursday. No cause of death was given for the trial lawyer, and funeral arrangements have not been announced. Motley served as lead counsel in lawsu...