Wire Reports

June 10, 2013 | Law.com

Connecticut judges will get their first pay raise in six years under the new state budget, which increases judicial salaries by about 10.6 percent over two years. Noting several top judges' flight to private law firms, Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers had argued that low salaries were making it difficult to attract top-flight lawyers to the bench.

By Staff and Wire Reports

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October 09, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Florida case being closely watched by developers and environmentalists over the issue of government takings of property.

By Review staff and wire reports

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April 27, 2004 | Law.com

Medco Health Solutions Inc., the nation's largest pharmacy benefits manager, has agreed to pay $29 million to settle claims of unfair trade practices brought by 20 state attorneys general that the company routinely persuaded doctors to switch patients' medications to save itself money, not to benefit the patients.

By Staff and Wire Reports

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November 10, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

As anyone who headed to the polls last week knows, a court challenge did not prevent the electorate from considering two ballot questions asking whether the Pennsylvania Constitution should be amended to allow children to testify in court via ...

By Staff and Wire Reports

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July 08, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. Attorney Patrick L. Meehan, who as chief prosecutor for Southeastern Pennsylvania cracked down on government corruption in Philadelphia, announced his resignation Monday.

By Staff and Wire Reports

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July 16, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The state will hire an outside law firm to help the University of Connecticut investigate its response to allegations that music professor Robert Miller committed sexual misconduct with university students and also has molested children off campus.

By Staff and Wire Reports

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April 04, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to consider whether journalists have constitutional protections allowing them to safely report defamatory comments made by public figures, so long as the comments are described neutrally.

By Staff and Wire Reports

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June 11, 1999 | Law.com

Sports Illustrated has been ordered to pay $8.5 million in compensatory damages to former heavyweight boxer Randall ``Tex'' Cobb in a libel suit over a 1993 article that said Cobb fixed a fight and shared cocaine with the loser. Cobb's attorney said a federal jury yesterday handed the magazine a one-two punch by delivering the compensatory verdict and deciding that the magazine's conduct warranted punitive damages. The jury will return today to hear evidence on how much Cobb should get in punitives.

By Staff and Wire Reports

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February 09, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Bank of America has settled overdraft fee litigation for $410 million, but other banks seem ready to keep fighting customers' claims they were ripped off by banks manipulating transaction times.

By Staff and wire reports

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July 13, 2010 | Daily Business Review

The owner of Bayside Marketplace and three other South Florida retail centers said it will split into two companies after emerging from Chapter 11 protection.

By Review staff and wire reports

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