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Companies seek high court rebound
Justice Sonia Sotomayor's first U.S. Supreme Court term will be heavy on business cases, as companies aim to rebound after a year of high court setbacks. The nine-month term that started Monday will affect the fate of imprisoned former Hollinger International Inc. Chairman Conrad Black, the accounting oversight board set up by the Sarbanes-Oxley law and the sales of professional football team caps.For 9th Circuit, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Gary [email protected] YORK-It's been going on for so long, it's become something of a ritual. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issues a controversial decision, causing much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair among members of Congress, who rush to declare that they've finally had it and are going to split up the circuit.US hopeful on Yemeni detainee deal
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia AP - The Obama administration says it is inching closer to a deal that would send an estimated 100 Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to Saudi terrorist rehabilitation centers and speed the closing of the Navy prison.The Yemeni prisoners make up the largest nationality among the 241 detainees left at Guantanamo.Georgia lawmakers adopt new lobbying rules
Lobbyists could not spend more than $75 at a time on public officials under a bill passed Thursday by Georgia's legislators on the final day of their annual session.Governor has many options for appeals seat
A day after Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge G. Alan Blackburn announced his intention to retire on June 30, the three candidates who had announced their intention to seek his seat in November are circumspect as they wait to see whether Gov. Sonny Perdue will move to appoint a successor or let the matter be decided by the voters.Case tests tort law's take on plastic surgery
A medical malpractice verdict of more than $1 million in a case over the results of a cosmetic surgery has opened a new front in the war over Georgia's limits on pain and suffering damages.Adam Malone, who represented the plaintiff in the case, said he will challenge the $350,000 limit on non-economic damages that was part of the 2005 law designed to make it harder for plaintiffs to win tort cases.AG weathers fallout from Stevens mishap
For the Justice Department, it was a week that might have echoed the toughest days of the Bush era.First, the department got a very public, and perhaps unprecedented, spanking from a federal judge for mishandling the corruption case against former Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan targeted six top prosecutors in a criminal contempt investigation for failing to turn over evidence to the defense.In The Trenches: Lawyer leaves in-house world for Parker Hudson
Eric J. Taylor has joined Parker, Hudson, Rainer Dobbs as a partner from ING Americas, where he was chief litigation counsel. "I missed being out in the trenches, even though it means filling out time sheets again," he said. "I felt a distance from practicing that I didn't know I'd miss as much as I did.Senate passes bill on mental health courts
A bill that could make it easier for criminal court systems to create mental health divisions has gone to the state House of Representatives for consideration after passing the Senate earlier this week.Senate Bill 39 would allow any court that has jurisdiction over criminal cases involving defendants who have mental illnesses or disorders-possibly in addition to drug addictions-to establish mental health divisions.Trending Stories
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