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Gershwin heirs claim Warner account of payments falls short
Warner Music Group Corp. was sued by George Gershwin's heirs over claims they're owed $4.5 million in royalties and interest from works of the late composer of "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Porgy and Bess."Fla. woman fights ruling that kept her in hospital
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. AP - Samantha Burton wanted to leave the hospital. Her doctor strongly disagreed, enough to go to court to keep her there.She smoked cigarettes during the first six months of her pregnancy and was admitted on a false alarm of premature labor. Her doctor argued she was risking a miscarriage if she didn't quit smoking immediately and stay on bed rest in the hospital, and a judge agreed.Aging areas around cities push suburban renewal
During his 12 years as mayor of Jennings, Mo., a struggling suburb of 16,000 on the edge of St. Louis, Benjamin Sutphin has developed a simple philosophy for urban renewal: raze and rebuild.He's presided over the demolition of two regional shopping centers, dilapidated homes, abandoned tennis courts and a shuttered drive-in movie theater, promoting new retail, recreational and residential projects in their place.Federal Circuit to consider two questions about timing of patent appeals
Should patent litigants be able to appeal an infringement liability ruling before a damages trial? Before willfulness is decided?Playing the best courses in U.S.
If you ever see Atlanta attorney William B. Brown on the golf course hitting two balls from the fairway or blasting multiple balls out of a greenside bunker, he's not cheating or taking a mulligan. He's just doing his job.This is not his lawyer job at Heyman Sizemore, where he has practiced since 1972, but his other job evaluating and rating golf courses for Golf Digest.Supreme Court rejects public school diversity plans that take race into account
WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for the limited use of race to achieve diversity in schools.The decision in cases affecting how students are assigned to schools in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle could imperil similar plans in hundreds of districts nationwide, and it further restricted how public school systems may attain racial diversity.Former Georgia schools chief pleads guilty
By Greg Bluestein, Associated Press WriterATLANTA AP - Former Georgia schools superintendent Linda Schrenko pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud and money laundering, ending her trial on charges of embezzling about $600,000 in federal education money to fund a failed political campaign and face lift.Schrenko, 56, will serve eight years in prison and hand over evidence as part of a plea bargain.Attorneys in landmark D.C. gun case awarded $1.1 million in fees
It took six years for the attorneys for Dick Heller to win the D.C. resident, and all Washington residents, the right to possess handguns in their homes. The U.S. Supreme Court made its landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008.It's taken another three years for those attorneys, after a lengthy court fight with the District of Columbia, to be awarded their attorney fees.Sierra Club Challenges Bill Pryor's Judgeship
Jonathan [email protected] senators in Washington enjoyed a judicial nominations truce on Wednesday, the fight escalated in Atlanta, as the Sierra Club asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to disqualify Judge William H. Pryor Jr. from hearing a case.The Sierra Club filed a 43-page motion with the court arguing that President Bush's February recess appointment of Pryor violated the U.Man toppled by tanker truck wins $1.2M verdict
A Fulton County jury has awarded $1.2 million to a man who was knocked down by a tanker-truck's trailer when it rolled onto the curb as he worked near a main road in Douglasville.Trending Stories
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