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New rules cover Internet applicants
By D. Albert Brannen and Jennifer B. Sandberg, Special to the Daily ReportAre you a federal contractor subject to affirmative action requirements Do you have a computer Have potential applicants attempted to send employment applications or resumes electronically If so, the new regulations issued by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs OFCCP will interest you.Defense talk with plaintiff's doctor leads to new lawsuit
Trial opens in Florida for Jose Padilla
MIAMI AP - The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened Monday with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants were key players in a terror support cell that provided equipment, money and Islamist fighters to extremist groups around the world."The defendants were members of a secret organization, a terrorism support cell, based right here in South Florida," Assistant U.Attorney Fee Hearing in Waffle House Sex Case Heats Up
Lawyers battled on Monday over how much in attorney fees Waffle House Inc. chief executive officer Joe Rogers Jr. should be reimbursed because a judge found that the woman and the lawyer suing Rogers for sexual battery have harassed him and unnecessarily protracted the matter.Next trial over Vioxx may be Merck's toughest
By John Curran, Associated Press WriterATLANTIC CITY, N.J. AP - After two victories in a row, Merck Co. faces its toughest courtroom test yet in the legal wars over Vioxx next week, squaring off against the only lawyer to beat the drug maker in such a case and two long-term Vioxx users who appear to have science on their side.Judge mulls pivotal issues in Kan. abortion trial
WICHITA, Kan. AP - A judge is weighing a critical legal question in the case of a man who confessed to killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers: Can the man claim at his trial that the slaying was justified to save the lives of unborn childrenScott Roeder, a 51-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man, is charged with one count of premeditated, first-degree murder in Dr.Deal Watch: Locke Lord aims to take advantage of insurance overhaul
The subprime collapse will soon affect companies that insure corporate and municipal bonds, in the form of a massive regulatory overhaul in all 50 states, said Locke Lord Bissell Liddell partner Brian T. Casey.Bond insurers like MBIA Inc. and Ambac Financial Group Inc. have been hammered by the recent meltdown of the subprime mortgage market.Trending Stories
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