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Clinton calls for legal protections for honest mortgage lenders
PHILADELPHIA AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed several remedies to the nation's home mortgage problems Monday, including one tool more often associated with Republicans than Democrats.The New York senator proposed greater protections for lenders from possible lawsuits by investors, a variation of so-called tort reform.Ga. owned a piece of Chattanooga a century ago
Tennessee and Georgia were squabbling over land in the Chattanooga region long before the Peach State realized it might want to make a run at the Tennessee River.Publishers developing strategies to target e-book pirates
As sales of electronic books and readers skyrocket, the threat of piracy and other copyright issues loom. Publishers are test-driving different litigation strategies to fight illegal downloads. They are also arguing in court that author contracts, some decades old, give them the exclusive rights to publish e-books.In 2007, there were 147,000 e-reader sales, compared with an estimated 18.Porn star may take on family-values La. senator
BATON ROUGE, La. AP - Stormy Daniels strode onstage at a downtown Baton Rouge restaurant in a tight black blouse with a plunging neckline and a knee-length skirt in the popular purple of Louisiana State University. She introduced herself with a warning."For those of you who don't know who I am," she told the lunch crowd at The Roux House, "I'd suggest that you don't Google that until you get home from work.DeKalb Mired in Tax Lien Dispute
Richmond [email protected] Holdings wants $76,684.73 it says the DeKalb County tax commissioner owes it. Regardless of who wins the dispute, the outcome will define how counties handle tax lien sales. At issue is how long purchasers of tax liens can hold on to liens and still collect interest and tax payments they are owed, as well as how the law should treat competing lien holders.
Working But Worrying: Lawyers Deal With The Shutdown In ATL
The first week of the partial government shutdown had a limited impact on federal litigation in Atlanta—but the effect could be felt more acutely if the shutdown stretches into a third week.Arrests crack pervasive' Wall Street insider-trading ring
Sotomayor debate isn't Ricci's first legal battle
NEW HAVEN, Conn. AP - Frank Ricci's name is on the lips of almost every senator in the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Sonia Sotomayor. His buddies know the 35-year-old New Haven firefighter by other names.They call him Cushion because another firefighter landed on him when the two fell more than 10 feet at a Yale University building under construction.Trending Stories
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