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Atlanta man gets life sentence in cocaine bust
PELL CITY, Ala. AP - An Atlanta man will serve life in prison without parole for trafficking cocaine.60-year-old Donald Ray Jackson was sentenced Thursday in a Pell City, Ala., courtroom.Jackson was convicted in Aug. of trafficking more than 10 kilograms of cocaine. He was arrested during a traffic stop on Interstate 20 in 2007.S.F. Judge Who Fought Transfer Relents
Superior Court Judge Donald Mitchell is still saying he was mistreated, but says he'd rather move to the criminal courthouse than get embroiled in "a big fight" over it.N.Y. High Court Finds Undocumented Aliens Can Sue for Lost Wages
Undocumented aliens who have no right to work in the U.S. but are nonetheless injured on the job can sue for lost wages under New York labor law, a divided Court of Appeals held Tuesday in resolving a split between the two downstate appellate divisions. The majority found that New York laws entitling workers to lost wages are not in direct conflict with federal law, and are therefore not pre-empted. But two dissenters argued for pre-emption, and maintained that New York common law bars recovery.Hunton & Williams Faces More Defections
Hunton & Williams, the Richmond, Va.-based firm that entered the Miami market with a splash seven years ago, may be facing an upheaval in its 20-lawyer corporate/international group. Two top Hunton lawyers left the firm Aug. 1 for Greenberg Traurig -- and three partners are expected to announce their departure for Holland & Knight this week, according to sources who did not want to be named. The managing partner of Hunton's Miami office denies that the corporate/international department is having problems.View more book results for the query "*"
Groupon IPO a must as cash needs climb
Groupon Inc.'s decision to push ahead with an initial public offering as other startups hold off may be driven more by necessity than choice: The company needs cash to keep growing and is nearing the number of shareholders that requires it to report financial results. Groupon is seeking to raise as much as $540 million, saying it won't need to use the money for at least a year and has no urgent cash needs.Ford Surcharge on N.J. Dealers Legal, Court Says
A federal appeals court has closed the door on a decade-long suit by 65 New Jersey car dealers contesting surcharges by Ford Motor Co.Catton v. Defense Technology Systems Inc.
Crime-Fraud Exception Cited in Requiring Disclosure Of Lawyer's Communications With Company, AffiliatesChancery Dismisses Shareholder Suit Over Falsified Verifications
The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a lawsuit filed against a medical device company by two of its shareholders because the plaintiffs, including a Philadelphia attorney, filed three verifications that were improperly notarized by a notary public who did not personally witness the second plaintiff sign the documents.Trending Stories
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