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Lawyer: KPMG settles Fulton case on faulty tax shelters
A TRIAL SCHEDULED to begin Monday between accounting giant KPMG and former clients suing over tax shelters later ruled illegal by the Internal Revenue Service appears to have been averted by a settlement."The case hasn't been dismissed yet but it is settled and is not going to trial," plaintiffs' counsel H.HNBA Pursues Hispanic Supreme Court Appointment
Although at least 11 Hispanics have been named as judges in the U.S. Courts of Appeals, a Hispanic has yet to be named to the country's highest court -- an appointment many believe is long overdue. "The Supreme Court should reflect its citizenry," said Hispanic National Bar Association board member Lourdes Santiago. "Shame on the country if it doesn't happen." The HNBA wants to make sure it does.State Bar of Texas Board Elects New Chairman
Beginning in June, Robert A. "Bob" Black, an attorney whose practice focuses on mediation, will take over as chairman of the State Bar of Texas board of directors, and a lawyer who advises the state's Office of the Attorney General on ethics matters will become the Bar's general counselBaker Dinged With $121M Punitives
A San Francisco jury on Wednesday awarded $121 million in punitive damages to 17 African-American employees of the maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies for racial discrimination that denied them promotions, pay raises and even the use of certain bathrooms. The sanction follows a compensatory damages award of $11 million earlier this week.View more book results for the query "*"
Gifts: Validity, Enforceability, Fodder for Litigation
In her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, a partner at Farrell Fritz, addresses decisions respecting inter vivos gift transactions, providing the practitioner with useful instruction as to their enforceability.Kellogg Can't Grill Employee's Lawyer About Voluntariness of Signed Waiver
A company sued for wrongful termination can't depose the plaintiff's lawyer about an assertion that the plaintiff signed a waiver of claims under duress, a federal magistrate judge says.State fights to investigate collection firm
Georgia consumer regulators are continuing their fight to get details about the debt-collection practices of Marietta firm Frederick J. Hanna Associates.The state is appealing a decision by a Cobb County judge last September that said efforts by the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs to investigate complaints about Hanna's debt-collection practice violated the Georgia Constitution's principle of separation of powers.Nuclear workers from Pa. plant eligible for compensation
After a yearslong fight, tens of thousands of workers at a former nuclear fuel processing plant in Armstrong County are now eligible for government aid for their illnesses.Product of the Week: Adobe LeanPrint
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