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Disabled Student Was Offered Free Appropriate Public EducationPate Won't Enforce Media Diversity
Despite pleas from senators to be more aggressive in guarding against media consolidation, R. Hewitt Pate said Wednesday the Department of Justice will not block industry mergers unless they undermine competition. Addressing the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be assistant attorney general for antitrust, Pate said media diversity is outside the realm of antitrust law.U.S. Chemical Safety Board to Probe 'Root Causes' of BP Oil Rig Blast
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has agreed to investigate the "root causes" of the April 20 blast on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico -- the third BP incident the board will have investigated since 2005. The request came in a letter from Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who chairs the subcommittee on oversight and investigations. The CSB has been asked to find answers to five questions about the explosion.Mixed Bag for the Judiciary in Markell's Budget Recommendation
Gov. Jack Markell is recommending a fiscal year 2011 operating budget of $3.17 billion that closes a roughly $254 million gap with a combination of cuts and consolidations.Judge Drops Securities Fraud Class Action Against Swiss Company
A federal judge has dropped Swiss company Zurich Financial Services from a suit alleging securities fraud related to the IPO of former Zurich subsidiary Converium Reinsurance. The plaintiffs, Converium investors, claim the reinsurer intentionally manipulated its finances to disguise severe underfunding. New York Southern District Judge Denise Cote found that the claims against Zurich failed to allege material misrepresentations or omissions with scienter, but is allowing claims against Converium to proceed.View more book results for the query "*"
Plaintiffs win $4M in suit over deadly accident
When a 77-year-old man driving a vanload of senior citizens home from a trip to the Callaway Gardens' Fantasy in Lights festival drove off the road last year, the accident resulted in one death, a serious injury-and a nearly $4 million jury verdict.After about three hours of deliberation, a Troup County Superior Court jury last month cast those damages against driver Billie Vernon Edmondson and the town of Woodland, Ala.Ex-Sony Pictures attorney and wife sentenced in forced labor of Filipino maid
LOS ANGELES AP - A former Hollywood studio attorney and his wife have been sentenced for abusive treatment of their Filipino maid in a case federal prosecutors said "amounts to modern-day slavery."James Jackson, former vice president of legal affairs at Sony Pictures, was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service and was fined $5,000.Cross-Examination: Artistry in the Law
Jodi Rosenberg has been playing it up on stage since she was in grade school. Now, she?s bringing those talents to the role of Domina, one of the female leads in ?A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,? a production that will be staged as part of the fifth Celebration of Lawyers in the Arts on Sept. 14 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. Rosenberg is vice-chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association?s Women in the Profession Section.Reliability Hearing Required Where I.D. of Suspect Influenced by Private Suggestion
When an individual influences a witness to make a questionable identification of a crime suspect, it is just as inadmissible as one fostered by pushy police, a New Jersey appeals court says.Aetna Gets Most Claims Tossed by Judge in ERISA Suit
A federal judge has dismissed two of three counts against Aetna Life Insurance Co. in a suit where the plaintiff is seeking to recover life insurance benefits she said she is owed under ERISA.Trending Stories
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