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Buffett's bond insurer is good news for Ambac, MBIA
The bond insurers' businesses are toast. States and municipalities won't use them any more. This is what some people thought last week. That is, until Friday, Dec. 28, when they woke up to read that Warren Buffett was getting into the municipal-bond insurance business. I guess Buffett likes toast. Ambac Financial Group Inc.Fox v. Remollino, PICS Case No. 11-1133 (C.P. Monroe April 5, 2011) Zulick, J. (6 pages).
Plaintiff Richard Fox was owner of the premises located in Marshalls Creek, Pa. Defendants Salvatore and Denise Remollino were tenants in the premises under a written month-to-month lease with Fox. Under the lease, the Remollinos were to pay rent in the amount of $1,200 per month.Six-Month Suspension Recommended For Referral Fees Paid to Chiropractor
The suggested suspension of a lawyer for paying $400-a-client to a chiropractor who referred cases is among several disciplinary opinions issued this month that demonstrate the pitfalls of winking at ethics rules to make a few extra dollars. One lawyer cheated his firm. Another kept practicing after he had been suspended for previous violations.Judge Denies Killer's 11th Hour Bid for Life
Steven H. [email protected] an execution barely nine hours away, a former state attorney general and a former DeKalb district attorney failed to obtain a temporary restraining order that would have stopped the scheduled execution of Stephen Anthony Mobley.Mobley was scheduled to die by lethal injection at 7 p.m. Tuesday.Booth Remembered: An 'In Person' Guy
Dean Booth of Miller & Martin died Wednesday at age 74 of cancer. Jason W. Graham, a longtime friend, wrote this piece in Booth's memory.View more book results for the query "*"
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Famed Glass Artist's Copyright Case
Chihuly Inc. and Portland Press Inc., which is famed glass artist Dale Chihuly's publishing company, have filed a lawsuit against former Chihuly glass-blower Bryan Rubino, glass artist and broker Robert Kaindl, and four galleries that sold Rubino's work. The complaint, which seeks $1 million in damages, raises questions about when a piece of art is merely influenced by another piece, and when it's an illegal copy of that work.Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Match.com Romance Flames Out in Suit Alleging Scam by Ex-Lover
A woman's civil fraud complaint, filed this week in a Florida court, claims that her former lover, who she met on the dating Web site Match.com, was a "con artist" who saw her as a vulnerable mark and devised a plan to exploit her "kindness and resources" to the tune of almost $70,000. A law professor who's not involved in the case said such suits have a good chance of success, explaining, "It's a transaction of a sort. ... The fact that she might have behaved foolishly is merely a footnote."NC defense lawyers cite race bias in Carson case
RALEIGH, N.C. AP - Defense attorneys say racial bias is behind federal prosecutors seeking the death penalty for a man charged with killing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson.The News Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday that attorneys for 23-year-old Demario Atwater of Durham argue that he could face execution because he is black and Carson was white.Trending Stories
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