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Michigan joined by four neighbors in suit to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, who is seeking to become governor of the state, launched the legal effort last month to stop Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes and disrupting his state's fishing industry. Since then four other states, all of which border at least one Great Lake, have joined in Michigan's litigation.FedEx to pay $26.8M in Calif contractor settlement
NEW YORK AP-FedEx Corp. said Friday it will pay $26.8 million to settle a case in its ongoing battle over whether its Ground unit workers are illegally classified as independent contractors instead of employees.The California Appeals Court ruled last year that about 200 contractors who operated in the state were employees.Supreme Court Enhances Judges' Sentencing Discretion
In a pair of important decisions Monday, the Supreme Court gave federal trial judges much greater latitude to deviate from federal sentencing guidelines. In one of the decisions, the Court voted 7-2 to allow judges to weigh the controversial disparity between guideline sentences for crack and powder cocaine offenses in giving defendants a below-guideline sentence. A separate ruling with potentially broader impact had the same 7-2 lineup of justices.Budget Fight Leaves PD System in Limbo
Rachel Tobin [email protected]. George E. "Sonny" Perdue III's dispute with the Legislature over funding for the new indigent defense system has left dozens of judicial circuits, counties and scores of applicants for new public defender positions in limbo.Without a decision on a funding mechanism for the new PD system and other issues, many judicial circuits are delaying appointments of chief PDs.View more book results for the query "*"
Conflict of Interest Pitfalls For Co-Op, Condo Counsel
Andrew P. Brucker, a founding member of Schechter & Brucker, writes: One might believe that the relationship between an attorney and a client is a simple and uncomplicated matter. One client, one attorney, and a mutually satisfying bond of trust. However, in reality, nothing seems to be further from the truth in the world of New York cooperative and condominium housing. Acting as general counsel to a co-op or condo can be a hazardous road on which to venture. The simple relationship is complicated when the attorney takes on different and additional roles.Judge Sees Fireworks Over Former Employee's Use of Client List
A former employee cannot use a customer list compiled by his former employer to compete with it, a Kansas district court has found. While customer lists containing merely public information are not protectable trade secrets, the court concluded that Fireworks Spectacular's client list was the result of "great time, effort and energy" on the part of the company and worthy of protection.505 W. 143rd St. HDFC v. Coppedge
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