Legal-Bay LLC Announces $2.5MM Credit Facility to Begin Aggressive Lawsuit Funding Program for Depuy ASR Hip Implant ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay, the Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, announced today that they have secured a credit facility to aggressively begin giving cash advances for plaintiffs ...

October trial set in NY Saudi ambassador plot case (AP)

AP - A judge on Tuesday scheduled an October trial for a man charged with plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, saying it would be unfair to everyone involved to let the case drag out.

Indiana 'right to work' law: what it means for the anti-union Rust Belt

Indiana's new 'right to work' law is the first of its kind in the Midwest. But amid the region's disputed union issues, will the right-to-work law mean more jobs or lower wages for all workers?

Correction: Congresswoman Shot (AP)

AP - In stories on Jan. 1, Jan. 8 and Jan. 22 about former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the Tucson mass shooting, The Associated Press erroneously reported that suspect Jared Lee Loughner had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Court records say that he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had symptoms of depression.

Legal Issues Top Small Business Concerns for 2012

(2/7) The survey shows that, along with a bright outlook for 2012, small business owners are mindful of the additional legal issues and risks they will encounter as their businesses grow.

Militia trial starts in Michigan with jury picks (AP)

AP - A judge is asking potential jurors what they think about the use of confidential informants as jury selection starts in the trial of seven people accused of conspiring to rebel against the government as members of a southern Michigan militia.

Attorney: Prozac may have set off teen killer

A Missouri teenager who pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder is due in court Tuesday, where her defense attorneys are claiming that a higher dosage of the antidepressant drug Prozac could have increased her tendency toward violence.

Lawyer: US nonprofits caught in Egypt aid dispute

Americans facing trial in Egypt over activities of their pro-democracy groups have been caught in a dispute between the U.S. government and Egypt over aid, a lawyer representing the Americans said Tuesday.

Social Media the Internet and Law Enforcement (SMILE) Announces Inaugural Canadian Conference

VANCOUVER, BC-- - On March 25-28, 2012, LAwS Communications is partnering with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police to produce the fifth Social Media the Internet and Law Enforcement Conference ...

Pepper Hamilton Hires Non-Lawyer As CEO

Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton hires a non-lawyer to run the business.

Trial of pro-arms militia set to start in Detroit (Reuters)

Reuters - Jury selection began on Tuesday in the trial of seven members of a Midwestern militia accused of plotting to kill police to spark a wider war against the U.S. government.

Lawyer: Egypt holding Americans over aid dispute

Detained Americans' attorney says charges stem from allocating aid to pro-democracy groups; Trial puts all aid in jeopardy

BlackRock's top lawyer to leave company

(Reuters) - The top lawyer at BlackRock Inc is leaving the company, a spokeswoman at the global asset management firm confirmed. Robert P. Connolly, who joined BlackRock as general counsel in 1997, announced his retirement internally about two weeks ago, according to Bobbie Collins, a BlackRock spokeswoman. Connolly is staying temporarily to help with the transition of his responsibilities ...

Attorney: Evidence was obtained in Shon Pernice case without warrant

An attorney for a Northland man accused of killing his wife has filed two new motions to suppress evidence in the case.

Can Execs Deduct Legal Fees Above-The-Line?

No one likes mounting legal bills. Tax deductions can help, but deductible how? See The Only Good Legal Fees Are Tax Deductible Legal Fees. One of the nettlesome tax issues relating to legal fees is the nature of the deduction taxpayers receive. An individual who can only deduct legal fees as a miscellaneous itemized deduction ...

Law Firm Pepper Hamilton Hires Chief Executive Officer, Becoming One of Few Law Firms Nationwide to Appoint Non-Lawyer ...

Pepper Hamilton LLP announced today that it has hired Scott Green as Chief Executive Officer of the law firm. This is the first time that the firm has appointed a non-lawyer as CEO

UK Attorney General: understand government anger over radical preacher being granted bail

LONDON - Britain's attorney general said Tuesday he understands why the government is angry about a court's decision to release an extremist cleric described as one of Europe's leading al-Qaida operatives on bail but that authorities must follow the rule of law with everyone.

UK Attorney General: rule of law applies to cleric

Britain's attorney general said Tuesday he understands why the government is angry about a court's decision to release an extremist cleric described as one of Europe's leading al-Qaida operatives on bail but that authorities must follow the rule of law with everyone.

Integreon Launches On-Site Legal Resourcing Service

Integreon, the largest global provider of integrated legal, research and business solutions, today announced the launch of a new on-site legal resource staffing service for law firms and corporate legal departments.

Information Management Software minimizes legal discovery risks.

With Singular Information Management® innovations, Simpana® 9 facilitates collection, preservation, and discovery of data across variety of sources. Simpana OnePass enables information from single data collection to be copied, indexed, and stored with one pass backup, archive, and reporting process into Simpana ContentStore. Program also includes SharePoint archive capabilities, edge data ...

Attorney General explains Barton decision

Soccer: Attorney General Dominic Grieve has defended his decision not to prosecute footballer Joey Barton for a series of online comments about John Terry ahead of his trial, insisting they would not jeopardise the case.

Audio recording law under scrutiny in Illinois

Tiawanda Moore didn't think she was doing anything wrong when she took out her smartphone and started recording a conversation with two Chicago police officers she says were trying to stop her from filing a sexual harassment complaint against one of their colleagues two years ago.

Hawaii Marine sergeant court-martialed for hazing (AP)

AP - A Hawaii-based Marine sergeant is being court-martialed on accusations that he hazed a member of his squad by ordering him to dig a foxhole as punishment for falling asleep on watch duty in Afghanistan.

Judge allocates time for start of oil spill trial (AP)

AP - A federal judge has set aside nearly seven hours for opening statements in a trial over the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the nation's worst offshore oil spill.

Attorney general 'very concerned' over cleric release

The attorney general said Tuesday he was "very concerned" about the release on bail of radical cleric Abu Qatada, amid a hail of press criticism, but said the government was bound by the rule of law.

Lawyer: Pardoned killer to skip hearing

An attorney for a convicted murderer pardoned by Mississippi's outgoing governor says his client will not attend a hearing on the constitutionality of his and 200 other pardons.

Amanda Knox lawyer appeals slander conviction

Amanda Knox's Italian lawyer has filed an appeal of her slander conviction in Italy, a Knox family spokesman in Seattle said Monday.

Amanda Knox lawyer appeals slander conviction (AP)

AP - Amanda Knox's Italian lawyer has filed an appeal of her slander conviction in Italy, a Knox family spokesman in Seattle said Monday.

Shocking pictures open LA detective's murder trial (AP)

AP - Shocking death pictures of a murdered woman were shown to jurors in the trial of former police detective Stephanie Lazarus — huge close-up portraits of the battered face of Sherri Rasmussen, who died 26 years ago.

Legal aid plan put on hold

KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General's Chambers and the legal profession are locked in a disagreement over the launch of the governmentsponsored free legal assistance service for low income earners involved in criminal cases

Stanford's attorneys portraying ex-CFO as liar (AP)

AP - Attorneys for jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford are trying to portray the prosecution's star witness at the financier's fraud trial as a liar and a crook who can't be trusted.

Haditha Marine's lawyers call Anonymous "cowards" after hack (Reuters)

Reuters - Lawyers for a U.S. Marine court-martialed for his role in killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha slammed the international hacking collective Anonymous as "cowards" on Monday after they knocked out the firm's website and published internal e-mails on the web.

Attorney: Family 'Shocked' By Charges In Fatal Crash

An attorney is speaking out on behalf of the family of a woman killed last year in a crash involving a PennDOT truck.

U.S. judge allows enforcement of Texas abortion law (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. federal judge on Monday allowed the state of Texas to begin enforcing a law requiring abortion providers to show or describe to a woman an ultrasound image of her fetus, but criticized an appeals court that earlier overturned his decision to block parts of the statute.

U.S. judge allows enforcement of Texas abortion law

(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Monday allowed the state of Texas to begin enforcing a law requiring abortion providers to show or describe to a woman an ultrasound image of her fetus, but criticized an appeals court that earlier overturned his decision to block parts of the statute. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks said he was forced to follow the federal appellate court's ruling last month ...

Ohio man pleads guilty to supporting al-Shabaab (Reuters)

Reuters - A 27-year-old Ohio man pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges of helping raise money for al-Shabaab rebels in Somalia, prosecutors said.

Ohio man pleads guilty in U.S. to supporting al Shabaab (Reuters)

Reuters - An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court in Minnesota to U.S. charges of helping raise money for al Shabaab rebels in Somalia, prosecutors said.

Judge grants delay in Mississippi execution (Reuters)

Reuters - A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted the scheduled execution of a convicted murderer in Mississippi in order to allow attorneys to argue whether the state has improperly kept him from getting a psychiatric evaluation.

Man pleads guilty in Minn. Somali terror case (AP)

AP - A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia so one of those travelers could buy a firearm.

Calif. seafood company fined $1M for fishy labels (AP)

AP - Federal prosecutors say a Torrance, Calif.-based seafood corporation has been ordered to pay $1 million in fines and community service donations for falsely labeling frozen catfish fillets as grouper.