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Legal Throw Down Over Plain Packaging of Cigarettes Has Phillip Morris Seeing Red

Legal Throw Down Over Plain Packaging of Cigarettes Has Phillip Morris Seeing Red

In recent days, Philip Morris ramped up its legal battle against Australia’s planned cigarette plain packaging laws the tobacco giant fears will rob it of its intellectual property rights. The…

Appellate Hearing Set for Tuesday for Challenges to Health Care Law

Appellate Hearing Set for Tuesday for Challenges to Health Care Law

The next step in the ongoing federal health care legal fight will take place in the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia this Tuesday, May…

26 States File Brief to Get Health Care Overhaul Struck Down

26 States File Brief to Get Health Care Overhaul Struck Down

On Wednesday, May 4, 26 states filed a motion with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is located in Atlanta, in order to try and uphold US District Judge…

Federal Judge in Florida tells States to Continue with Health Overhaul

Federal Judge in Florida tells States to Continue with Health Overhaul

The same federal judge that ruled that President Obama’s health care law was unconstitutional, Judge Roger Vinson, has now made another ruling in Pensacola, Florida on Thursday, March 3rd, 2011. …

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, September 13th. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s stories. The ACLU will represent defense lawyers against U.S. Homeland Security… According to a CT TyMetrix Inc.…

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Ruled Unconstitutional in California’s 9th District

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Ruled Unconstitutional in California’s 9th District

Judge Virginia A. Philips of the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the law behind the “Don’t Ask, Don’t…

Challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act Begins in Massachusetts

Challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act Begins in Massachusetts

A challenge to the US Defense of Marriage Act began in a federal courtroom in Massachusetts on Thurday. The outcome of the case will decide if gay couples that are…

Judges Rule That Judges Deserve Pay Raise

Judges Rule That Judges Deserve Pay Raise

New York State’s 1,300 judges have not had a pay raise in a decade. Now the state’s Appellate Division, 1st Department has ruled on the issue, giving lawmakers 90 days…

Judges to Lawyer: No “Right to Criticize Judges”

Judges to Lawyer: No “Right to Criticize Judges”

Michigan attorney Geoffrey Fieger has lost his “right-to-criticize-judges” lawsuit in a federal appeals court. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Fieger was not wrongfully punished for lambasting three…

Homophobes Attack California Attorney General

Homophobes Attack California Attorney General

Sponsors of California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban accused Attorney General Jerry Brown of advancing a “far-fetched” legal theory to justify overturning the homophobic initiative. That bizarre theory? That the state…