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- Justices give global warming case a chilly reception
- U.K.'s Financial Services Authority Issues Warning About Cromwell & Goodwin
- IBM, Represented by Goodwin Proctor, Wins Rights To Patents on Employee's Invention
- Judge Sets Timetable to Handle Remaining 9/11-Related Claims
- D.C. Judge Dismisses Patton Boggs' Suit Against Chevron
- D.C. Circuit: Child Pornography Victim Owed More Restitution
- Gay Marriage Cases Could Cost House $500K or More
- Quinn Emanuel Files Suit Against Vermont Over Nuclear Plant Shutdown
- Employer Not Liable for Fatal Accident Caused by Off-Duty Traveling Salesman
- Defense Counsel Eye Seats at Table in Major Federal Poker Case
- Model sues ShamWow marketer for trying to make her his 'love slave'
- Atlanta Lawyer Plays Himself in New Reality TV Show
| Justices give global warming case a chilly reception | Top |
| The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw cold water on states' effort to attack global warming by claiming that power companies' greenhouse gas output constitutes a public nuisance under federal common law. | |
| U.K.'s Financial Services Authority Issues Warning About Cromwell & Goodwin | Top |
| Britain's leading financial regulator has issued an alert about the mysterious Cromwell & Goodwin, adding the supposed New York law firm to a list of "unauthorised overseas firms operating in the U.K." | |
| IBM, Represented by Goodwin Proctor, Wins Rights To Patents on Employee's Invention | Top |
| An employer can claim the right to all inventions devised by its workers, even in their spare time, according to a federal ruling involving a part-time employee who used her off hours to create ways of linking electronic files to pictures. | |
| Judge Sets Timetable to Handle Remaining 9/11-Related Claims | Top |
| Plaintiffs who opted out of a massive settlement of claims stemming from the cleanup after the World Trade Center terror attacks will have more time to examine whether a reopened federal compensation fund offers a better deal than what they might get by litigating in New York. | |
| D.C. Judge Dismisses Patton Boggs' Suit Against Chevron | Top |
| Calling it the "latest chapter in a sprawling dispute," a D.C. judge has declined to hear a dispute between Patton Boggs and Chevron over whether the firm can continue to represent plaintiffs' interests in actions against the oil giant. | |
| D.C. Circuit: Child Pornography Victim Owed More Restitution | Top |
| A victim in a child pornography case who is seeking nearly $3.3 million in restitution from the man caught with an image of her will get a second chance to convince a federal trial judge to award more than the initial $5,000 order. | |
| Gay Marriage Cases Could Cost House $500K or More | Top |
| The contract hiring King & Spalding's Paul Clement to represent the U.S. House in same-sex marriage litigation allows the firm to collect as much as $500,000 in fees -- or maybe more if the House hits the cap before the lawsuits end. | |
| Quinn Emanuel Files Suit Against Vermont Over Nuclear Plant Shutdown | Top |
| Entergy Corp., which faces the prospect of a 2012 shutdown of a nuclear plant it runs in Vermont, has filed a lawsuit that raises constitutional questions about a state's role in regulating a participant in the nuclear industry. | |
| Employer Not Liable for Fatal Accident Caused by Off-Duty Traveling Salesman | Top |
| An employer is not responsible when a chronically intoxicated employee is involved in a fatal car crash on his own time, a New Jersey appeals court ruled on Monday. | |
| Defense Counsel Eye Seats at Table in Major Federal Poker Case | Top |
| Several defendants named in federal indictments involving Web-based poker operators have moved to retain high-powered defense counsel. Meanwhile, one defendant took time out after his arrest to marry a former Playboy Playmate. | |
| Model sues ShamWow marketer for trying to make her his 'love slave' | Top |
| A personal assistant to the ShamWow TV salesman has sued him for allegedly treating her like his "love slave" and firing her after she rejected his advances. The suit alleges civil battery, infliction of emotional distress and unpaid wages. | |
| Atlanta Lawyer Plays Himself in New Reality TV Show | Top |
| Antavius M. Weems is a lawyer in real life, and now he's playing one on a TV reality show featuring Toni Braxton and her family. Weems acknowledged the risk in using a reality show to promote his legal career, but notes that as Braxton's attorney, he gets some control over how he's portrayed.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
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